Hardwicke's Science-gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, 27. köideMordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Ellor Taylor Robert Hardwicke, 1891 |
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... the wind , it was large enough to puzzle me as to its nature . The road is about forty feet wide - road - making in that part of the world means simply clearing a certain space of B the few trees likely to be in the way and. MV ...
... the wind , it was large enough to puzzle me as to its nature . The road is about forty feet wide - road - making in that part of the world means simply clearing a certain space of B the few trees likely to be in the way and. MV ...
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... feet was its length , its depth six , and it was so far over- head that I could just touch its lower edge with my whip as I rode beneath . Being near mid - day it was untenanted , but the threads were littered with moth- wings and other ...
... feet was its length , its depth six , and it was so far over- head that I could just touch its lower edge with my whip as I rode beneath . Being near mid - day it was untenanted , but the threads were littered with moth- wings and other ...
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... feet from the ground . This lowly - hung nest was attached to the side of a beam in the roof of an occupied pigstye , and contained four eggs much in- cubated ; the upper storey of this tiny outbuilding was a hen - house ; hence the ...
... feet from the ground . This lowly - hung nest was attached to the side of a beam in the roof of an occupied pigstye , and contained four eggs much in- cubated ; the upper storey of this tiny outbuilding was a hen - house ; hence the ...
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... feet in length . Of Government cables the greatest number is owned by Norway with two hundred and thirty- six , averaging however less than a mile each in length . eighty - nine cables ; and Germany third with 1579 miles , and forty ...
... feet in length . Of Government cables the greatest number is owned by Norway with two hundred and thirty- six , averaging however less than a mile each in length . eighty - nine cables ; and Germany third with 1579 miles , and forty ...
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... feet a second . As many groups and certain genera have a special manner of their own of taking flight , and of behaving when on the wing , it is of invaluable assistance when the collector is able to recognise at sight the family to ...
... feet a second . As many groups and certain genera have a special manner of their own of taking flight , and of behaving when on the wing , it is of invaluable assistance when the collector is able to recognise at sight the family to ...
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