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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... by his enemy ; thus explaining why he had worked so hard , and proving that Robin Red- breast is a Cannibal . - J . B. A. B 2 A CAPTIVE OWL . ALTHOUGH the true method of obtaining JAN . 1 , 1866. ] 3 SCIENCE - GOSSIP .
... by his enemy ; thus explaining why he had worked so hard , and proving that Robin Red- breast is a Cannibal . - J . B. A. B 2 A CAPTIVE OWL . ALTHOUGH the true method of obtaining JAN . 1 , 1866. ] 3 SCIENCE - GOSSIP .
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... obtaining a knowledge of the animal world is to follow up the study out in the fields , where every creature is to be seen free from all restraint , save the laws of its being ; yet there are many habits and peculiarities belonging to ...
... obtaining a knowledge of the animal world is to follow up the study out in the fields , where every creature is to be seen free from all restraint , save the laws of its being ; yet there are many habits and peculiarities belonging to ...
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... obtained by the exercise of a little patient and continued observation . The above has been written with the desire of calling the attention of the general reader to a few of the wonderful things in the common objects of nature , and ...
... obtained by the exercise of a little patient and continued observation . The above has been written with the desire of calling the attention of the general reader to a few of the wonderful things in the common objects of nature , and ...
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... obtained but little attention . Yet , it is urged , the subject is an important one and well deserving systematic re- search . All fibres employed for commercial pur- poses may be divided into four classes , two of which are animal - i ...
... obtained but little attention . Yet , it is urged , the subject is an important one and well deserving systematic re- search . All fibres employed for commercial pur- poses may be divided into four classes , two of which are animal - i ...
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... obtained from the Chinese nettle , or RHEA ( see S. Gos . , vol . i . p . 277 ) , known botani- cally as Boehmeria nivea , and sometimes called China - grass . Under the microscope its fibres present a peculiarly rough appearance , and ...
... obtained from the Chinese nettle , or RHEA ( see S. Gos . , vol . i . p . 277 ) , known botani- cally as Boehmeria nivea , and sometimes called China - grass . Under the microscope its fibres present a peculiarly rough appearance , and ...
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