Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics, and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time ; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography ; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-Lexicon, Volum 12Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth Desilver, Thomas, & Company, 1836 |
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... species of painting . But some scenes of still life are of a higher order than others . The object of the lowest kind is merely to produce a close imitation of nature . A higher kind com- bines objects so as to form an interesting whole ...
... species of painting . But some scenes of still life are of a higher order than others . The object of the lowest kind is merely to produce a close imitation of nature . A higher kind com- bines objects so as to form an interesting whole ...
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... species of tissue , extremely elastic , and readily adapting it- self to the part it is employed to cover . The tissue cannot be called cloth , for it has neither warp nor woof , but approach- es it closely , and for the purposes to ...
... species of tissue , extremely elastic , and readily adapting it- self to the part it is employed to cover . The tissue cannot be called cloth , for it has neither warp nor woof , but approach- es it closely , and for the purposes to ...
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... species of styrar , growing wild in the East In- dies . We have three species of styrax in the southern parts of the U. States . STORK ( Ciconia ) . These tall and state- ly birds are easily distinguished from the herous by the small ...
... species of styrar , growing wild in the East In- dies . We have three species of styrax in the southern parts of the U. States . STORK ( Ciconia ) . These tall and state- ly birds are easily distinguished from the herous by the small ...
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... species of datura , is now common in waste places throughout the U. States , as well as in Europe . It belongs to the solanea , the same natural family with the tobacco and nightshade , and am- ply sustains the poisonous character of ...
... species of datura , is now common in waste places throughout the U. States , as well as in Europe . It belongs to the solanea , the same natural family with the tobacco and nightshade , and am- ply sustains the poisonous character of ...
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... species - which * The beautiful red fire , which is now so fre- quently used at the theatres , is composed of the following ingredients40 parts dry nitrate of strontites , 13 parts of finely powdered sulphur , 5 parts of chlorate of ...
... species - which * The beautiful red fire , which is now so fre- quently used at the theatres , is composed of the following ingredients40 parts dry nitrate of strontites , 13 parts of finely powdered sulphur , 5 parts of chlorate of ...
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