Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen1A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... cold climate are found upon mountains where plants of a hot climate will not grow ; and the height of a moun- tain be determined with tolerable pre- cifion from the plants it produces . Wheat is not an indigenous plant in Britain : no ...
... cold climate are found upon mountains where plants of a hot climate will not grow ; and the height of a moun- tain be determined with tolerable pre- cifion from the plants it produces . Wheat is not an indigenous plant in Britain : no ...
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... cold , that it cannot fubfift even in a temperate climate . Arabian and Barbary horfes degenerate in Britain ; and , to preferve the breed in fome degree of perfection , frequent fupplies from their original climate are requifite ...
... cold , that it cannot fubfift even in a temperate climate . Arabian and Barbary horfes degenerate in Britain ; and , to preferve the breed in fome degree of perfection , frequent fupplies from their original climate are requifite ...
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... cold climates , plants during winter are protected against cold by fnow . In thefe climates , the hair of fome animals grows long in winter : feveral animals are covered with much fat , which protects them against cold ; and many birds ...
... cold climates , plants during winter are protected against cold by fnow . In thefe climates , the hair of fome animals grows long in winter : feveral animals are covered with much fat , which protects them against cold ; and many birds ...
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... cold . Even the trees are full of rofin . The island St Thomas , under the line , is extremely foggy ; and the natives are fitted for that fort of weather , by the rigidity of their fibres . The fog is difpelled in July and Auguft by ...
... cold . Even the trees are full of rofin . The island St Thomas , under the line , is extremely foggy ; and the natives are fitted for that fort of weather , by the rigidity of their fibres . The fog is difpelled in July and Auguft by ...
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... cold climate , animals are in plenty , but few vegetables that can serve for food to man . What physicians pro- nounce upon that head , I know not ; but , if we dare venture a conjecture from ana- logy , animal food will be found the ...
... cold climate , animals are in plenty , but few vegetables that can serve for food to man . What physicians pro- nounce upon that head , I know not ; but , if we dare venture a conjecture from ana- logy , animal food will be found the ...
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