Hardwicke's Science-gossipRobert Hardwicke, 1885 |
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Page 20
... looks like excrement from some small insect that has been feeding on the leaf , while there are proofs that the chlorophyll has been consumed . I have , however , failed as yet to detect either insect or fungus , and should be glad to ...
... looks like excrement from some small insect that has been feeding on the leaf , while there are proofs that the chlorophyll has been consumed . I have , however , failed as yet to detect either insect or fungus , and should be glad to ...
Page 23
... looks like a globule of quicksilver . The facility with which it bends its legs in almost any direction is very striking ( I mean its middle pair ) . I think its food consists of the disintegrated particles of alge , which I have in the ...
... looks like a globule of quicksilver . The facility with which it bends its legs in almost any direction is very striking ( I mean its middle pair ) . I think its food consists of the disintegrated particles of alge , which I have in the ...
Page 29
... look for the larger Ammonites only , taking very little notice of the smaller species . I think the fact that I have obtained nearly thirty species in two or three visits to this locality , may be of interest to many . My object in ...
... look for the larger Ammonites only , taking very little notice of the smaller species . I think the fact that I have obtained nearly thirty species in two or three visits to this locality , may be of interest to many . My object in ...
Page 30
... look at the moon , and saw , as it were , a second moon , behind the other . The effect was so like what one sometimes experiences from suddenly going out of a light room , or other causes ( my own italics ) that , at the time , I ...
... look at the moon , and saw , as it were , a second moon , behind the other . The effect was so like what one sometimes experiences from suddenly going out of a light room , or other causes ( my own italics ) that , at the time , I ...
Page 31
... look at their motive . You see those little raised mounds , with a round hole in the centre ; they are nests , and the coloured stickleback you see close by are the males guarding their precious homes . The males have the places to ...
... look at their motive . You see those little raised mounds , with a round hole in the centre ; they are nests , and the coloured stickleback you see close by are the males guarding their precious homes . The males have the places to ...
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