The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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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 moss , which is sent remained a mere village , as the population in 1778 had only to the English market under the name of orchilla . grown to 600. At that time , however , we find its inhab itants engaged - though in a ...
... species of moss , which is sent remained a mere village , as the population in 1778 had only to the English market under the name of orchilla . grown to 600. At that time , however , we find its inhab itants engaged - though in a ...
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... species of gall - insect to some one vegetable structure , still it must be the quality of the irritant of the tissues , rather than the specific peculiarities or the part of the plant affected , that principally determines the nature ...
... species of gall - insect to some one vegetable structure , still it must be the quality of the irritant of the tissues , rather than the specific peculiarities or the part of the plant affected , that principally determines the nature ...
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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 , * 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 , * which occurs on the ...
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... species of Cynips ; in August they become detached from the leaves that bear them , and are caused to jump by the spasmodic movements of the grub within the thin - walled gall - cavity.1 a d F. 1. - a , Aleppo " blue " gall ; b , ditto ...
... species of Cynips ; in August they become detached from the leaves that bear them , and are caused to jump by the spasmodic movements of the grub within the thin - walled gall - cavity.1 a d F. 1. - a , Aleppo " blue " gall ; b , ditto ...
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