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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... light . A stout fly became entangled in the web of a spider : quick as lightning , out darts the spider and seizes the fly , and equally quick was the interference to the rescue ; it was relieved and set at liberty , the fly then walked ...
... light . A stout fly became entangled in the web of a spider : quick as lightning , out darts the spider and seizes the fly , and equally quick was the interference to the rescue ; it was relieved and set at liberty , the fly then walked ...
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... light have an appearance not unlike frosted grass . Another Indian nettle , called the NEILGHERRY NETTLE ( Urtica heterophylla ) , of which a figure has already been given ( vol . i . p . 276 ) , yields a similar but more woolly fibre ...
... light have an appearance not unlike frosted grass . Another Indian nettle , called the NEILGHERRY NETTLE ( Urtica heterophylla ) , of which a figure has already been given ( vol . i . p . 276 ) , yields a similar but more woolly fibre ...
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... light it presents a pearly appearance not unlike New Zealand flax . AMBAREE is the brown hemp of Hibiscus canna- binus , and under the microscope ( fig . 15 , 6 ) is very similar to the fibre of the Bariala . The true HEMP ( Cannabis ...
... light it presents a pearly appearance not unlike New Zealand flax . AMBAREE is the brown hemp of Hibiscus canna- binus , and under the microscope ( fig . 15 , 6 ) is very similar to the fibre of the Bariala . The true HEMP ( Cannabis ...
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... light unless the soil is disturbed . The first time that I observed it was in the passage at the back of an old bush house near Mount Elephant , one very wet night . The rain had beaten in under the door , and the boards were wet and ...
... light unless the soil is disturbed . The first time that I observed it was in the passage at the back of an old bush house near Mount Elephant , one very wet night . The rain had beaten in under the door , and the boards were wet and ...
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... light very beautifully , and can be examined in the microscope . By touch- ing any one of the rays , or the part of the body where they are situated , the animal seems to be irritated , and a small spark of light , just like a spark of ...
... light very beautifully , and can be examined in the microscope . By touch- ing any one of the rays , or the part of the body where they are situated , the animal seems to be irritated , and a small spark of light , just like a spark of ...
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