Dictionary of Scientific TermsStrahan & Company, 1878 - 325 pages |
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... astronomy , a term applied to the rising and setting of a star about the same time as the sun . Acronych'ia ( Gr . akros , and onyx a claw ) , the name of a pretty shrub , with white clustering flowers and fragrant odour ; order Rutaceæ ...
... astronomy , a term applied to the rising and setting of a star about the same time as the sun . Acronych'ia ( Gr . akros , and onyx a claw ) , the name of a pretty shrub , with white clustering flowers and fragrant odour ; order Rutaceæ ...
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... astronomy , a star of the third magnitude , in the con- stellation Cynas . Albite ( Lat . white ) , in mineralogy , a four - angled variety of felspar , gene- rally of a white colour . Albo'ra , in ichthyology , a species of fish of the ...
... astronomy , a star of the third magnitude , in the con- stellation Cynas . Albite ( Lat . white ) , in mineralogy , a four - angled variety of felspar , gene- rally of a white colour . Albo'ra , in ichthyology , a species of fish of the ...
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... astronomy , the name of one of the recently discovered planets , first observed by Goldschmidt , in 1857 . Alexandri'na , a genus of leguminous plants , of the sub - order Papilionacea . Alexephar'mic ( Gr . poison repellent ) , that ...
... astronomy , the name of one of the recently discovered planets , first observed by Goldschmidt , in 1857 . Alexandri'na , a genus of leguminous plants , of the sub - order Papilionacea . Alexephar'mic ( Gr . poison repellent ) , that ...
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... astronomy , a star of the third magnitude , in the constel- lation Capricornus . Alicula'ria ( Lat . drink ) , in botany , a genus of scale mosses , of the order Jungermanniaceæ . Al'iform ( Lat . ) , wing - shaped . Al'ioth ( Arab ...
... astronomy , a star of the third magnitude , in the constel- lation Capricornus . Alicula'ria ( Lat . drink ) , in botany , a genus of scale mosses , of the order Jungermanniaceæ . Al'iform ( Lat . ) , wing - shaped . Al'ioth ( Arab ...
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... astronomy , the name of one of the recently - discovered planets , first observed in 1854. Its mean distance from the sun is 243,530,000 of miles , and the time of its periodical revolution is four years and thirty days . Amphod'elite ...
... astronomy , the name of one of the recently - discovered planets , first observed in 1854. Its mean distance from the sun is 243,530,000 of miles , and the time of its periodical revolution is four years and thirty days . Amphod'elite ...
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