Hardwicke's Science-gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, 2. köideMordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Ellor Taylor Robert Hardwicke, 1867 |
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... examined , however , the pistil will be found to have suffered change , becoming , not a new series of petals , but two little green leaves , folded one within the other , in the centre of the flower . Now and then the pistil remains ...
... examined , however , the pistil will be found to have suffered change , becoming , not a new series of petals , but two little green leaves , folded one within the other , in the centre of the flower . Now and then the pistil remains ...
Page 10
... examined , it will be found that each stamen has become , not merely a new petal , but actually a new flower , for it forms a tube , the mouth of which consists of , on one side a crimson nectary , on the other a white petal ( fig . 10 ...
... examined , it will be found that each stamen has become , not merely a new petal , but actually a new flower , for it forms a tube , the mouth of which consists of , on one side a crimson nectary , on the other a white petal ( fig . 10 ...
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... examination of the dried cotton , but the normal structure is certainly that of a cylindrical hair with thin walls , readily collapsing and twisting as it becomes dry , its ap- parent margin being formed by incomplete compres- sion and ...
... examination of the dried cotton , but the normal structure is certainly that of a cylindrical hair with thin walls , readily collapsing and twisting as it becomes dry , its ap- parent margin being formed by incomplete compres- sion and ...
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... examined should be viewed with higher powers , sub- jected to chemical action , and viewed under all cir- cumstances ... examine microscopically the different varieties of commercial fibres , with the view of ascertaining if distinct cha ...
... examined should be viewed with higher powers , sub- jected to chemical action , and viewed under all cir- cumstances ... examine microscopically the different varieties of commercial fibres , with the view of ascertaining if distinct cha ...
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... examined exhibit rows of circular dots , similar to those seen on the fibres of coniferous wood , there is little doubt that the speci- men is part of a pine - branch . The chalk in which the fossil was found is of the kind known as ...
... examined exhibit rows of circular dots , similar to those seen on the fibres of coniferous wood , there is little doubt that the speci- men is part of a pine - branch . The chalk in which the fossil was found is of the kind known as ...
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