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... living creatures , and of the confiners and participles of both ..... 81 54 Of plants , experiments promiscuous ........ 82 Of congealing of water into crystal ..... 54 Of the healing of wounds ... 89 % Of preserving the smell and ...
... living creatures , and of the confiners and participles of both ..... 81 54 Of plants , experiments promiscuous ........ 82 Of congealing of water into crystal ..... 54 Of the healing of wounds ... 89 % Of preserving the smell and ...
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... living creatures .. 100 Of the generation , and bearing of living Of the corporeal substance of smells ....... 112 Of fetid and fragrant odours .... Of the causes of putrefaction .. 112 creatures in the womb ... .. 101 Of species ...
... living creatures .. 100 Of the generation , and bearing of living Of the corporeal substance of smells ....... 112 Of fetid and fragrant odours .... Of the causes of putrefaction .. 112 creatures in the womb ... .. 101 Of species ...
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... living creature ; insomuch as Apollonius of Tyana , a Pythagorean prophet , affirmed , that the ebbing and flowing of the sea was the respiration of the world , drawing in water as breath , and putting it forth again . They went on ...
... living creature ; insomuch as Apollonius of Tyana , a Pythagorean prophet , affirmed , that the ebbing and flowing of the sea was the respiration of the world , drawing in water as breath , and putting it forth again . They went on ...
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... living crea- tures , which maketh as well the feathers in birds , as the hair in beasts , passeth in birds through a finer and more delicate strainer than it doth in beasts : for feathers pass through quills ; and hair through skin . 6 ...
... living crea- tures , which maketh as well the feathers in birds , as the hair in beasts , passeth in birds through a finer and more delicate strainer than it doth in beasts : for feathers pass through quills ; and hair through skin . 6 ...
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... living creatures . In gunpowder , the force of it hath been ascribed to rarefaction of the earthy substance into flame ; and thus far it is true : and then , forsooth , it is become another element ; the form whereof occupieth more ...
... living creatures . In gunpowder , the force of it hath been ascribed to rarefaction of the earthy substance into flame ; and thus far it is true : and then , forsooth , it is become another element ; the form whereof occupieth more ...
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