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 5Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... inches in thickness , and eight or nine feet in height . The branches are slender and full of small prickles ; the leaves are pinnated ; the lobes growing opposite to one another , broad at their ends , with one notch . The flowers are ...
... inches in thickness , and eight or nine feet in height . The branches are slender and full of small prickles ; the leaves are pinnated ; the lobes growing opposite to one another , broad at their ends , with one notch . The flowers are ...
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... inches in diameter . To these we may add a shield of an oval shape , made of the thickest part of a bullock's hide , which he carries to defend himself against the darts and arrows of his enemy . Unlike his neighbours , the Hottentots ...
... inches in diameter . To these we may add a shield of an oval shape , made of the thickest part of a bullock's hide , which he carries to defend himself against the darts and arrows of his enemy . Unlike his neighbours , the Hottentots ...
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... inches thick : it may be made to contain loaded shells . Caissons are buried under ground , at the depth of five or six feet , under some work the enemy intends to possess himself of ; and when he becomes master of it , fire is put to ...
... inches thick : it may be made to contain loaded shells . Caissons are buried under ground , at the depth of five or six feet , under some work the enemy intends to possess himself of ; and when he becomes master of it , fire is put to ...
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... inches square , the upper part of which is level with the calcar , and separated only from it at the mouth by bricks Into this trench they put sea nine inches wide . coal , the flame of which is carried into every part of the furnace ...
... inches square , the upper part of which is level with the calcar , and separated only from it at the mouth by bricks Into this trench they put sea nine inches wide . coal , the flame of which is carried into every part of the furnace ...
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... inches high , and closed at each end with a bulk head of the same height ; so that the whole is like a long square trough , about three feet shorter than the body of the canoe . Two thus fitted are fastened to each other about three ...
... inches high , and closed at each end with a bulk head of the same height ; so that the whole is like a long square trough , about three feet shorter than the body of the canoe . Two thus fitted are fastened to each other about three ...
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