Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Zväzok 2,Časť 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Strana 17
... same name about five leagues north of Cape Pal- merino , on the north fide of the Zaire's mouth . The bay is very commodious for trade , or wooding and wa- tering along the fhore . It is flat and marfhy in fome places ; but afcends ...
... same name about five leagues north of Cape Pal- merino , on the north fide of the Zaire's mouth . The bay is very commodious for trade , or wooding and wa- tering along the fhore . It is flat and marfhy in fome places ; but afcends ...
Strana 35
... same species arise from the body of a dead fly , which was become putrid by lying floating for fome time in a glass of water , where fome flowers cule . had been in the month of August 1768. This fpecies Animal of mucor fends forth a ...
... same species arise from the body of a dead fly , which was become putrid by lying floating for fome time in a glass of water , where fome flowers cule . had been in the month of August 1768. This fpecies Animal of mucor fends forth a ...
Strana 76
... same with what in English are call- ed horns or feelers . See ENTOMOLOGY . ANTEÑOR , a Trojan prince , came into Italy , ex-- pelled the Enganians on the river Po , and built the city of Padua , where his tomb is said to be ftill extant ...
... same with what in English are call- ed horns or feelers . See ENTOMOLOGY . ANTEÑOR , a Trojan prince , came into Italy , ex-- pelled the Enganians on the river Po , and built the city of Padua , where his tomb is said to be ftill extant ...
Strana 157
... the whole booty to himself ; and , about the same time , forbad his followers the ufe of wine , or to play quarrels at games of chance , on account of the diftubances and 5 Arald it . been accustomed to a warm climate ,
... the whole booty to himself ; and , about the same time , forbad his followers the ufe of wine , or to play quarrels at games of chance , on account of the diftubances and 5 Arald it . been accustomed to a warm climate ,
Strana 326
... same au- tor demonftrates , that one floor of it would fuffice for 500 horfes , allowing nine fquare feet to a horfe . But As to the food in the fecond ftory , it is obferved by Buteo from Columella , that 30 or 40 pounds of hay ...
... same au- tor demonftrates , that one floor of it would fuffice for 500 horfes , allowing nine fquare feet to a horfe . But As to the food in the fecond ftory , it is obferved by Buteo from Columella , that 30 or 40 pounds of hay ...
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