The Aquarium: Its Inhabitants, Structure & ManagementHardwicke, 1876 - 316 pages |
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... graceful than those of fishes . These animals have long been regarded with dislike and suspicion , and not many years ago farmers believed they could cause rheumatism and paralysis to cattle by creeping over their limbs . Even yet this ...
... graceful than those of fishes . These animals have long been regarded with dislike and suspicion , and not many years ago farmers believed they could cause rheumatism and paralysis to cattle by creeping over their limbs . Even yet this ...
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... graceful evolutions , and not unfrequently may be seen chasing each other in frolicsome sport . The female is exceed- ingly cautious in selecting the proper places for the deposition of her eggs ; and the process of laying them singly ...
... graceful evolutions , and not unfrequently may be seen chasing each other in frolicsome sport . The female is exceed- ingly cautious in selecting the proper places for the deposition of her eggs ; and the process of laying them singly ...
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... graceful shape . It is very fond of warm water , and breeds in enormous numbers in the fresh - water " lodges " or reservoirs into which the steam - water flows from manufactories in the north of England . No more hardy or useful fish ...
... graceful shape . It is very fond of warm water , and breeds in enormous numbers in the fresh - water " lodges " or reservoirs into which the steam - water flows from manufactories in the north of England . No more hardy or useful fish ...
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... in the Brighton and other aquaria . We are not aware whether the North American gar , or bony pike ( Lepidosteus osseus ) , has yet been introduced into England . It is a gracefully shaped fish , and we have seen specimens nearly 3.
... in the Brighton and other aquaria . We are not aware whether the North American gar , or bony pike ( Lepidosteus osseus ) , has yet been introduced into England . It is a gracefully shaped fish , and we have seen specimens nearly 3.
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... graceful aquarium plant . Its greenish flower spike is often raised un- obtrusively above the water ; whilst its submerged thread - like leaves are arranged in whorls of four in number . This is the commonest of our British species of ...
... graceful aquarium plant . Its greenish flower spike is often raised un- obtrusively above the water ; whilst its submerged thread - like leaves are arranged in whorls of four in number . This is the commonest of our British species of ...
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abundant active aeration alive animals appearance aquarium aquatic artificial attractive beautiful body bottom Brighton British called carried circulation coasts colour common constructed covered crabs creatures crustacea Crystal Palace difficulty easily eggs experience fact feeding feet female fish flowers fresh fresh-water gallons give given glass green growing habits half head healthy hold Hour important interesting introduced keep kind known larger latter leaves length less light living Lloyd lobster look lovely male marine means move natural naturalist nearly never newts objects observation obtained organs oxygen pass perhaps Piece placed plants plate ponds possess possible present pretty public aquaria regarded reservoirs rockwork sea water sea-weeds seen shape shells side soon species stage stickleback sufficient surface taken tanks tube usually vegetable whilst worms young
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Page 302 - Contents — Geological Specimens, by the Editor ; Bones, by EF ELWIN; Birds' Eggs, by T. SOUTHWELL, FZS ; Butterflies, by Dr. KNAGGS ; Beetles, by EC RYE, FZS ; Hymenoptera, by JB BRIDGMAN ; Fresh-water Shells, by Prof.
Page 301 - THE STORIES OF A Piece of Granite. A Piece of Quartz. A Piece of Slate. A Piece of Limestone. A Piece of Sandstone. A Piece of Coal. A Piece of Rock-Salt. A Piece of Jet. A Piece of Chalk. A Piece of Purbeck Marble. A Lump of Clay. A Piece of Lignite. The Crags. A Boulder. A Gravel Pit.
Page 6 - Thence to see my Lady Pen, where my wife and I were shown a fine rarity: of fishes kept in a glass of water, that will live so for ever; and finely marked they are, being foreign.
Page 301 - GEOLOGICAL STORIES: A Series of Autobiographies in Chronological Order. By JE TAYLOR, FLS, FGS Numerous Illustrations. Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, 4^.
Page 300 - Beetles and other Insects in the Green Lanes. Shells and Slugs in the Green Lanes. Flowering Plants in the Green Lanes. Grasses in the Green Lanes. Ferns in the Green Lanes. Mosses in the Green Lanes. Fungi in the Green Lanes. Lichens in the Green Lanes. GRASSHOPPER (Gryllus viridissima). Fourth Edition, -with 3OO Illustrations. " Thoroughly English those green lanes are, and make the half-hours spent there something to be remembered till summer doth come again.
Page 12 - ... a very small portion of a tree or shrub generates a considerable quantity of oxygen, there were no reasons to doubt that the influence of the vegetable might serve as a complete compensation for that of the animal kingdom.* The history of the various successful attempts that have been made to construct Marine Aquaria is very interesting.
Page 9 - Fire and hail, snow and vapour, and stormy wind, fulfil his word," and are the necessary agents in completing the scheme of paternal kindness.
Page 172 - In the latter instance these movements are very quiet and uniform, the fish swimming"round their tank in one shoal and one continuous stream. At night, on the contrary, the shoal is entirely broken up, each fish taking an independent path and darting from one side of the tank to the other with an amount of agility scarcely to be anticipated by a mere daylight acquaintance with the species. It was during these active nocturnal movements that the fish struck against the rockwork of their tank and came...
Page 171 - ... to readily take their prepared food from the keeper's hand — a circumstance which would seem to indicate that young fish, like the young of other animals, are more readily susceptible of domestication, adult herrings not being known to display an equal amount of confidence towards those who tend them. The food question being settled, another difficulty presented itself, and this time one that threatened, sooner or later, to accomplish the extermination of the whole shoal. Immediately succeeding...
Page vi - Scotica is now presented to the Public, in the hope that it may be received with as much favour as its predecessor.