Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Zväzok 15,Časť 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Strana 5
... feet and an half high , which had been purpofely planted in a flower - pot when young . He covered the pot with thin milled lead , leaving only a fmall hole to preferve a communication with the external air , and another by which he ...
... feet and an half high , which had been purpofely planted in a flower - pot when young . He covered the pot with thin milled lead , leaving only a fmall hole to preferve a communication with the external air , and another by which he ...
Strana 10
... feet ; by which they are feparated and difperfed one from ano- ther ; fo that a perfon ignorant of this property would pronounce these feeds to be fo many mites or fmall infects . We cannot finish this article without remarking , that ...
... feet ; by which they are feparated and difperfed one from ano- ther ; fo that a perfon ignorant of this property would pronounce these feeds to be fo many mites or fmall infects . We cannot finish this article without remarking , that ...
Strana 11
... feet high . Straitened for nourishment in that barren fitua- tion , it feveral years ago directed roots down the fide of the wall till they reached the ground ten feet below : and now the nourishment it afforded to these roots , du ...
... feet high . Straitened for nourishment in that barren fitua- tion , it feveral years ago directed roots down the fide of the wall till they reached the ground ten feet below : and now the nourishment it afforded to these roots , du ...
Strana 16
... feet wide ; seven feet high at the fides , and from thence floping like the roof of an houfe , the ridge of which must be thatched very carefully ; for the fides may be fecured from wet by placing the bundles with the butts upwards ...
... feet wide ; seven feet high at the fides , and from thence floping like the roof of an houfe , the ridge of which must be thatched very carefully ; for the fides may be fecured from wet by placing the bundles with the butts upwards ...
Strana 18
... feet high , then it is to be caved thus . Dig an hollow fpace of 12 or 18 inches deep under the foot of the bank ; then dig into each fide of it another perpen- dicular cut of the fame depth , and 18 inches wide from the top of the bank ...
... feet high , then it is to be caved thus . Dig an hollow fpace of 12 or 18 inches deep under the foot of the bank ; then dig into each fide of it another perpen- dicular cut of the fame depth , and 18 inches wide from the top of the bank ...
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