Hardwicke's Science-gossipRobert Hardwicke, 1885 |
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... bodies . A multitude of similar instances may be named . Possibly the fire exerted a similar fascination upon the ants . By A correspondent to this journal ( page 262 ) inquires concerning the food of tortoises . I found the same ...
... bodies . A multitude of similar instances may be named . Possibly the fire exerted a similar fascination upon the ants . By A correspondent to this journal ( page 262 ) inquires concerning the food of tortoises . I found the same ...
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... bodies , the planet Saturn , with its mysterious ringed appendages , reawakens an old project that I have often longed ... body inside his telescope . The difficulty of maintaining a perfect calm within the tube of a large telescope must ...
... bodies , the planet Saturn , with its mysterious ringed appendages , reawakens an old project that I have often longed ... body inside his telescope . The difficulty of maintaining a perfect calm within the tube of a large telescope must ...
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... body , which was supposed to be that of King Arthur . These bones were deposited in the church and covered with a sumptuous monument . In 708 Ina , king of the Saxons , in a sudden and spasmodic fit of zeal , greatly improved the ...
... body , which was supposed to be that of King Arthur . These bones were deposited in the church and covered with a sumptuous monument . In 708 Ina , king of the Saxons , in a sudden and spasmodic fit of zeal , greatly improved the ...
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... body whorl swollen above , top of shell nearly flat . St. Nicholas Marsh , with type . 6. L. peregra , var . Shell showing spiral banding . From a ditch near Walmer Castle , Kent . ( v . picta ? ) 7. L. stagnalis , var . Shell having ...
... body whorl swollen above , top of shell nearly flat . St. Nicholas Marsh , with type . 6. L. peregra , var . Shell showing spiral banding . From a ditch near Walmer Castle , Kent . ( v . picta ? ) 7. L. stagnalis , var . Shell having ...
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... body whorl , corresponding to 3 , 4 , and 5 , in H. nemoralis . Ditch at Bickley , with type . 13. Sphærium lacustre , monst . Shell distorted so as to resemble Pisidium amnicum in shape . Pond at Bromley , with type . 14. Cyclostoma ...
... body whorl , corresponding to 3 , 4 , and 5 , in H. nemoralis . Ditch at Bickley , with type . 13. Sphærium lacustre , monst . Shell distorted so as to resemble Pisidium amnicum in shape . Pond at Bromley , with type . 14. Cyclostoma ...
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