Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volumen14Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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... streaks running from one end to the other , and at the abdo- men a double row of little eggs lying in a transverse di- rection . The uvula is found in the infusion of hay and other vegetables . It is six times longer than broad , round ...
... streaks running from one end to the other , and at the abdo- men a double row of little eggs lying in a transverse di- rection . The uvula is found in the infusion of hay and other vegetables . It is six times longer than broad , round ...
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... streaks ; and it can protrude or draw in the orbicular membrane at pleasure . Some have four articulations in the tail , others five ; and it has two pairs of bristles , one placed at the second joint , the other at the last . The ...
... streaks ; and it can protrude or draw in the orbicular membrane at pleasure . Some have four articulations in the tail , others five ; and it has two pairs of bristles , one placed at the second joint , the other at the last . The ...
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... streaks , giving it the appearance of a wicker basket . It is not exactly known what time they are hatched ; but as the small caterpillars appear in September , it is probable that the eggs are hatched some time in August . When small ...
... streaks , giving it the appearance of a wicker basket . It is not exactly known what time they are hatched ; but as the small caterpillars appear in September , it is probable that the eggs are hatched some time in August . When small ...
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... Streak . The Stain . The Hardness . The Solidity . The Frangibility . The Flexibility . The Adhesion to the The Creaking . The Rustling . Remaining Common Generic External Characters . Touch . EXTERNAL CHARACTERS of Minerals arranged ...
... Streak . The Stain . The Hardness . The Solidity . The Frangibility . The Flexibility . The Adhesion to the The Creaking . The Rustling . Remaining Common Generic External Characters . Touch . EXTERNAL CHARACTERS of Minerals arranged ...
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... streak , which is either , 1. Of the same colour , or , 2. Different from that of the mineral , and whose lus- tre is the same ; or , B. More or less different . lead green In red silver ore the streak is a dark crimson red ; in ...
... streak , which is either , 1. Of the same colour , or , 2. Different from that of the mineral , and whose lus- tre is the same ; or , B. More or less different . lead green In red silver ore the streak is a dark crimson red ; in ...
Términos y frases comunes
&c.-This mineral acid Alumina angles antimony appear bistre blow-pipe Bohemia brass brittle Broch Brochant calcareous called Char.-Found massive Chem Classifica coin colour common conchoidal Constituent copper crystals disseminated Diuretic earth easily frangible Exter foliated found massive four-sided fracture foliated fragments frangible gamboge genus glass glimmering gold grains grav gray grayish green greenish Hauy internal lustre kind Kirw Kirwan Klaproth labour light Lime Localities lustre lustre shining Magnesia magnifiers masticot metals microscope milk mineral is found moral Morocco mountains native nature objects observed octahedron opaque Oxide of iron passions pelvis pieces placenta plates pound pound sterling prism proportion pyramid pyrites quartz rocks salt Saxony screw side Silica silver six-sided prisms slider soft sometimes spar Spec Species stone streak Subspecies Sulphur surface tion translucent transparent truncated tube uterus variety veins virtue vitreous weakly shining yellow yellowish zeolite
Pasajes populares
Página 105 - AND I SAW AN ANGEL COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, HAVING THE KEY OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT AND A GREAT CHAIN IN HIS HAND. AND HE LAID HOLD ON THE DRAGON, THAT OLD SERPENT, WHICH IS THE DEVIL AND SATAN AND BOUND HIM A THOUSAND YEARS. AND CAST HIM INTO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT AND SHUT HIM UP AND SET A SEAL UPON HIM, THAT HE SHOULD DECEIVE THE NATIONS NO MORE, TILL THE THOUSAND YEARS SHOULD BE FULFILLED: AND AFTER THAT HE MUST BE LOOSED A LITTLE SEASON.
Página 105 - And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Página 284 - A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it.
Página 281 - When anyone tells me that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself whether it be more probable that this person should either deceive or be deceived, or that the fact which he relates should really have happened. I weigh the one miracle against the other ; and according to the superiority which I discover, I pronounce my decision, and always reject the greater miracle. If the falsehood of his testimony would be more miraculous than the event which he relates, then, and...
Página 105 - And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years...
Página 82 - MILTOK. but scout and hurry along in little detached parties of six or seven in a company ; and sweeping low, just over the surface of the land and water, direct their course to the opposite continent at the narrowest passage they can find.
Página 281 - That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish.
Página 95 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Página 107 - For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
Página 282 - And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child : and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.