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... experiments ) without in- juring the quality of the grain . Immense tracts of Land lie unculti- vated in different parts of Great - Britain . As such Land , when once improved , seldom recurs to its orignal barren state , it shows that ...
... experiments ) without in- juring the quality of the grain . Immense tracts of Land lie unculti- vated in different parts of Great - Britain . As such Land , when once improved , seldom recurs to its orignal barren state , it shows that ...
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... experiments confirm its advantages . The Public are under great obligations to Thomas Andrew Knight , Esq . of Ludlow , for a Drill Machine for sowing Turnips and other seeds , presented by him to the Society . This very ingeni- ous and ...
... experiments confirm its advantages . The Public are under great obligations to Thomas Andrew Knight , Esq . of Ludlow , for a Drill Machine for sowing Turnips and other seeds , presented by him to the Society . This very ingeni- ous and ...
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... experiments made before the Committee , with the model of the Water - Wheel from the late Mr. Besant , it appears to possess advantages sufficient to recommend its trial in places subject to Back - Water . Very strong recommendations of ...
... experiments made before the Committee , with the model of the Water - Wheel from the late Mr. Besant , it appears to possess advantages sufficient to recommend its trial in places subject to Back - Water . Very strong recommendations of ...
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... experiments made by Dr. Bancroft and others , show that it is at least equal in effect to one fourth its weight of Cochi- neal . The Society are informed , that great pains are taking in India to pro- duce duce the best Cochineal ; and ...
... experiments made by Dr. Bancroft and others , show that it is at least equal in effect to one fourth its weight of Cochi- neal . The Society are informed , that great pains are taking in India to pro- duce duce the best Cochineal ; and ...
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... it should have been raised ; the spirit had evaporated in his ill - managed experiment , and there was nothing re- maining but a residuum , a mére caput C 4 mortuum mortuum of little value , by which one important part [ xxix ]
... it should have been raised ; the spirit had evaporated in his ill - managed experiment , and there was nothing re- maining but a residuum , a mére caput C 4 mortuum mortuum of little value , by which one important part [ xxix ]
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