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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... usually under a fallen tree , or amidst the tangled roots of the giant pines . A small burrow neatly dug , and round as an auger - hole , leads in a slanting direction to an open cavity , neatly lined with dry leaves , blades of grass ...
... usually under a fallen tree , or amidst the tangled roots of the giant pines . A small burrow neatly dug , and round as an auger - hole , leads in a slanting direction to an open cavity , neatly lined with dry leaves , blades of grass ...
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... usually defective , and , when present , not so decided . It is difficult to dis- tinguish some fine samples of hemp from flax . SUNN or Bombay hemp ( Crotalaria juncea ) offers a fibre which microscopically is rather like that of Fig ...
... usually defective , and , when present , not so decided . It is difficult to dis- tinguish some fine samples of hemp from flax . SUNN or Bombay hemp ( Crotalaria juncea ) offers a fibre which microscopically is rather like that of Fig ...
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... usually mounted to illustrate the anatomy of the blow - fly , that containing the proboscis is the most difficult to manage . To succeed , the microscopists must exer- cise some ingenuity , as he is left altogether without hint or guide ...
... usually mounted to illustrate the anatomy of the blow - fly , that containing the proboscis is the most difficult to manage . To succeed , the microscopists must exer- cise some ingenuity , as he is left altogether without hint or guide ...
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... usually calm days near the summer solstice ( corresponding to our latter half of May and first part of June ) were called by sailors " Halcyon- days . " The dead body of the bird , kept as a relic , enabled its possessor to shut up a ...
... usually calm days near the summer solstice ( corresponding to our latter half of May and first part of June ) were called by sailors " Halcyon- days . " The dead body of the bird , kept as a relic , enabled its possessor to shut up a ...
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... nozzle , together with any material floating in it . Perhaps it may be as well to select the species ( Syngnathus ocus ) most usually found , for description , as , in habit , all the family are very 50 [ MARCH 1 , 1866 . SCIENCE - GOSSIP .
... nozzle , together with any material floating in it . Perhaps it may be as well to select the species ( Syngnathus ocus ) most usually found , for description , as , in habit , all the family are very 50 [ MARCH 1 , 1866 . SCIENCE - GOSSIP .
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