A London encyclopaedia, or universal dictionary of science, art, literature and practical mechanics : comprising a popular view of the present state of knowledge : illustrated by numerous engravings, a general atlas, and appropriate diagrams (1829)
Curtis, Thomas, fl. 1820 · London : Thomas Tegg · leaf 355
to the lungs is closed, and thatwhich conducts into the free atmosphere un-covered; consequently, on the descent of thepiston-rod, the air drawn from the lungs is ex-pelled into the atmosphere, while a fresh supplyis received on elevating the piston ; and, the in-dex being turned into its former… … LuNG-woRT, in botany. See Pulmonaria. Lung-wort, Cows. See Verbascom. Lung-wort, Golden. See Hieracium. LUNISOLAR Year, in chronology, is thespace of 532 common years; found by multiply-ing the cycle of the sun by that of the moon.See Chronology. LUPKRCALIA, feasts instituted in ancientRome, in…
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