The penny cyclopædia [ed. by G. Long]., Τόμος 11 |
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... animals is used as fuel : and from the use of camel's dung the formation of sal ammoniac was derived in Egypt ; this salt subliming from the excrement during its combustion . In small chemical operations , as for the blow - pipe ...
... animals is used as fuel : and from the use of camel's dung the formation of sal ammoniac was derived in Egypt ; this salt subliming from the excrement during its combustion . In small chemical operations , as for the blow - pipe ...
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... animal heat in the icy regions inhabited by these birds . We select as our example : Somateria mollissima ( Anas mollissima , Linn . ) , the Eider Duck . This is the Oic à duvet ou Eider of the French ; Die Eidergans and Eiterente of ...
... animal heat in the icy regions inhabited by these birds . We select as our example : Somateria mollissima ( Anas mollissima , Linn . ) , the Eider Duck . This is the Oic à duvet ou Eider of the French ; Die Eidergans and Eiterente of ...
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... animals , among which muscles and other conchifers , turbinated testaceans , and occasionally sea - eggs ( Echini ) are said to be taken . Utility to Man . - The down above described is the prin- cipal tribute paid by the Eider Duck to ...
... animals , among which muscles and other conchifers , turbinated testaceans , and occasionally sea - eggs ( Echini ) are said to be taken . Utility to Man . - The down above described is the prin- cipal tribute paid by the Eider Duck to ...
Σελίδα 11
... animal and vegetable , form its food , particularly the Zostera , or Grass - wrack , for which it dives like others of its congeners . ' Late in the evening , or early in the morning , ' writes Nuttall in his Manual , towards spring ...
... animal and vegetable , form its food , particularly the Zostera , or Grass - wrack , for which it dives like others of its congeners . ' Late in the evening , or early in the morning , ' writes Nuttall in his Manual , towards spring ...
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... animal and ve- getable matter , liberates the chlorine from its combination with lime or soda ; and as this action is slow , the chlorine , though scarcely susceptible of affecting the animal eco- nomy , readily decomposes putrid ...
... animal and ve- getable matter , liberates the chlorine from its combination with lime or soda ; and as this action is slow , the chlorine , though scarcely susceptible of affecting the animal eco- nomy , readily decomposes putrid ...
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