American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volumen6Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 |
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... contain- ing a quarter of a pint . GILT varnish . See VARNISH . GIMBALS , in sea affairs , the brass rings by which a sea compass is suspend- ed in its box , so as to counteract the ef- fect of the ship's motion , and keep the card ...
... contain- ing a quarter of a pint . GILT varnish . See VARNISH . GIMBALS , in sea affairs , the brass rings by which a sea compass is suspend- ed in its box , so as to counteract the ef- fect of the ship's motion , and keep the card ...
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... containing many seeds . There is but one species , viz . G. Ameri- cana , an elegant little shrub about four feet high ; it is a native of Cuba , grows by river sides , and called there rosa del rio , or river rose . GINSENG , in botany ...
... containing many seeds . There is but one species , viz . G. Ameri- cana , an elegant little shrub about four feet high ; it is a native of Cuba , grows by river sides , and called there rosa del rio , or river rose . GINSENG , in botany ...
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... contains a large quantity of oxide of lead , which by certain processes is easily separated . The plate glass is poured in the melted state upon a table covered with copper . The plate is cast half an inch thick , or more , and is ...
... contains a large quantity of oxide of lead , which by certain processes is easily separated . The plate glass is poured in the melted state upon a table covered with copper . The plate is cast half an inch thick , or more , and is ...
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... containing some useful facts in true chemistry , and some processes of his own invention . His name is perpe- tuated ... contains , beside pure sulphate of soda , some oxide of iron , and portions of muriate and carbon- ate of soda . It ...
... containing some useful facts in true chemistry , and some processes of his own invention . His name is perpe- tuated ... contains , beside pure sulphate of soda , some oxide of iron , and portions of muriate and carbon- ate of soda . It ...
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... containing numerous seeds . There are three species . GLOBBA , in botany , a genus of the Diandria Monogynia class and order . Natural order of Scitamineæ . Cannæ , Jussieu . Essential character : calyx su- perior , trifid ; corolla ...
... containing numerous seeds . There are three species . GLOBBA , in botany , a genus of the Diandria Monogynia class and order . Natural order of Scitamineæ . Cannæ , Jussieu . Essential character : calyx su- perior , trifid ; corolla ...
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