Dictionary of Scientific TermsStrahan & Company, 1878 - 325 pages |
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... nerves ) to such as have very little structure , and in many cases cannot be classed with certainty as animals or vegetables ; thus classing , first , Man and Mammals , as above enumerated ; secondly , Birds ; thirdly , Reptiles ...
... nerves ) to such as have very little structure , and in many cases cannot be classed with certainty as animals or vegetables ; thus classing , first , Man and Mammals , as above enumerated ; secondly , Birds ; thirdly , Reptiles ...
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... nerves being paralytically affected ; sometimes called Gutta serena . Amazon Stone , a species of stone found on the river Amazon , and also in New Zealand and other South - Sea Islands ; it is manufactured into hat- chets and other ...
... nerves being paralytically affected ; sometimes called Gutta serena . Amazon Stone , a species of stone found on the river Amazon , and also in New Zealand and other South - Sea Islands ; it is manufactured into hat- chets and other ...
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... nerves , lymphatics , & c . Angiology ( Gr . ) , a treatise on the blood- vessels of the body . Angiosper'mous ( Gr . angeion , and 25 ANG ILLINOIS sperma_seed ) , in botany , applied plants the seeds of which veloped in a pericarp ...
... nerves , lymphatics , & c . Angiology ( Gr . ) , a treatise on the blood- vessels of the body . Angiosper'mous ( Gr . angeion , and 25 ANG ILLINOIS sperma_seed ) , in botany , applied plants the seeds of which veloped in a pericarp ...
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... nervous system composed of two long cords , swelling at intervals into knots or ganglions . Other dif- ferent classes of the Articulata are , the Annelides , Crustacea , Arach- nides , and Insects . - The Mollusca are animals without a ...
... nervous system composed of two long cords , swelling at intervals into knots or ganglions . Other dif- ferent classes of the Articulata are , the Annelides , Crustacea , Arach- nides , and Insects . - The Mollusca are animals without a ...
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... nerve ) , in anatomy , a fibrous or tendonous expansion of a nerve , tendon , or chord , which , when it occurs in the thigh , is termed the fascia lata . Apoph'ygy ( Gr . escape ) , in architecture , that part of the column where it ...
... nerve ) , in anatomy , a fibrous or tendonous expansion of a nerve , tendon , or chord , which , when it occurs in the thigh , is termed the fascia lata . Apoph'ygy ( Gr . escape ) , in architecture , that part of the column where it ...
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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