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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... soon after , however , he brought it back and plucked it to pieces . As usual , he casts up all fur and bones in pellets ; but it is curious to observe that these pellets are also cast up when he has had nothing but soft raw flesh to ...
... soon after , however , he brought it back and plucked it to pieces . As usual , he casts up all fur and bones in pellets ; but it is curious to observe that these pellets are also cast up when he has had nothing but soft raw flesh to ...
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... soon revived her ; and on restoring her to her loving subjects they immediately began to lick her , and she soon retired out of sight . I never saw the queen- bee at the feeding - pan before . - P.P . GEOLOGY . THE SHALE HEAP . - What ...
... soon revived her ; and on restoring her to her loving subjects they immediately began to lick her , and she soon retired out of sight . I never saw the queen- bee at the feeding - pan before . - P.P . GEOLOGY . THE SHALE HEAP . - What ...
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... soon disappear as suddenly and mysteriously as they came . - Melbourne Corre- spondent of the Times . SHORT - FINNED TUNNY ( Thynnus brachypterus ) .— This fish is a native of the Mediterranean , where , perhaps , it is equally common ...
... soon disappear as suddenly and mysteriously as they came . - Melbourne Corre- spondent of the Times . SHORT - FINNED TUNNY ( Thynnus brachypterus ) .— This fish is a native of the Mediterranean , where , perhaps , it is equally common ...
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... soon got over this difficulty by adding to its tube a new piece of about an inch long , turned abruptly at right angles to the original tube , and then , of course , the gill - fans expanded as usual . Much information may be got about ...
... soon got over this difficulty by adding to its tube a new piece of about an inch long , turned abruptly at right angles to the original tube , and then , of course , the gill - fans expanded as usual . Much information may be got about ...
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... soon attract moisture from the air and become liquid . There is , however , one salt specially worthy of notice , which may be mounted with free access of air , a thin glass cover to keep out the dust being all that is required . It is ...
... soon attract moisture from the air and become liquid . There is , however , one salt specially worthy of notice , which may be mounted with free access of air , a thin glass cover to keep out the dust being all that is required . It is ...
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