A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Band 1Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... botany , an Indian plant , a native of the Philippine Islands . There are two spe- cies , the white and the grey . The former pro- duces lint , of which very fine linen is made ; the latter hemp , which is used for nothing but cor- dage ...
... botany , an Indian plant , a native of the Philippine Islands . There are two spe- cies , the white and the grey . The former pro- duces lint , of which very fine linen is made ; the latter hemp , which is used for nothing but cor- dage ...
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... botany , the fir tree . See PINUS . ABIGA , in botany , the ground pine , or Cha- mapitys . ÁBILA , or ABYLA , a mountain of Africa , one of the pillars of Hercules , as they were anciently called , being directly opposite to Calpe , in ...
... botany , the fir tree . See PINUS . ABIGA , in botany , the ground pine , or Cha- mapitys . ÁBILA , or ABYLA , a mountain of Africa , one of the pillars of Hercules , as they were anciently called , being directly opposite to Calpe , in ...
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... botany , a name given by Serapion and others to the heart pease . ABROTANUM , in botany . See ARTEMISIA and SANTOLINA . ABROTANOIDES , in natural history , a coral in the form of the abrotanum . ABROTONUM , in ancient geography , a town ...
... botany , a name given by Serapion and others to the heart pease . ABROTANUM , in botany . See ARTEMISIA and SANTOLINA . ABROTANOIDES , in natural history , a coral in the form of the abrotanum . ABROTONUM , in ancient geography , a town ...
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... botany , from a . priv . and veos , pleasure , wormwood . See ARTEMISIA . ABSIS , ABSES , or APSIDES . See APSIS . ABSOLVE ' , v . ] Ab : solvo , to loose , to ABSOLV'ER , untie , to set free . Figura- AB'SOLUTE , tively to release from ...
... botany , from a . priv . and veos , pleasure , wormwood . See ARTEMISIA . ABSIS , ABSES , or APSIDES . See APSIS . ABSOLVE ' , v . ] Ab : solvo , to loose , to ABSOLV'ER , untie , to set free . Figura- AB'SOLUTE , tively to release from ...
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... botany , and agricul- ture , natural history , and mineralogy . This institution , by computing the meridian , and sending out persons to make observations , has been of great service to the world . Memoirs of the society have been ...
... botany , and agricul- ture , natural history , and mineralogy . This institution , by computing the meridian , and sending out persons to make observations , has been of great service to the world . Memoirs of the society have been ...
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