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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... glass the action of the mandibles may be dis- tinctly seen . It is a curious thing to watch a spider making a repast of a fly ; to see with what dexterity it uses each mandible alternately , as , with the greatest ease , it turns the ...
... glass the action of the mandibles may be dis- tinctly seen . It is a curious thing to watch a spider making a repast of a fly ; to see with what dexterity it uses each mandible alternately , as , with the greatest ease , it turns the ...
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... ( Ananassa sativa ) . Under the micro- scope they have a somewhat opalescent , glass - like appearance , and are very refractive . MANILLA HEMP , the produce of a species of plan-. 12 [ JAN . 1 , 1866 . SCIENCE - GOSSIP . ...
... ( Ananassa sativa ) . Under the micro- scope they have a somewhat opalescent , glass - like appearance , and are very refractive . MANILLA HEMP , the produce of a species of plan-. 12 [ JAN . 1 , 1866 . SCIENCE - GOSSIP . ...
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... glass tubes , A , B , and c ; the latter reaching nearly to the bottom , the other two only passing through the cork . A is a wide tube with a funnel - shaped top , B is plain , and c is slightly bent at the top , where there is ...
... glass tubes , A , B , and c ; the latter reaching nearly to the bottom , the other two only passing through the cork . A is a wide tube with a funnel - shaped top , B is plain , and c is slightly bent at the top , where there is ...
Page 18
... glass , have been picked up in some quantity . The ancient Britons were accustomed to select objects already perforated , as the Dentalium , a cylindrical marine shell , which they strung to- gether to form necklaces - a neck ornament ...
... glass , have been picked up in some quantity . The ancient Britons were accustomed to select objects already perforated , as the Dentalium , a cylindrical marine shell , which they strung to- gether to form necklaces - a neck ornament ...
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... glass slip must be gently placed over the expanded proboscis , and the whole put by to dry . When this is ... glass slip over the trunk for the second time , put aside . An American clip may be used to keep the glasses in close proximity ...
... glass slip must be gently placed over the expanded proboscis , and the whole put by to dry . When this is ... glass slip over the trunk for the second time , put aside . An American clip may be used to keep the glasses in close proximity ...
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