The Universal Preceptor: Being a General Grammar of Arts, Sciences, and Useful Knowledge ...A. Phelps, 1826 - 312 страница |
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... colours , bestowing no cultivation on the soil , and depending for subsistence on acorns , ber- ries , and roots , and upon their skill and success in hunting and fishing . Obs . - The people of Britain are indebted to the great am ...
... colours , bestowing no cultivation on the soil , and depending for subsistence on acorns , ber- ries , and roots , and upon their skill and success in hunting and fishing . Obs . - The people of Britain are indebted to the great am ...
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... colour- ed with Spanish or other Arnetta . The largest cheese - farms in England , are in Cheshire and Denbigshire ; and on some of these , 500 milch cows are kept . 47. In England , of late years , selections have been made of breeds ...
... colour- ed with Spanish or other Arnetta . The largest cheese - farms in England , are in Cheshire and Denbigshire ; and on some of these , 500 milch cows are kept . 47. In England , of late years , selections have been made of breeds ...
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... colour is light grey , and it cannot be melted in or- dinary fires . 83. Gold is 19 times heavier than water ; and the most valuable of all the metals . It is so malleable , that an ounce of it will gild a silver wire 13,000 miles in ...
... colour is light grey , and it cannot be melted in or- dinary fires . 83. Gold is 19 times heavier than water ; and the most valuable of all the metals . It is so malleable , that an ounce of it will gild a silver wire 13,000 miles in ...
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... colour , and used in various compounds . 92. The other metallic substances are Antimony , Bismuth , Cobalt , Arsenic , Manganese , Palladium , Rhodium , Potassium , & c . to the number of thirty ; al- though the ancients knew of only ...
... colour , and used in various compounds . 92. The other metallic substances are Antimony , Bismuth , Cobalt , Arsenic , Manganese , Palladium , Rhodium , Potassium , & c . to the number of thirty ; al- though the ancients knew of only ...
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... coloured earths , or natural oxides , mixed with oil , at once serve to preserve wood , and to purify and beautify the inside of houses . VI . Of Architecture . 108. After the art of 3 BUILDING . 25 holes for light were made with wooden ...
... coloured earths , or natural oxides , mixed with oil , at once serve to preserve wood , and to purify and beautify the inside of houses . VI . Of Architecture . 108. After the art of 3 BUILDING . 25 holes for light were made with wooden ...
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