American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 6Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... HYGROMETER . HUMMING bird . See TROCHILUS . HUMULUS , hops , in botany , a genus of the Dioecia Pentandria class and order . Natural order of Scabrida . Urtica , Jus- sieu . Essentisl character : male , calyx five - leaved ; corolla ...
... HYGROMETER . HUMMING bird . See TROCHILUS . HUMULUS , hops , in botany , a genus of the Dioecia Pentandria class and order . Natural order of Scabrida . Urtica , Jus- sieu . Essentisl character : male , calyx five - leaved ; corolla ...
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... HYGROMETER , a machine or instru- ment to measure the degrees of dryness or moisture of the atmosphere . There are divers sorts of hygrometers ; for whatever body either swells or shrinks by dryness or moisture is capable of be- ing ...
... HYGROMETER , a machine or instru- ment to measure the degrees of dryness or moisture of the atmosphere . There are divers sorts of hygrometers ; for whatever body either swells or shrinks by dryness or moisture is capable of be- ing ...
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... hygrometer is a hair , which Saussure first causes to undergo a prepa- ration , the design of which is to divest it of a kind of oiliness that is natural to it , and that secures it to a certain point from the action of humidity . This ...
... hygrometer is a hair , which Saussure first causes to undergo a prepa- ration , the design of which is to divest it of a kind of oiliness that is natural to it , and that secures it to a certain point from the action of humidity . This ...
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... hygrometers that are constructed upon the same prin- ciples , Saussure assumes two fixed terms , one of which is the extreme of humidity , and the other that of dryness : he deter- mines the first by placing the hygrometer under a glass ...
... hygrometers that are constructed upon the same prin- ciples , Saussure assumes two fixed terms , one of which is the extreme of humidity , and the other that of dryness : he deter- mines the first by placing the hygrometer under a glass ...
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... hygrometer acts is obvious . The air becoming moist , the cord imbibes its moisture ; the line , in consequence , is shortened , and the index rises . On the contrary , the air becoming dry , the cord discharges its moisture ...
... hygrometer acts is obvious . The air becoming moist , the cord imbibes its moisture ; the line , in consequence , is shortened , and the index rises . On the contrary , the air becoming dry , the cord discharges its moisture ...
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