The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volum 6Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 666 sider |
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... earth , in fortification , are can- vas - bags filled with earth . They are used in making intrenchments in haste , to place on parapets , or the head of the breaches , & c . to repair them , when beaten down . SACKBUT , a musical ...
... earth , in fortification , are can- vas - bags filled with earth . They are used in making intrenchments in haste , to place on parapets , or the head of the breaches , & c . to repair them , when beaten down . SACKBUT , a musical ...
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... earth beneath the mud . This bulb consti- tutes a considerable part of the food of the Chinese ; and upon that account they culti vate it . Horses , goats and swine eat it ; cows are not fond of it . SAGITTA , in astronomy , the arrow ...
... earth beneath the mud . This bulb consti- tutes a considerable part of the food of the Chinese ; and upon that account they culti vate it . Horses , goats and swine eat it ; cows are not fond of it . SAGITTA , in astronomy , the arrow ...
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... earth , or rising on the surface , even to the height of moun- tains . According as it is produced from these sources , it is named sea - salt , or rock- salt . Rock - salt is solid , hard , and more or less transparent , of a white ...
... earth , or rising on the surface , even to the height of moun- tains . According as it is produced from these sources , it is named sea - salt , or rock- salt . Rock - salt is solid , hard , and more or less transparent , of a white ...
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... earth . I have , " conti- ues the Doctor , " had the curiosity to go to the bottom of some of the most famous mines in England , but I never thought my labour , in these subterraneous expeditions , so well rewarded as in the sight of ...
... earth . I have , " conti- ues the Doctor , " had the curiosity to go to the bottom of some of the most famous mines in England , but I never thought my labour , in these subterraneous expeditions , so well rewarded as in the sight of ...
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... earth of the pottery . It is employed in the ma- nufacture of glass , which it is said to render whiter and clearer ; in that of soap , which it makes harder ; as a flux , in the melting of metals from their ores ; and in a variety of ...
... earth of the pottery . It is employed in the ma- nufacture of glass , which it is said to render whiter and clearer ; in that of soap , which it makes harder ; as a flux , in the melting of metals from their ores ; and in a variety of ...
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