Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory, and N. Bosworth assisted by other gentlemen of eminence, Volume 111819 |
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... stars , planets , and comets , appear to be fixed at an equal distance from the eye . This is also called the sphere of the world ; and it is the subject of spherical astronomy . This sphere , as it includes the fixed stars , from ...
... stars , planets , and comets , appear to be fixed at an equal distance from the eye . This is also called the sphere of the world ; and it is the subject of spherical astronomy . This sphere , as it includes the fixed stars , from ...
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... star of the first magnitude in the constellation Virgo . SPICE , any kind of aromatic drug or con- diment , that has hot and pungent qualities ; as pepper , nutmeg , ginger , cinnamon , cloves , & c . SPICE ( All ) . In botany . See ...
... star of the first magnitude in the constellation Virgo . SPICE , any kind of aromatic drug or con- diment , that has hot and pungent qualities ; as pepper , nutmeg , ginger , cinnamon , cloves , & c . SPICE ( All ) . In botany . See ...
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... stars . 5. S. lacustris . Lake sponge . Creeping , brittle , with erect , round , obtuse branches . Found at the bottom of lakes in England and Sweden ; covered with scattered pores , in which are sometimes found , during autumn , small ...
... stars . 5. S. lacustris . Lake sponge . Creeping , brittle , with erect , round , obtuse branches . Found at the bottom of lakes in England and Sweden ; covered with scattered pores , in which are sometimes found , during autumn , small ...
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... stars as were not included in any constellation . These the moderns more usually call unformed , or extra - constellary stars . Many of the sporades of the ancients have been since formed into new constellations : thus , of those ...
... stars as were not included in any constellation . These the moderns more usually call unformed , or extra - constellary stars . Many of the sporades of the ancients have been since formed into new constellations : thus , of those ...
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... star covering the fructification . Fifty species ; almost all Cape plants : thus subdivided . A. Corols five - rleft ; the divisions hairy at the edges . B. Corols five - cleft ; the segments glabrous at the edges . C. Corol ten ...
... star covering the fructification . Fifty species ; almost all Cape plants : thus subdivided . A. Corols five - rleft ; the divisions hairy at the edges . B. Corols five - cleft ; the segments glabrous at the edges . C. Corol ten ...
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Page 15 - You gave the wrong answer,' said the sphinx. 'But that was what made everything possible,' said Oedipus. 'No.' she said. 'When I asked, what walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening, you answered Man. You didn't say anything about Woman.' 'When you say Man,' said Oedipus, 'you include women too. Everyone knows that.