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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... means . I have kept the commoner kinds of finches in a large airy cage at different times , and they have been a never - tiring source both of amusement and instruction . had sufficient space to fly about in , were able to build their ...
... means . I have kept the commoner kinds of finches in a large airy cage at different times , and they have been a never - tiring source both of amusement and instruction . had sufficient space to fly about in , were able to build their ...
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... means of destroying it having been discovered . - Quatrefages ' Metamor- phoses . THE GREATER SPOTTED WOOD - PECKER . N a recent number of the Zoologist ( March , IN 1864 ) , Mr. Maurice describes his observations respecting the Greater ...
... means of destroying it having been discovered . - Quatrefages ' Metamor- phoses . THE GREATER SPOTTED WOOD - PECKER . N a recent number of the Zoologist ( March , IN 1864 ) , Mr. Maurice describes his observations respecting the Greater ...
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... 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 . There is so much of character in the scales of different ...
... 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 . There is so much of character in the scales of different ...
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... means of a piece of indian - rubber tubing ) a long tube , E , which is bent up and drawn to a point at its other extremity . The cork and tubes should fit perfectly . To set the fountain in action , fill the bottle , and when it is ...
... means of a piece of indian - rubber tubing ) a long tube , E , which is bent up and drawn to a point at its other extremity . The cork and tubes should fit perfectly . To set the fountain in action , fill the bottle , and when it is ...
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... means than ploughing it in . " - Ferd . Müller . COCO DE MER .- ( S . G. Vol . I. , p . 270. ) A doubt is expressed whether the stem of the Lodoicea palm remains quite straight , undisturbed by tropical storms , or is so flexible that ...
... means than ploughing it in . " - Ferd . Müller . COCO DE MER .- ( S . G. Vol . I. , p . 270. ) A doubt is expressed whether the stem of the Lodoicea palm remains quite straight , undisturbed by tropical storms , or is so flexible that ...
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