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Pages : 714
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The American Agriculturist Family Cyclopædia
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The American Agriculturist Family Cyclopaedia
Author: The American Agriculturist Family Cyclopædia
Author: AnonymousPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781011914135
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Languages : en
Pages : 706
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The American Agriculturist Family Cyclopædia
Author: Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780364114087
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 710
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Excerpt from The American Agriculturist Family Cyclopædia: A Book of Reference for the Various Departments of Human Knowledge, Including Agriculture, Astronomy, Architecture, the Various Arts and Sciences, Biography, Botany, Chemistry, Engineering, Geography, Geology, History, Horticulture, Literature, Mechanics Abbe, ab-hé. In France, a title given to all who devoted themselves to divinity, or pursued a course of study in a theological seminary, in the hope that the king would confer on them an abbey, that is, a certain part of the revenues of a monastery. The name is also applied to persons holding a semi-clerical position in other R. C. Coun tries. Abbess, ab'bes. The female governor of a convent or nunnery, who must be 40 years of age, and 8 years a nun. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The American Agriculturist Family Cyclopædia
Author: UNKNOWN. AUTHORPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330383339
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 710
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Excerpt from The American Agriculturist Family Cyclopædia: A Book of Reference for the Various Departments of Human Knowledge, Including Agriculture, Astronomy, Architecture, the Various Arts and Sciences, Biography, Botany, Chemistry, Engineering, Geography, Geology, History, Horticulture, Literature, Mechanics A. The first letter in the English alphabet and most of the parent tongues. It has four independent sounds, as in same, tall, can, rather. In Grammar, as the indefinite article, it stands for one or any. Before a word beginning with a vowel, or a silent h, it is, for the sake of euphony, changed to an. As a prefix it is equivalent to in, or on, as asleep, afoot. The Romans used A as a symbol for 500, and with a dash above it as 5,000; among the Greeks a' stood for 1, and with a dot beneath it for 1,000. As an abbreviation A. stands for Anno, In Anno Domini - in the year of our Lord; and Anno Mundi - in the year of the world; for Artium, in Artium Magister - Master of Arts; for Ante, in Ante Meridiem - before noon. In Medicine A with a dash above it stands for Ana - of each. In Chemistry A A A is the symbol for Amalgama - to mix. In Music A is the nominal of the major sixth, or 6th diatonic interval of the gamut, or 1st octave of the modern scale; a marks the same interval in the second octave. A is the open note of the 2d string of the violin, and governs the chords. In Algebra a, b, c are symbols of known quantities, the opposites of x, y, z, representing unknown quantities. In Commerce A is the abbreviation of Accepted on bills of exchange; A1 indicates vessels registered as first-class at Lloyd's. Aam, am. A measure of liquids still in use in northern Europe, containing about 80 gals. Aar, ahr. A river of Switzerland, celebrated for the falls of the Haadeck, near Meiringen, 225 feet in height. Aardvark, ard'vark. The ground-hog or earth-pig of South Africa. Aard-wolf, ard'wulf. The earth-wolf of South Africa. Aaron, air'un. The elder brother of Moses, the Jewish law-giver, and first high priest. Died on Mt. Hor, Æ. 123. Aaron's-beard, a'ronz-berd. A popular name for Hypericum calycinum, a dwarf evergreen shrub with trailing underground stems. Aaron's-rod, a'ronz-rod. A rod with one serpent twined round it. Ab, ab. The 11th month of the Jewish civil year, and the 5th of the ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of July and a part of August. In Syriac, the last summer month. Abaca, ab'a-ka. The Philippine name of the plant Musa textilis, which fields the Manilla-hemp. Abaciscus, -a-sis'kus. The square compartment or one of the tesseræ used in mosaic pavements. Abacus, 'a-kus. A tray that was strewn with dust or sand, anciently used for calculating by the Greeks and Romans; also by the Chinese, who call it shawnpan, and also in modern schools for teaching the elementary operations of arithmetic. It consists of an oblong frame, across which are stretched wires, strung with ten balls, one representing units, the next tens, and so on to hundreds, thousands, &c. In Arch., a table constituting the upper member or crowning of a column and its capital. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
American Agriculturist
Author: Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: Farm and community
Author: Liberty Hyde BaileyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 606
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Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: Farms
Author: Liberty Hyde BaileyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
American Agriculturist
Author: Cyclopedia of American Agriculture
Author: Liberty Hyde BaileyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description