Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 5, Part 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... colour . They are fucceeded by oblong feeds covered , inclofed in a down . 2. The fpinofum , with a prickly forked ftalk , grows naturally on the fea - coafts in Sicily , and the iflands of the Archipelago . This fends out from the root ...
... colour . They are fucceeded by oblong feeds covered , inclofed in a down . 2. The fpinofum , with a prickly forked ftalk , grows naturally on the fea - coafts in Sicily , and the iflands of the Archipelago . This fends out from the root ...
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... colour , rough , and rather blu- ish . The under fide , as alfo the legs and antennæ , are of a fhot colour , gold and red , of a copperish caft . The eyes are very prominent , and give the head a broad appearance . The thorax is ...
... colour , rough , and rather blu- ish . The under fide , as alfo the legs and antennæ , are of a fhot colour , gold and red , of a copperish caft . The eyes are very prominent , and give the head a broad appearance . The thorax is ...
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... colours in oil not being then found out . He excelled in architecture as well as in painting ; and was con- cerned in the fabric of Sancta Maria del Fior at Flo- rence during which employment he died at the age of 60 , and left many ...
... colours in oil not being then found out . He excelled in architecture as well as in painting ; and was con- cerned in the fabric of Sancta Maria del Fior at Flo- rence during which employment he died at the age of 60 , and left many ...
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... colour refembling the fragment of a withered leaf , with the edges turned up and eaten away , as it were , by caterpillars , and at the fame time all over befet with prickles . Nature , by this peculiar form , has certain- ly extremely ...
... colour refembling the fragment of a withered leaf , with the edges turned up and eaten away , as it were , by caterpillars , and at the fame time all over befet with prickles . Nature , by this peculiar form , has certain- ly extremely ...
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... colour , very foft to the touch . It adheres firmly to the tongue ; and , if thrown into water , raifes a little hifling and ebullition , and moulders to a fine powder . It makes a confiderable effervefcence with acids , and fuffers no ...
... colour , very foft to the touch . It adheres firmly to the tongue ; and , if thrown into water , raifes a little hifling and ebullition , and moulders to a fine powder . It makes a confiderable effervefcence with acids , and fuffers no ...
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