Hardwicke's Science-gossipRobert Hardwicke, 1893 |
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Page 57
... pass into each feather , making them weigh very little . Light- ness is proverbial and characteristic of feathers . A little vascular papilla fills the inferior umbilicus . The feather is inserted into a sac , to which muscles pass . By ...
... pass into each feather , making them weigh very little . Light- ness is proverbial and characteristic of feathers . A little vascular papilla fills the inferior umbilicus . The feather is inserted into a sac , to which muscles pass . By ...
Page 58
... pass through the stirring town , and turn along the narrow path that leads to Aberdour . Starlings are crying from the telegraph - wires , and rooks are making a much greater din from their home near the shore . At first our chief ...
... pass through the stirring town , and turn along the narrow path that leads to Aberdour . Starlings are crying from the telegraph - wires , and rooks are making a much greater din from their home near the shore . At first our chief ...
Page 98
... pass on , and follow the curve of East Wear Bay , we leave the line of chalk - cliffs , which proceed hence inland and pass a mile or more in the rear of Folkestone . The gault is here in full force , and has slipped down into the sea ...
... pass on , and follow the curve of East Wear Bay , we leave the line of chalk - cliffs , which proceed hence inland and pass a mile or more in the rear of Folkestone . The gault is here in full force , and has slipped down into the sea ...
Contents
Field Mice 86 | 17 |
Plants Colouration in | 22 |
Flowers yet fresh form Childhood 145 | 35 |
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