American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volumen 11Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 |
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... shell tubular , com- posed of particles of sand , broken shells , and vegetable substances , united to a membrane , by a glutinous cement . There are twenty - five species , of which we may notice S. scruposo ; shell solitary , loose ...
... shell tubular , com- posed of particles of sand , broken shells , and vegetable substances , united to a membrane , by a glutinous cement . There are twenty - five species , of which we may notice S. scruposo ; shell solitary , loose ...
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... shell is composed chiefly of sand and very fine fragments of shells ; the tubes straightish , two or three inches long . SABLE . See MUSTELA . SABLE , in heraldry , denotes the co- lour black , in coats of arms belonging to gentlemen ...
... shell is composed chiefly of sand and very fine fragments of shells ; the tubes straightish , two or three inches long . SABLE . See MUSTELA . SABLE , in heraldry , denotes the co- lour black , in coats of arms belonging to gentlemen ...
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... shell . There is only one species , viz . S. adiantifolia . SALIVA . The saliva which is secreted by peculiar glands , and which flows into the mouth , is a clear viscid fluid , without taste or smell . It has generally a frothy ...
... shell . There is only one species , viz . S. adiantifolia . SALIVA . The saliva which is secreted by peculiar glands , and which flows into the mouth , is a clear viscid fluid , without taste or smell . It has generally a frothy ...
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... shell - fish , and water in- sects . They are extremely rapacious and devouring , and not unfrequently prey upon each other . Those are most esteemed which are found in the coldest streams , and they are generally regard- ed as an ...
... shell - fish , and water in- sects . They are extremely rapacious and devouring , and not unfrequently prey upon each other . Those are most esteemed which are found in the coldest streams , and they are generally regard- ed as an ...
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... shells also , which are always in great abundance in this sand , add to its virtues ; and it is always the more esteemed by the farmers , the more of these fragments there are among it . The sea - sand used as manure in differ- ent ...
... shells also , which are always in great abundance in this sand , add to its virtues ; and it is always the more esteemed by the farmers , the more of these fragments there are among it . The sea - sand used as manure in differ- ent ...
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