Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge: Second SupplementKnight & Company, 1858 - 286 pages |
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... genus of Nocturnal Lepidoptera , to which belongs the common Magpie Moth , A. grossulariata . The caterpillar of this moth attacks the leaves of gooseberry and currant bushes at the beginning of the summer . It is of a yellowish - white ...
... genus of Nocturnal Lepidoptera , to which belongs the common Magpie Moth , A. grossulariata . The caterpillar of this moth attacks the leaves of gooseberry and currant bushes at the beginning of the summer . It is of a yellowish - white ...
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... genus of plants belonging to the order Gesneracea . The species of this genus are very numerous , and , although not useful , they are many of them extensively cultivated , on account of the beauty of their flowers . In consequence of ...
... genus of plants belonging to the order Gesneracea . The species of this genus are very numerous , and , although not useful , they are many of them extensively cultivated , on account of the beauty of their flowers . In consequence of ...
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... genus of plants belonging to the Silenious division of the order Caryophyllaceae . It has several species , the best known of which is the Corn - Cockle , which is now referred to the genus Lychnis , or Githago . " 20 | ALA Oriental ...
... genus of plants belonging to the Silenious division of the order Caryophyllaceae . It has several species , the best known of which is the Corn - Cockle , which is now referred to the genus Lychnis , or Githago . " 20 | ALA Oriental ...
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... genus . [ FRINGILLIDE . ] The genus Anthus , Bechst . , is placed by Mr. Swainson at the end of his sub - family blers ) . Fossil Larks . Dr. Buckland figures a lark ( Alauda ) among the land Mammifers and Birds of the third period of ...
... genus . [ FRINGILLIDE . ] The genus Anthus , Bechst . , is placed by Mr. Swainson at the end of his sub - family blers ) . Fossil Larks . Dr. Buckland figures a lark ( Alauda ) among the land Mammifers and Birds of the third period of ...
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... genus of birds under which Linnæus included a great number of species now separated into several genera by recent naturalists . [ DUCKS . ] ANASTATIČA , a genus of plants belonging to the natural order Cruciferæ . One species , A ...
... genus of birds under which Linnæus included a great number of species now separated into several genera by recent naturalists . [ DUCKS . ] ANASTATIČA , a genus of plants belonging to the natural order Cruciferæ . One species , A ...
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Page 140 - Fasti Romani. The Civil and Literary Chronology of Rome and Constantinople, from the Death of Augustus to the Death of Heraclius.
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Page 92 - Account of an assemblage of -Fossil Teeth and Bones of Elephant, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, Bear, Tiger, and Hyaena, and sixteen other animals; discovered in a cave at Kirkdale, Yorkshire...
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Page 137 - Some experiments performed with a view to ascertain the most advantageous method of constructing a voltaic apparatus, for the purposes of chemical research,' in which he determined the effect of unusually large battery plates.
Page 291 - ... commences its summer sports. They associate in small parties of ten or a dozen, near the bank, where some little projection forms a bay, or renders the water particularly tranquil ; and here they will circle round each other without contention, each in his sphere, and with no apparent object, from morning until night, with great sprightliness and animation ; and so lightly do they move on the fluid, as to form only some faint and transient circles on its surface. Very fond of society, we seldom...