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, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake Carey, Lea & Carey, 1832 |
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Pàgina 17
... color of the plumage is white , with some black about the wings . It is found throughout the greater part of Eu- rope , but passes the winter in Africa . It takes up its residence and breeds in the midst of cities , and is every where ...
... color of the plumage is white , with some black about the wings . It is found throughout the greater part of Eu- rope , but passes the winter in Africa . It takes up its residence and breeds in the midst of cities , and is every where ...
Pàgina 24
... color , when the strawberries have attained maturity . The strawberry is easily cultivated , and numerous varieties have been produced ; some of great excellence have been ob tained recently . It forces well , and , with a little ...
... color , when the strawberries have attained maturity . The strawberry is easily cultivated , and numerous varieties have been produced ; some of great excellence have been ob tained recently . It forces well , and , with a little ...
Pàgina 26
... color , possesses a pungent , acrid taste , and , when powdered in a mortar , the dust that rises irritates the lungs and nostrils . It is an unusually heavy earth , approaching barytes in spe- cific gravity . It requires rather more ...
... color , possesses a pungent , acrid taste , and , when powdered in a mortar , the dust that rises irritates the lungs and nostrils . It is an unusually heavy earth , approaching barytes in spe- cific gravity . It requires rather more ...
Pàgina 27
... color white , passing to sky and smalt - blue ; also reddish - white ; trans- parent or translucent ; brittle ; hardness between calcareous spar and fluor ; spe- cific gravity 3.8 . Besides occurring in perfect crystals , celestine is ...
... color white , passing to sky and smalt - blue ; also reddish - white ; trans- parent or translucent ; brittle ; hardness between calcareous spar and fluor ; spe- cific gravity 3.8 . Besides occurring in perfect crystals , celestine is ...
Pàgina 29
... color , has an intolerably bitter taste , and leaves a metallic impression in the mouth ; it is destitute of odor , and is not altered by exposure to the air ; it is neither fusible nor volatile , except at tem- peratures at which it ...
... color , has an intolerably bitter taste , and leaves a metallic impression in the mouth ; it is destitute of odor , and is not altered by exposure to the air ; it is neither fusible nor volatile , except at tem- peratures at which it ...
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Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volum 12 Francis Lieber,Edward Wigglesworth Visualització completa - 1836 |
Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volum 12 Francis Lieber Visualització completa - 1836 |
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