Dictionary of Scientific TermsStrahan & Company, 1878 - 325 pages |
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... ment of the country has at length directed its attention to the pro- motion of those branches of knowledge which are so essential to the well - being and prosperity of a great manufacturing and commercial nation , but which , in our ...
... ment of the country has at length directed its attention to the pro- motion of those branches of knowledge which are so essential to the well - being and prosperity of a great manufacturing and commercial nation , but which , in our ...
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... ment used for weighing the air . Aizo'on ( Gr . ever alive ) , a genus of plants , of the order Tetragoniacea . Aja'va , the seed of a plant brought from Malabar , used medicinally as a car- minative . Ajow'an , a species of ...
... ment used for weighing the air . Aizo'on ( Gr . ever alive ) , a genus of plants , of the order Tetragoniacea . Aja'va , the seed of a plant brought from Malabar , used medicinally as a car- minative . Ajow'an , a species of ...
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... ment used to take observations of the sun when it rises or sets . Al'magist ( Arab . and Gr . megistos greatest ) , a collection of problems in astronomy and geography drawn up by Ptolemy of Egypt . Alma'gra ( Sp . ) , in mineralogy , a ...
... ment used to take observations of the sun when it rises or sets . Al'magist ( Arab . and Gr . megistos greatest ) , a collection of problems in astronomy and geography drawn up by Ptolemy of Egypt . Alma'gra ( Sp . ) , in mineralogy , a ...
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... ment must be slow , distinct , and accurate . An'darac , red orpiment . Andrea'a , a genus of mosses , of a brown or black colour . Andre'na , in entomology , a genus of bees , which have threc - clefted tongues . Androdynamis ( Gr ...
... ment must be slow , distinct , and accurate . An'darac , red orpiment . Andrea'a , a genus of mosses , of a brown or black colour . Andre'na , in entomology , a genus of bees , which have threc - clefted tongues . Androdynamis ( Gr ...
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... ment , consisting of sacks of earth , or palisados , thrown up hastily as a defence . Anthe'lion ( Gr . anti , and helios the sun ) , a mock sun . Anthelix ( Gr . anti , and helix a spiral ) , in anatomy , a part of the external ear ...
... ment , consisting of sacks of earth , or palisados , thrown up hastily as a defence . Anthe'lion ( Gr . anti , and helios the sun ) , a mock sun . Anthelix ( Gr . anti , and helix a spiral ) , in anatomy , a part of the external ear ...
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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