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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... passing events in which we are interested , to ask and answer queries , and pass a pleasant half - hour in talking of scientific subjects in the language of the fireside , and not as savans . We do not aspire to be an oracle in Natural ...
... passing events in which we are interested , to ask and answer queries , and pass a pleasant half - hour in talking of scientific subjects in the language of the fireside , and not as savans . We do not aspire to be an oracle in Natural ...
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... passing below the eyes , a hoary patch behind the ears ; general colour , deep ferruginous red ; back marked with four equidistant stripes , nearly black , extending from the neck to the tail ; length four inches , without the tail ...
... passing below the eyes , a hoary patch behind the ears ; general colour , deep ferruginous red ; back marked with four equidistant stripes , nearly black , extending from the neck to the tail ; length four inches , without the tail ...
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... passes it between his jaws , crushing the bones , and then , if a mouse , he swallows it whole ; if a bird , or any large creature , he tears it to pieces . His instinct leads him to break imaginary bones in a piece of meat in the same ...
... passes it between his jaws , crushing the bones , and then , if a mouse , he swallows it whole ; if a bird , or any large creature , he tears it to pieces . His instinct leads him to break imaginary bones in a piece of meat in the same ...
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... pass respectively the three glass tubes , A , B , and c ; the latter reaching nearly to the bottom , the other two only passing through the cork . A is a wide tube with a funnel - shaped top , B is plain , and c is slightly bent at the ...
... pass respectively the three glass tubes , A , B , and c ; the latter reaching nearly to the bottom , the other two only passing through the cork . A is a wide tube with a funnel - shaped top , B is plain , and c is slightly bent at the ...
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... pass most of their time buried out of sight in the sand , but as they are known to be always at one particular spot ... passing through the water , explains the cause of success . My specimens were obtained in warm weather . These fish ...
... pass most of their time buried out of sight in the sand , but as they are known to be always at one particular spot ... passing through the water , explains the cause of success . My specimens were obtained in warm weather . These fish ...
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