A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Volum 5Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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Pàgina 9
... stones which are to be seen in many places of Britain , particularly Scotland and Wales . They are composed of stones of all di- mensions , thrown together in a conical form , a flat stone crowning the apex . Various causes have been ...
... stones which are to be seen in many places of Britain , particularly Scotland and Wales . They are composed of stones of all di- mensions , thrown together in a conical form , a flat stone crowning the apex . Various causes have been ...
Pàgina 10
... stone to the heap ; they supposed it would be an honor to the dead , and acceptable to his manes . To this moment there is a proverbial expression among the Highlanders , allusive to the old prac- tice : a suppliant will tell his patron ...
... stone to the heap ; they supposed it would be an honor to the dead , and acceptable to his manes . To this moment there is a proverbial expression among the Highlanders , allusive to the old prac- tice : a suppliant will tell his patron ...
Pàgina 16
... stone and earth : the color is sometimes whitish or gray sometimes yellowish , or of a deep yellow ; sometimes red ; sometimes brown or blackish . It is plentiful in several parts of Europe , Spain , Sweden , Bo- hemia , Saxony , France ...
... stone and earth : the color is sometimes whitish or gray sometimes yellowish , or of a deep yellow ; sometimes red ; sometimes brown or blackish . It is plentiful in several parts of Europe , Spain , Sweden , Bo- hemia , Saxony , France ...
Pàgina 19
... stones , in their places , each with a seat and back , forming a little circle , once perhaps a bath . The temple ... stone or frag- ments of stones , from which cement or mortar is made . - Vossius . Scheidius on the other hand , by ...
... stones , in their places , each with a seat and back , forming a little circle , once perhaps a bath . The temple ... stone or frag- ments of stones , from which cement or mortar is made . - Vossius . Scheidius on the other hand , by ...
Pàgina 20
... stone . Calcedonius is of the agate grey , clouded with blue , or with purple . Woodward on Fossils . CALCEOLARIA , from calceolis , a slipper , Slipper - wort ; a genus of plants , class , diandria ; order , monogynia : CAL . one ...
... stone . Calcedonius is of the agate grey , clouded with blue , or with purple . Woodward on Fossils . CALCEOLARIA , from calceolis , a slipper , Slipper - wort ; a genus of plants , class , diandria ; order , monogynia : CAL . one ...
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