Hardwicke's Science-gossipRobert Hardwicke, 1885 |
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... close to the mirror , reflected through a carefully focussed paraboloid . Under such conditions these dainty mites ( beyond eccentricity of form ) disclose marvellous beauty of colour : scarlets , azure - blues , browns , greens and ...
... close to the mirror , reflected through a carefully focussed paraboloid . Under such conditions these dainty mites ( beyond eccentricity of form ) disclose marvellous beauty of colour : scarlets , azure - blues , browns , greens and ...
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... close of September ; —that the earthen dykes , with their hedgerows and numerous trees , bounding the several fields , were mostly stone - faced to strengthen them against the rutting and butting of the cattle , though with occasional ...
... close of September ; —that the earthen dykes , with their hedgerows and numerous trees , bounding the several fields , were mostly stone - faced to strengthen them against the rutting and butting of the cattle , though with occasional ...
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... close on hatching : indeed , there were many newly - hatched wasps in the nests when taken . All the three sexes were repre- sented , there being the workers , the large females or queens , and the males or drones with their longer ...
... close on hatching : indeed , there were many newly - hatched wasps in the nests when taken . All the three sexes were repre- sented , there being the workers , the large females or queens , and the males or drones with their longer ...
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... close by a stream rather nearer to Reigate we found also the variety crystallina and some specimens of Helix arbustorum . Hyalina ( or Zonites ) glabra was very abundant in Surrey , and in some parts of Kent , but we did not meet with a ...
... close by a stream rather nearer to Reigate we found also the variety crystallina and some specimens of Helix arbustorum . Hyalina ( or Zonites ) glabra was very abundant in Surrey , and in some parts of Kent , but we did not meet with a ...
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... close observer , however , detects in these very peculiar motions an object . This object is nothing less than to break up and set free parts of its air - bubble which most likely the insect finds renders its body too light . Its under ...
... close observer , however , detects in these very peculiar motions an object . This object is nothing less than to break up and set free parts of its air - bubble which most likely the insect finds renders its body too light . Its under ...
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