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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... frequently placed it in his cage , and kept it there for two or three weeks , I could never find that he either bathed in it or drank from it ; but a few days ago , seeing him very restless , I gave him another trial . He seemed quite ...
... frequently placed it in his cage , and kept it there for two or three weeks , I could never find that he either bathed in it or drank from it ; but a few days ago , seeing him very restless , I gave him another trial . He seemed quite ...
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... frequently vary somewhat in the curvature of their ends , and are more finely pointed in some instances than in others . I have read somewhere that the action of these claws is downward : this I have not been able to verify , for in the ...
... frequently vary somewhat in the curvature of their ends , and are more finely pointed in some instances than in others . I have read somewhere that the action of these claws is downward : this I have not been able to verify , for in the ...
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... frequently , attached to this nectary , a bristle ( fig . 10 , 6 ) , which I take to be a rudimentary stamen . These six new petals do not unite like the outer petals of the flower , but are always distinct from each other ; and if the ...
... frequently , attached to this nectary , a bristle ( fig . 10 , 6 ) , which I take to be a rudimentary stamen . These six new petals do not unite like the outer petals of the flower , but are always distinct from each other ; and if the ...
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... frequently terminate in a tongue - like shape . BARIALA is the native name of Sida rhomboidea , which yields a similar fibre in India . The micro- scopic appearance ( fig . 15 , a ) is that of a regular , distinct , longitudinal ...
... frequently terminate in a tongue - like shape . BARIALA is the native name of Sida rhomboidea , which yields a similar fibre in India . The micro- scopic appearance ( fig . 15 , a ) is that of a regular , distinct , longitudinal ...
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... frequently , and as syringing is too troublesome , I have contrived a small fountain , of which I send a sketch and description . D is a wide - mouthed bottle , in the cork of which are drilled three holes . Through these holes pass ...
... frequently , and as syringing is too troublesome , I have contrived a small fountain , of which I send a sketch and description . D is a wide - mouthed bottle , in the cork of which are drilled three holes . Through these holes pass ...
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