The Columbian Cyclopedia, Volume 30Garretson, Cox, 1897 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... Tree . None of these salts are of special importance . Dioxide of T. , or stannic oxide , SnO2 , occurs native in the anhydrous form , crystallizing in square prisms sufficiently hard to scratch glass , and generally of brown color from ...
... Tree . None of these salts are of special importance . Dioxide of T. , or stannic oxide , SnO2 , occurs native in the anhydrous form , crystallizing in square prisms sufficiently hard to scratch glass , and generally of brown color from ...
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... chief means of procuring fire before the introduction of Matches ( q.v. ) . Partially decayed wood , especially that of willows and other similar trees , also affords tinder : and certain TINE - TINEA . fungi furnish the German tinder ,
... chief means of procuring fire before the introduction of Matches ( q.v. ) . Partially decayed wood , especially that of willows and other similar trees , also affords tinder : and certain TINE - TINEA . fungi furnish the German tinder ,
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... tree of nat . order Sapindacea , which covers large tracts of country in parts of Brazil , excluding almost everything else , growing usually to the height of 30 or 40 ft . , sometimes much higher . An infusion of the bark of the roots ...
... tree of nat . order Sapindacea , which covers large tracts of country in parts of Brazil , excluding almost everything else , growing usually to the height of 30 or 40 ft . , sometimes much higher . An infusion of the bark of the roots ...
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... trees and shrubs , and has numerous small lakes . Remains of Scandinavian forts dot the shores , and standing - stones , ruined churches , and ancient graves are found in the interior . - Pop . ( 1881 ) 2,730 . TIRESIAS - TIRYNS ...
... trees and shrubs , and has numerous small lakes . Remains of Scandinavian forts dot the shores , and standing - stones , ruined churches , and ancient graves are found in the interior . - Pop . ( 1881 ) 2,730 . TIRESIAS - TIRYNS ...
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... trees . The vines of T. are famed for a peculiar sort of grape , in great request for its firmness and luscious flavor , noticed as early as the time of Pliny the Elder . The stone called travertino , ' of which great part of Rome is ...
... trees . The vines of T. are famed for a peculiar sort of grape , in great request for its firmness and luscious flavor , noticed as early as the time of Pliny the Elder . The stone called travertino , ' of which great part of Rome is ...
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