Hardwicke's Science-gossipRobert Hardwicke, 1893 |
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... heads achieve a high reputation . Buchan pinned his faith in sheep's - head jelly as a cure . Take , he bids us ( p . 315 ) , " a sheep's head and feet with the skin upon them and burn the wool off with a hot iron ; boil them till the ...
... heads achieve a high reputation . Buchan pinned his faith in sheep's - head jelly as a cure . Take , he bids us ( p . 315 ) , " a sheep's head and feet with the skin upon them and burn the wool off with a hot iron ; boil them till the ...
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... head , in the place where the ears , which have now entirely disappeared , once were , giving the front of that metamere a square appearance , on which prominences are two black spots . The head is chestnut - brown , black at the sides ...
... head , in the place where the ears , which have now entirely disappeared , once were , giving the front of that metamere a square appearance , on which prominences are two black spots . The head is chestnut - brown , black at the sides ...
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... head into the stigmatic chamber , in order to obtain the nectar contained in the nectary with its proboscis ; in so doing the head strikes against the rostellum , with just sufficient force to rupture its outer mem- brane in a ...
... head into the stigmatic chamber , in order to obtain the nectar contained in the nectary with its proboscis ; in so doing the head strikes against the rostellum , with just sufficient force to rupture its outer mem- brane in a ...
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Field Mice 86 | 17 |
Plants Colouration in | 22 |
Flowers yet fresh form Childhood 145 | 35 |
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