Harry and Lucy: With Other Tales ...Harper, 1836 - Children |
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Page 163
... observed it . All I know about it is , that in Rees's Cy- clopædia , it says that this kind of grass was discovered in India about the year 1800 , I think , was not it , uncle ? by Captain Kater , who was employed in making some survey ...
... observed it . All I know about it is , that in Rees's Cy- clopædia , it says that this kind of grass was discovered in India about the year 1800 , I think , was not it , uncle ? by Captain Kater , who was employed in making some survey ...
Page 254
... observed them cov- ering a plate like network . They look very ugly . " " But what is much worse , " continued he , in most kinds of glazing , lead is employed ; which , when dis- solved in certain acids , is poisonous . " Lucy observed ...
... observed them cov- ering a plate like network . They look very ugly . " " But what is much worse , " continued he , in most kinds of glazing , lead is employed ; which , when dis- solved in certain acids , is poisonous . " Lucy observed ...
Page 307
... observed the appearance of the oar in the water , and that you wish to know the reason of what you saw . Seemingly ... observed , made his great discoveries of those properties and laws of light , which we call the laws of reflection and ...
... observed the appearance of the oar in the water , and that you wish to know the reason of what you saw . Seemingly ... observed , made his great discoveries of those properties and laws of light , which we call the laws of reflection and ...
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