Hardwicke's Science-gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, 1. köideRobert Hardwicke, 1865 |
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Page 112
... creature , out of his native element , would end in disappointment ; so , having cautiously placed him in a deep dish of sea - water , I gently slipped a piece of drawing - paper under him , and raising my hand quickly out of the water ...
... creature , out of his native element , would end in disappointment ; so , having cautiously placed him in a deep dish of sea - water , I gently slipped a piece of drawing - paper under him , and raising my hand quickly out of the water ...
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... creature in its living state , I venture to recommend such persons as take a plea- sure in preparing objects for themselves to make a search for it . A low power , say ten diameters , is needed , and opaque illumination . The Dermestes ...
... creature in its living state , I venture to recommend such persons as take a plea- sure in preparing objects for themselves to make a search for it . A low power , say ten diameters , is needed , and opaque illumination . The Dermestes ...
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... creature is to be seen free from all restraint , save the laws of its being ; yet there are many habits and peculiarities belonging to various species that would probably never have been known but by watching them in a state of ...
... creature is to be seen free from all restraint , save the laws of its being ; yet there are many habits and peculiarities belonging to various species that would probably never have been known but by watching them in a state of ...
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Mistletoe in Devonshire 114 | 14 |
Furzeleaves Trifoliate 115 | 15 |
Moa of New Zealand 282 | 23 |
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