British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Τόμος 3Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819 |
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... fish after the manner of the Americans . This name is particularly given to the French inhabitants of the island of St. Domingo , whose whole em- ployment is to hunt bulls or wild boars , in order to sell the hides of the former and the ...
... fish after the manner of the Americans . This name is particularly given to the French inhabitants of the island of St. Domingo , whose whole em- ployment is to hunt bulls or wild boars , in order to sell the hides of the former and the ...
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... fish ; the crew being content for the rest with what fresh fish they catch . The sea- BUST , or BUSTO , in sculpture , & c . a term used for the figure or portrait of a person in relievo , shewing only the head , shoulders , and stomach ...
... fish ; the crew being content for the rest with what fresh fish they catch . The sea- BUST , or BUSTO , in sculpture , & c . a term used for the figure or portrait of a person in relievo , shewing only the head , shoulders , and stomach ...
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... fishes , rep- tiles , and other similar articles , as a mode of expressing such an assemblage of natu- ral history , as may not be of sufficient im- portance to deserve the epithet of a mu- seum . The word cabinet , in its usual ...
... fishes , rep- tiles , and other similar articles , as a mode of expressing such an assemblage of natu- ral history , as may not be of sufficient im- portance to deserve the epithet of a mu- seum . The word cabinet , in its usual ...
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... native of America , the se- cond of Egypt and Barbary , and the third of Cochinchina . CALLIONYMUS , in natural history , dragonet , a genus of fishes of the order Jugulares . Generic character : eyes ver- tical , approximated CAL CAL.
... native of America , the se- cond of Egypt and Barbary , and the third of Cochinchina . CALLIONYMUS , in natural history , dragonet , a genus of fishes of the order Jugulares . Generic character : eyes ver- tical , approximated CAL CAL.
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... fishes , the dragonet varies slightly in colour in different individuals , and at different seasons of the year . Mr. Pen- nant describes the pupils of the eyes to be of a rich sapphirine blue ; the irides fine fiery carbuncle ; the ...
... fishes , the dragonet varies slightly in colour in different individuals , and at different seasons of the year . Mr. Pen- nant describes the pupils of the eyes to be of a rich sapphirine blue ; the irides fine fiery carbuncle ; the ...
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