Dictionary of Scientific TermsStrahan & Company, 1878 - 325 pages |
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... sisting of a cranium , spinal column , and four limbs ; the classes of which are the Mammalia , Aves , Reptilia , and Pisces , described under their re- spective heads . - The Articulata are animals without a skeleton , divided into a ...
... sisting of a cranium , spinal column , and four limbs ; the classes of which are the Mammalia , Aves , Reptilia , and Pisces , described under their re- spective heads . - The Articulata are animals without a skeleton , divided into a ...
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... sisting of silica , alumina , oxide of iron , magnesia , lime , and oxide of manganese ; sp . gr . 3 . Anthophyllum ( Gr . a flower leaf ) , in zoology , the name of a lamelliferous coral , of a conical shape , found in the Paleozoic ...
... sisting of silica , alumina , oxide of iron , magnesia , lime , and oxide of manganese ; sp . gr . 3 . Anthophyllum ( Gr . a flower leaf ) , in zoology , the name of a lamelliferous coral , of a conical shape , found in the Paleozoic ...
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... sisting of German Gothic , with Moorish or degraded Grecian . Arachis ( Gr . without branches ) , in botany , a genus of papilionaceous plants , the earth - nut ; order , Legu- minosa . Arach'nida , or Arach'nides ( Gr . like spiders ) ...
... sisting of German Gothic , with Moorish or degraded Grecian . Arachis ( Gr . without branches ) , in botany , a genus of papilionaceous plants , the earth - nut ; order , Legu- minosa . Arach'nida , or Arach'nides ( Gr . like spiders ) ...
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... sisting of benzile and prussic acid , 1 atom each . - Benzilic acid is a com- pound consisting of 28 atoms of car- bon , 11 of hydrogen , 5 of oxygen , and I of water . Ben'zimede , in chemistry , an ingredient of the raw oil of bitter ...
... sisting of benzile and prussic acid , 1 atom each . - Benzilic acid is a com- pound consisting of 28 atoms of car- bon , 11 of hydrogen , 5 of oxygen , and I of water . Ben'zimede , in chemistry , an ingredient of the raw oil of bitter ...
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... sisting of 16 parts of copper , 4 of lead , and 2 of tin , with a portion of spel- ter . Articles inlaid with gold and silver , and highly polished , are manu- factured from it . Bifid ( Lat . ) , cleft in two parts . Bif'orines , in ...
... sisting of 16 parts of copper , 4 of lead , and 2 of tin , with a portion of spel- ter . Articles inlaid with gold and silver , and highly polished , are manu- factured from it . Bifid ( Lat . ) , cleft in two parts . Bif'orines , in ...
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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