Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volumen15,Parte1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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... tion which was neceflary for the blood of animals . " In animals , it is the heart which fets the blood in motion , and makes it continually circulate ; but in ve- getables we can discover no other cause of the fap's motion but the ...
... tion which was neceflary for the blood of animals . " In animals , it is the heart which fets the blood in motion , and makes it continually circulate ; but in ve- getables we can discover no other cause of the fap's motion but the ...
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... tion ; efpecially fince irritability , if admitted as the caufe of the motions of vegetables , must a fortiori be admit- ted as the cause of the lefs exquifite and difcernible motions of beings univerfally referred to the animal kingdom ...
... tion ; efpecially fince irritability , if admitted as the caufe of the motions of vegetables , must a fortiori be admit- ted as the cause of the lefs exquifite and difcernible motions of beings univerfally referred to the animal kingdom ...
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... tion , and foberly follow that blind impulfe which leads us naturally to give fenfation and perceptivity to animal life , and to deny it to vegetables ; and fo ftill fay with Aristotle , and our great mafter Linnæus , Vegetabilia cref ...
... tion , and foberly follow that blind impulfe which leads us naturally to give fenfation and perceptivity to animal life , and to deny it to vegetables ; and fo ftill fay with Aristotle , and our great mafter Linnæus , Vegetabilia cref ...
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... tion of time allowed for the cultivation of it ; but be- caufe fuch allotment cannot in long droughts produce enough for his comfortable support , it is the incumbent duty fhip . their own apparent intereft , which cannot be 11 ...
... tion of time allowed for the cultivation of it ; but be- caufe fuch allotment cannot in long droughts produce enough for his comfortable support , it is the incumbent duty fhip . their own apparent intereft , which cannot be 11 ...
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... tion that shades are impedimental to the making of much dung ; but a flat thade , covered with cane - trafh , may be fo made as to let rain pafs through it without admiffion of fun - beams . This will do for cattle ; but mules , which ...
... tion that shades are impedimental to the making of much dung ; but a flat thade , covered with cane - trafh , may be fo made as to let rain pafs through it without admiffion of fun - beams . This will do for cattle ; but mules , which ...
Términos y frases comunes
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