A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Comprehending All the Branches of Useful Knowledge, with Accurate Descriptions as Well of the Various Machines, Instruments, Tools, Figures, and Schemes Necessary for Illustrating Them, as of the Classes, Kinds, Preparations, and Uses of Natural Productions, Whether Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Fossils, Or Fluids; Together with the Kingdoms, Provinces, Cities, Towns, and Other Remarkable Places Throughout the WorldW. Owen, 1754 - 3538 Seiten |
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... containing a defcription of the political divi- fions of the earth into Empires , Kingdoms , Principalities , Provinces , & c . whence the articles Germany , China , Mufcovy , France , Spain , & c . and the latter , an account of the ...
... containing a defcription of the political divi- fions of the earth into Empires , Kingdoms , Principalities , Provinces , & c . whence the articles Germany , China , Mufcovy , France , Spain , & c . and the latter , an account of the ...
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... containing a num- ber of ftamina : the flowers are ufually collected in clusters or little heads . The piftil arifes from the bottom of theflower , and at length becomes a flat pod , five or fix inches long , and divided into seve- ral ...
... containing a num- ber of ftamina : the flowers are ufually collected in clusters or little heads . The piftil arifes from the bottom of theflower , and at length becomes a flat pod , five or fix inches long , and divided into seve- ral ...
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... containing the rudiments of the latin tongue . ACCIDENT , accidens , in a general fenfe , denotes fomething that is unusual ; or falls out by chance . ACCIDENT , among logicians , is ufed in a three - fold fenfe . 1. Whatever does not ...
... containing the rudiments of the latin tongue . ACCIDENT , accidens , in a general fenfe , denotes fomething that is unusual ; or falls out by chance . ACCIDENT , among logicians , is ufed in a three - fold fenfe . 1. Whatever does not ...
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... containing a few kidney- fhaped feeds . See DIADELPHIA . ACHYROPHORUS , a name fometimes ufed for a genus of plants , otherwise called hypochæris . See HYPOCHERIS . ACIAPONDA , a fea - port town , fituated at the bottom of the gulph of ...
... containing a few kidney- fhaped feeds . See DIADELPHIA . ACHYROPHORUS , a name fometimes ufed for a genus of plants , otherwise called hypochæris . See HYPOCHERIS . ACIAPONDA , a fea - port town , fituated at the bottom of the gulph of ...
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... containing it . ACOMAC , a county of Virginia , being a kind of peninfula , formed by the Atlantic ocean , and the bay of Chefe- peack . ACONE , in natural hiftory , a kind of whetstone , otherwife called coticula . See COTICULA ...
... containing it . ACOMAC , a county of Virginia , being a kind of peninfula , formed by the Atlantic ocean , and the bay of Chefe- peack . ACONE , in natural hiftory , a kind of whetstone , otherwife called coticula . See COTICULA ...
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aftronomy againſt alfo alfo ufed alſo alſo uſed anatomy angle animal antient appellation given arifing becauſe bezoar body botany cafe caufe church clafs colour compofed confiderable confifts denotes diftinct diftinguished eaft longitude eaſt faid falt fame fecond fect feeds fenfe feparated ferve feven feveral fhall fhip fhould fide fignifies filk filver firft firſt fituated flower fmall fo called fome fome call fomething fpecies fpirit fquare France ftone fubftance fubject fuch fuppofed genus of plants geography heraldry hiftory horfe ichthyology inftrument iſland kind kingdom kingdom of Naples laft latitude lefs likewife Linnæus longit meaſure medicine miles fouth moft moſt muſt name fometimes name given natural north lat north latitude obferved occafions ornithology otherwife called perfon phyficians plate province refembling river ſmall ſome Swabia term uſed thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe ticle tion town ufed ufually veffels weft whofe zoology