Hardwicke's Science Gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, 29. köideMordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Ellor Taylor Robert Hardwicke, 1893 |
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... produce a small blue flame . A second simple method is to take a thin glass bottle , loosely tie a thin piece of caoutchouc , or wetted membrane over the mouth , and then immerse it in water at the temperature of ebullition ( 100 ° C ...
... produce a small blue flame . A second simple method is to take a thin glass bottle , loosely tie a thin piece of caoutchouc , or wetted membrane over the mouth , and then immerse it in water at the temperature of ebullition ( 100 ° C ...
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... produced at each rear lateral angle into a spine ; that on the animal's right side being always much the longer and hollow for one - third of its length from the base , while the left spine is usually only half as long as its fellow ...
... produced at each rear lateral angle into a spine ; that on the animal's right side being always much the longer and hollow for one - third of its length from the base , while the left spine is usually only half as long as its fellow ...
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... produce a list that will suit every- body . For my own part , I totally disagree with the authors on the subject of varietal nomenclature , believing that a very careful examination of all forms of variation throughout the country is ...
... produce a list that will suit every- body . For my own part , I totally disagree with the authors on the subject of varietal nomenclature , believing that a very careful examination of all forms of variation throughout the country is ...
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... produce only A. B. C. , or A. D. B. or C. D. , and so forth . Helix nemoralis has some hundreds of colour and band - variations , most of which are more or less common , yet probably there are scarcely two counties in England which , if ...
... produce only A. B. C. , or A. D. B. or C. D. , and so forth . Helix nemoralis has some hundreds of colour and band - variations , most of which are more or less common , yet probably there are scarcely two counties in England which , if ...
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... produces very much more . Then again , that some gentians gathered in Switzerland twenty years ago , should now be as ... produced . Finally , the fact of the harebell being stained by an inner book - cover and fly - leaf is nothing more ...
... produces very much more . Then again , that some gentians gathered in Switzerland twenty years ago , should now be as ... produced . Finally , the fact of the harebell being stained by an inner book - cover and fly - leaf is nothing more ...
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