The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 3C. Whittingham, 1809 |
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... character of the person or thing they would extol . ELONGATION , in astronomy , the di- gression or recess of a planet from the sun , with respect to an eye placed on our earth . The term is chiefly used in speaking of Ve- nus and ...
... character of the person or thing they would extol . ELONGATION , in astronomy , the di- gression or recess of a planet from the sun , with respect to an eye placed on our earth . The term is chiefly used in speaking of Ve- nus and ...
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... character : bill conic ; man- dibles receding from each other , from the base downwards ; the lower with the sides narrowed in ; the upper containing a large knob of use to break hard seeds . There are , according to Gmelin , seventy ...
... character : bill conic ; man- dibles receding from each other , from the base downwards ; the lower with the sides narrowed in ; the upper containing a large knob of use to break hard seeds . There are , according to Gmelin , seventy ...
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... character : male , calyx three - parted ; corolla three - petalled ; stamens long : female , calyx three - parted ; corolla three - petalled ; styles nine ; berry nine - seeded . There are two species ; viz . E. album , white - berried ...
... character : male , calyx three - parted ; corolla three - petalled ; stamens long : female , calyx three - parted ; corolla three - petalled ; styles nine ; berry nine - seeded . There are two species ; viz . E. album , white - berried ...
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... character of the person or thing they would extol . ELONGATION , in astronomy , the di- gression or recess of a planet from the sun , with respect to an eye placed on our earth . The term is chiefly used in speaking of Ve- nus and ...
... character of the person or thing they would extol . ELONGATION , in astronomy , the di- gression or recess of a planet from the sun , with respect to an eye placed on our earth . The term is chiefly used in speaking of Ve- nus and ...
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... character : bill conic ; man- dibles receding from each other , from the base downwards ; the lower with the sides narrowed in ; the upper containing a large knob of use to break hard seeds . There are , according to Gmelin , seventy ...
... character : bill conic ; man- dibles receding from each other , from the base downwards ; the lower with the sides narrowed in ; the upper containing a large knob of use to break hard seeds . There are , according to Gmelin , seventy ...
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