A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and Derivations of the Scientific Terms in General Use, Together with the History and Descriptions of the Scientific Principles of Nearly Every Branch of Human Knowledge, Volume 3William Thomas Brande, George William Cox Longmans, Green and Company, 1867 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... root , and called polygalic acid , or sometimes senegin . This root was introduced into medical practice by Dr. Tennant , a Scotch physician residing in Pennsylvania , as a remedy for snake - bites . Several other species are described ...
... root , and called polygalic acid , or sometimes senegin . This root was introduced into medical practice by Dr. Tennant , a Scotch physician residing in Pennsylvania , as a remedy for snake - bites . Several other species are described ...
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... root and eats that also . ' Prase or Prasem ( Gr . πpáσov , a leek ) . A dark leek - green variety of Quartz , the colour of which is caused by an admixture of Horn- blende . It is found at the iron mines of Breitenbrunn in Saxony , in ...
... root and eats that also . ' Prase or Prasem ( Gr . πpáσov , a leek ) . A dark leek - green variety of Quartz , the colour of which is caused by an admixture of Horn- blende . It is found at the iron mines of Breitenbrunn in Saxony , in ...
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... roots of unity . The successive powers a , a2 , a3 , -1 of any one of these primitive roots con- PRIMROSE stitute the complete series of nth roots of 1 . The successive powers of a non - primitive root , on the other hand , only yield a ...
... roots of unity . The successive powers a , a2 , a3 , -1 of any one of these primitive roots con- PRIMROSE stitute the complete series of nth roots of 1 . The successive powers of a non - primitive root , on the other hand , only yield a ...
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... root of the sum of the squares of the errors , divided by the number of obser- vations , and multiplied by the decimal ' 674489 . It is frequently convenient to compute the probable error of a result from another func- tion , which is ...
... root of the sum of the squares of the errors , divided by the number of obser- vations , and multiplied by the decimal ' 674489 . It is frequently convenient to compute the probable error of a result from another func- tion , which is ...
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... root by the production of runners or lateral shoots , which spread along the surface , and root at the joints or buds , from which they send up new plants ; by the deve- lopement of suckers or side shoots from the roots ; and by various ...
... root by the production of runners or lateral shoots , which spread along the surface , and root at the joints or buds , from which they send up new plants ; by the deve- lopement of suckers or side shoots from the roots ; and by various ...
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