The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 3C. Whittingham, 1809 |
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... body , taking out the intestines , and filling the place with odoriferous and desiccative drugs and spices , to prevent its putrefying . The Egyptians excelled all other nations in the art of preserving bodies from corrup tion , for ...
... body , taking out the intestines , and filling the place with odoriferous and desiccative drugs and spices , to prevent its putrefying . The Egyptians excelled all other nations in the art of preserving bodies from corrup tion , for ...
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... body , taking out the intestines , and filling the place with odoriferous and desiccative drugs and spices , to prevent its putrefying . The Egyptians excelled all other nations in the art of preserving bodies from corrup- tion , for ...
... body , taking out the intestines , and filling the place with odoriferous and desiccative drugs and spices , to prevent its putrefying . The Egyptians excelled all other nations in the art of preserving bodies from corrup- tion , for ...
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... body . It is also used when a star , before hidden by the sun as being too near him , begins to re- appear or emerge out of his rays . EMERSON ( WILLIAM ) , in biography , a late eminent mathematician , was born in June , 1701 , at ...
... body . It is also used when a star , before hidden by the sun as being too near him , begins to re- appear or emerge out of his rays . EMERSON ( WILLIAM ) , in biography , a late eminent mathematician , was born in June , 1701 , at ...
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... body politic ; such as the enfranchisement of one made a citizen of London or other city , or burgess of any town corporate , be- cause he is made partaker of its liberties , or franchises . ENGINE , in mechanics , is a compound machine ...
... body politic ; such as the enfranchisement of one made a citizen of London or other city , or burgess of any town corporate , be- cause he is made partaker of its liberties , or franchises . ENGINE , in mechanics , is a compound machine ...
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... body ; breviores , shorter than the body ; or , mediocres , of the same length with the body . The mouth , in most in- sects , is placed in the under part of the head ; sometimes , however , it is situated in the thorax , and in a few ...
... body ; breviores , shorter than the body ; or , mediocres , of the same length with the body . The mouth , in most in- sects , is placed in the under part of the head ; sometimes , however , it is situated in the thorax , and in a few ...
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