Dictionary of Scientific TermsStrahan & Company, 1878 - 325 pages |
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... composed of innumerable races . Such are the principal systems of botanical classification ( says the Editor of the supplementary volume to the " National Cyclopædia " ) which have been presented to the world ; and although there have ...
... composed of innumerable races . Such are the principal systems of botanical classification ( says the Editor of the supplementary volume to the " National Cyclopædia " ) which have been presented to the world ; and although there have ...
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... composed of a number of separate pieces . The next great divisions of invertebrated animals are the Articulata and the Radiata , which are each divided into five classes . The fifth class of inverte- brates are the Annelides , or Worms ...
... composed of a number of separate pieces . The next great divisions of invertebrated animals are the Articulata and the Radiata , which are each divided into five classes . The fifth class of inverte- brates are the Annelides , or Worms ...
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... composed of shrubs or herbs , and chiefly tropical . Acan'the ( Gr . prickles , thorns , orspines , from which a great variety of scien- tific terms are formed ) , in botany , the prickles of thorny plants ; and in zoo- fogy , the ...
... composed of shrubs or herbs , and chiefly tropical . Acan'the ( Gr . prickles , thorns , orspines , from which a great variety of scien- tific terms are formed ) , in botany , the prickles of thorny plants ; and in zoo- fogy , the ...
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... composed of cellu- lar tissue , ascending from the sim- plest form to a very compound state , the lowest being filiform and leafless , and the highest leafy , with a fructifi cation included in an indehiscent pericarpium . The colour of ...
... composed of cellu- lar tissue , ascending from the sim- plest form to a very compound state , the lowest being filiform and leafless , and the highest leafy , with a fructifi cation included in an indehiscent pericarpium . The colour of ...
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... composed of the same elements . - Alkahest is the pre- tended universal solvent of the alche- mists ; the word being first used by Paracelsus , and adopted by his fol- lowers , to signify a universal dissol- vent or liquor , which , if ...
... composed of the same elements . - Alkahest is the pre- tended universal solvent of the alche- mists ; the word being first used by Paracelsus , and adopted by his fol- lowers , to signify a universal dissol- vent or liquor , which , if ...
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acid alumina anatomy angle animal antimony architecture astronomy atom atomic weight birds body bones botany called carbon carbonic acid chemistry circle cloth gilt extra coleopterous insects colour composed compound conchology consisting of silica containing copper Crown 8vo crystals disease earth entomology epithet applied exogenous plants fishes flowers fluid formed fortification fossil genera genus genus of plants geology geometry heraldry hydrogen ichthyology inflammation insects instrument Ital lime lithos a stone logy magnesia malacology manganese medicine membrane ment metal metron metron a measure military science mineral mineralogy Mollusca muscles nerves obtained optics order of exogenous organs ornithology oxide oxide of iron oxygen pathology physiology potash prefix produced resin rocks salt shells shrubs silica sisting Small 8vo species stamens sub-family substance sulphur surface surgery tained term applied tion tree tribe type and genus variety vegetable zoology