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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... known and feared by the Indians , who have a name for it , unpronounceable by any mouth of ordinary conformation ; and to attempt writing it is only to give a long list of double and single letters , the type - pattern for spelling ...
... known and feared by the Indians , who have a name for it , unpronounceable by any mouth of ordinary conformation ; and to attempt writing it is only to give a long list of double and single letters , the type - pattern for spelling ...
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... known but by watching them in a state of captivity ; e . g . the method of feeding the young , in the case of such birds as the Owl , Wryneck , and others building in dark and often inaccessible holes ; the different ways in which birds ...
... known but by watching them in a state of captivity ; e . g . the method of feeding the young , in the case of such birds as the Owl , Wryneck , and others building in dark and often inaccessible holes ; the different ways in which birds ...
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... known botani- cally as Boehmeria nivea , and sometimes called China - grass . Under the microscope its fibres present a peculiarly rough appearance , and when viewed by reflected light have an appearance not unlike frosted grass ...
... known botani- cally as Boehmeria nivea , and sometimes called China - grass . Under the microscope its fibres present a peculiarly rough appearance , and when viewed by reflected light have an appearance not unlike frosted grass ...
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... known in English commerce , and is derived from two plants , Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis . The presence of this fibre , which , by the way , is an adulterant in extensive use , can be easily detected by the microscope ...
... known in English commerce , and is derived from two plants , Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis . The presence of this fibre , which , by the way , is an adulterant in extensive use , can be easily detected by the microscope ...
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... known as upper chalk , as it is interstratified at intervals of about six feet with densely packed layers of flints , some of which are of immense size , and when broken are often found to contain beautiful specimens of silici- fied ...
... known as upper chalk , as it is interstratified at intervals of about six feet with densely packed layers of flints , some of which are of immense size , and when broken are often found to contain beautiful specimens of silici- fied ...
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