A portable cyclopædia; or, Compendious dictionary of arts and sciences1810 |
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... kind of acid . ACIDOTUM , in botany , a genus of the monoecia polyandria , class and order ; one species only of which is known . It is a native of Jamaica . ACIDULUM , a species of native com- pound salts in which the alkaline base is ...
... kind of acid . ACIDOTUM , in botany , a genus of the monoecia polyandria , class and order ; one species only of which is known . It is a native of Jamaica . ACIDULUM , a species of native com- pound salts in which the alkaline base is ...
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... kind of stone which differs from marble in being combined with sulphuric acid . Specific gravity 1.87 . Texture granular , with shining particles . The stone is in some degree_transparent . It is produced in Germany , France , Italy ...
... kind of stone which differs from marble in being combined with sulphuric acid . Specific gravity 1.87 . Texture granular , with shining particles . The stone is in some degree_transparent . It is produced in Germany , France , Italy ...
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... kind of eagle without beak or feet , hav ing nothing perfect but the wings which are expanded . ALLEVEURE , a small copper coin is Sweden , value about two - pence farthing . ALLEY , in perspective , that which is made wider at the ...
... kind of eagle without beak or feet , hav ing nothing perfect but the wings which are expanded . ALLEVEURE , a small copper coin is Sweden , value about two - pence farthing . ALLEY , in perspective , that which is made wider at the ...
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... kind of stone supposed to have been formed by the de- position of calcareous matter in a state of solution in water . ALLUVION , in law , the gradual in- crease of land by the sea - side or banks of rivers : when gradual , it is the ...
... kind of stone supposed to have been formed by the de- position of calcareous matter in a state of solution in water . ALLUVION , in law , the gradual in- crease of land by the sea - side or banks of rivers : when gradual , it is the ...
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... kind of mineral lead , used by potters to give a green varnish to their works . It is found in Cornwall and Wales . ALSINE , Chickweed , a genus of plants of the class and order of pentandria trigy- nia . The essential character is ...
... kind of mineral lead , used by potters to give a green varnish to their works . It is found in Cornwall and Wales . ALSINE , Chickweed , a genus of plants of the class and order of pentandria trigy- nia . The essential character is ...
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