The Treasury of Knowledge and Library of Reference: A million of facts [The book of facts, by Samuel L. Knapp, William C. Redfield, and othersC.C. Childs, 1850 |
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... plants . 2. Those who 3. Those who live live in water . And 4. Those who among stones . subsist on animal remains . live on vegetables . They respire and eat and drink through the trunk , which is so sensible as to pick up a pea or a ...
... plants . 2. Those who 3. Those who live live in water . And 4. Those who among stones . subsist on animal remains . live on vegetables . They respire and eat and drink through the trunk , which is so sensible as to pick up a pea or a ...
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... plants are hermaphro dite , except monccia and diecia . Mules and other mixtures do not propagate , and some cause of the same kind affects branches of the human family as stops to population ; and hence the continual extinction of ...
... plants are hermaphro dite , except monccia and diecia . Mules and other mixtures do not propagate , and some cause of the same kind affects branches of the human family as stops to population ; and hence the continual extinction of ...
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... plants have been discovered , mostly new . Of the gum tree there are 100 differ- ent species , some of them 150 feet high and 40 feet round . There are also 100 species of the leafless acacia , and these two kinds of trees compose the ...
... plants have been discovered , mostly new . Of the gum tree there are 100 differ- ent species , some of them 150 feet high and 40 feet round . There are also 100 species of the leafless acacia , and these two kinds of trees compose the ...
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... plant in miniature . ral , but all separated , and very per- The proboscis is employed in collect- fect ; and the bee then resides in the ing honey by licking it from the upper part to protect her brood . flower and conveying it to the ...
... plant in miniature . ral , but all separated , and very per- The proboscis is employed in collect- fect ; and the bee then resides in the ing honey by licking it from the upper part to protect her brood . flower and conveying it to the ...
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... plants by its eggs and young , and the gad - fly does the same in the skins of cattle . There are 50 species of wood - peck- ers . The largest native of England is the green , 13 inches long , an ene- The ant - hills of our fields are ...
... plants by its eggs and young , and the gad - fly does the same in the skins of cattle . There are 50 species of wood - peck- ers . The largest native of England is the green , 13 inches long , an ene- The ant - hills of our fields are ...
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Page 97 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Page 162 - We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives. The treaty which we have just signed has not been obtained by art, or dictated by force ; equally advantageous to the two contracting parties, it will change vast solitudes into flourishing districts. From this day, the United States take their place among the powers of the first rank ; the English lose all exclusive influence in the affairs of America.
Page 257 - Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.
Page 282 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 97 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 30 - These are usually accounted six in number, viz. the Lever, the Wheel and Axle, the Pulley, the Inclined Plane, the Wedge, and the Screw.
Page 312 - The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
Page 282 - For he was wiser than all men: than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
Page 284 - Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.
Page 154 - ... the appellation of benevolence, these actions have been performed in so free and so kind a manner, that if I was dry I drank the sweet draught, and if hungry ate the coarse morsel, with a double relish.