The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Latest Edition. A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideDay Otis Kellogg, Thomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith Werner, 1902 |
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... species . Its geographical distribution is almost identical with that of the common Wild Duck or Mallard ( see DUCK , vol . vii . p . 505 ) , since it is found over the greater part of the Northern Hemisphere ; but , save in India ...
... species . Its geographical distribution is almost identical with that of the common Wild Duck or Mallard ( see DUCK , vol . vii . p . 505 ) , since it is found over the greater part of the Northern Hemisphere ; but , save in India ...
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... species of mess , which is sent to the English market under the name of orchilla . Though the islands are under the equator , the climate is not intensely hot , as it is tempered by cold currents from the Antarctic Sea , which , having ...
... species of mess , which is sent to the English market under the name of orchilla . Though the islands are under the equator , the climate is not intensely hot , as it is tempered by cold currents from the Antarctic Sea , which , having ...
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... species of gall - insect to some one vegetable crystallizes immediately if a small fragment of the solid structure , still it must be the quality of the irritant of the metal attached to a platinum wire be inserted into it . At tissues ...
... species of gall - insect to some one vegetable crystallizes immediately if a small fragment of the solid structure , still it must be the quality of the irritant of the metal attached to a platinum wire be inserted into it . At tissues ...
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... species of their makers . The polythalamous gall of Aphilothrix radicis , found on the roots of old oak - trees , may attain the size of a man's fist ; the galls of another Cynipid , Andricus occultus , Tschek , 4 which occurs on the ...
... species of their makers . The polythalamous gall of Aphilothrix radicis , found on the roots of old oak - trees , may attain the size of a man's fist ; the galls of another Cynipid , Andricus occultus , Tschek , 4 which occurs on the ...
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... species of Cynips ; in August they become detached from i the leaves that bear them , and are caused to jump by the spasmodic movements of the grub within the thin - walled gall - cavity.1 α FIG . 1 - a , Aleppo " blue " gall ; b ...
... species of Cynips ; in August they become detached from i the leaves that bear them , and are caused to jump by the spasmodic movements of the grub within the thin - walled gall - cavity.1 α FIG . 1 - a , Aleppo " blue " gall ; b ...
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