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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Page 13
... less commonly used . Those of the Roach and Dace are by no means to be despised . Scales are generally mounted dry , being first cleaned ; but when it is intended to view them with the polariscope , they must be mounted in balsam ...
... less commonly used . Those of the Roach and Dace are by no means to be despised . Scales are generally mounted dry , being first cleaned ; but when it is intended to view them with the polariscope , they must be mounted in balsam ...
Page 15
... less plainly with trans- verse rings . These are flint moulds in cavities left by boring shells , probably teredines . It appears that these animals must have begun their operations in a young state on the wood when it had been reduced ...
... less plainly with trans- verse rings . These are flint moulds in cavities left by boring shells , probably teredines . It appears that these animals must have begun their operations in a young state on the wood when it had been reduced ...
Page 17
... Less . ) ; the Potoyunnco ( Pufinuria Garnotii , Less . ) ; the Pájaro niño ( Spheniscus Hum- boldti ) ; different sorts of cormorants , or Cuervos de mar ( Carbo cormoranus ) , ( Stictocarbo Gaimardi , Ch . B. ) , ( Hypoleucus ...
... Less . ) ; the Potoyunnco ( Pufinuria Garnotii , Less . ) ; the Pájaro niño ( Spheniscus Hum- boldti ) ; different sorts of cormorants , or Cuervos de mar ( Carbo cormoranus ) , ( Stictocarbo Gaimardi , Ch . B. ) , ( Hypoleucus ...
Page 19
... less compact , and that in moss cases , though not all , it seems to have been accu- mulated near the mouths of large rivers or low swampy flats , and in estuaries , are facts and infer- ences that include the results of recent ...
... less compact , and that in moss cases , though not all , it seems to have been accu- mulated near the mouths of large rivers or low swampy flats , and in estuaries , are facts and infer- ences that include the results of recent ...
Page 21
... less salt than ordinary sea water , the latter containing about 26 per mil of soluble matters , while the former has only from 12 to 14 per mil , or even less . The fishes pass most of their time buried out of sight in the sand , but as ...
... less salt than ordinary sea water , the latter containing about 26 per mil of soluble matters , while the former has only from 12 to 14 per mil , or even less . The fishes pass most of their time buried out of sight in the sand , but as ...
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