The Universal Preceptor: Being a General Grammar of Arts, Sciences, and Useful Knowledge ...A. Phelps, 1826 - 312 страница |
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... vegetable food ; but , " says only let him change his diet to one meal per day , of an- imal food ; and he will require the produce of four acres ! " The same author observes also , " that the starch , or nourish- ment of a potatoe , is ...
... vegetable food ; but , " says only let him change his diet to one meal per day , of an- imal food ; and he will require the produce of four acres ! " The same author observes also , " that the starch , or nourish- ment of a potatoe , is ...
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... vegetable , is called mineral . 76. The study of minerals has been methodised , and called the science of mineralogy . In this , as in many other branches of science , little more , however has been effected , than to attain a ...
... vegetable , is called mineral . 76. The study of minerals has been methodised , and called the science of mineralogy . In this , as in many other branches of science , little more , however has been effected , than to attain a ...
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... and is the most useful , and , in England , the most abundant of all the metals . It mixes with the animal , vegetable , and mineral kingdoms . It is melted with more difficulty than gold , silver , or copper ; and it 20 METALLURGY .
... and is the most useful , and , in England , the most abundant of all the metals . It mixes with the animal , vegetable , and mineral kingdoms . It is melted with more difficulty than gold , silver , or copper ; and it 20 METALLURGY .
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... , our manufactures of clothing are derived , chiefly , from the fibres of the vegetable kingdom . 113. The skins of animals were doubtless the first substantial clothing . The shepherd would dress him- self in. 28 ART OF CLOTHING .
... , our manufactures of clothing are derived , chiefly , from the fibres of the vegetable kingdom . 113. The skins of animals were doubtless the first substantial clothing . The shepherd would dress him- self in. 28 ART OF CLOTHING .
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... vegetable fibres ; others render pliable the common bark of trees ; but none of these will wash , and they are not durable . Civilized man , however , adapts the means of nature to his purposes , by a process of his own ; he separates ...
... vegetable fibres ; others render pliable the common bark of trees ; but none of these will wash , and they are not durable . Civilized man , however , adapts the means of nature to his purposes , by a process of his own ; he separates ...
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