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" ... and yet the closest inspection of as much of the body as was visible, d fleur d'eau, failed to detect any undulations of the body, although such actions constitute the very character which would distinguish a serpent or serpentiform swimmer from any... "
Zoologist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History - Page 2312
1848
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The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle: A Journal of Papers on ..., 17. köide

1848 - 716 lehte
...enormous serpent,1' and yet the closest inspection of as much of the body as was visible a flew <f earn, failed to detect any undulations of the body, although...foregone conclusion, therefore, of the beast's being a sea serpent, notwithstanding its capacious vaulted cranium and stiff inflexible truuk, must be kept...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, 16–17. köide

1849 - 608 lehte
...enormous serpent ;' and yet the closest inspection of as much of the body as was visible ii Jleur d'cau, failed to detect any undulations of the body, although...total length of the animal, as ' at the very least sixty feet.' This is the only part of the description, however, which seems to me to be so uncertain...
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The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art

Charles W. Vincent, James Mason - 1849 - 324 lehte
...eonelusion, therefore, of the beast hein^ a sea-serpent, notwithstandin g its eapaeious vanlted eraninm and stiff inflexible trunk, must be kept in mind in...total length of the animal, as "at the very least sixty feet." This is the only part of the deseription, however, whieh seems to me to be so uneertain...
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Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, 17. köide

John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1849 - 608 lehte
...enormous serpent ;' and yet the closest inspection of as much of the body as was visible à fleur d'uni, failed to detect any undulations of the body, although...very character which would distinguish a serpent or serpcntiform swimmer from any other marine species. The foregone conclusion, therefore, of the beast's...
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Littell's Living Age, 20. köide

1849 - 638 lehte
...enormous serpent ;" and yet the closest inspection of as much of the body as was visible à jjeur d'eau, failed to detect any undulations of the body, although...very character which would distinguish a serpent or gerpentiform swimmer from any other marine species. The foregone conclusion, therefore, of the beast's...
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Things Not Generally Known: Popular Errors Explained & Illustrated ...

John Timbs - 1858 - 274 lehte
...itself at the rate of 15 miles an hour. The motion was not perceptible by undulations of the body, the very character which would distinguish a serpent...serpentiform swimmer from any other marine species ; while it had a capacious vaulted cranium, and other characters of the head of a warm-blooded mammal,...
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The Romance of Natural History

Philip Henry Gosse - 1861 - 446 lehte
...enormous serpent,' and yet the closest inspection of as much of the body as was visible, d fleur d'eau, failed to detect any undulations of the body, although...total length of the animal, as ' (at the very least) sixty feet.' This is the only part of the description, however, which seems to me to be so uncertain...
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The Living Age, 20. köide

1849 - 636 lehte
...enormous serpent ;" and yet the closest inspection of as much of the body as was visible à fleur d'eau, failed to detect any undulations of the body, although...total length of the animal, as " at the very least sixty feet." This is the only part of the description, however, which seems to me to be so uncertain...
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Popular Errors Explained and Illustrated: A Book for Old and Young

John Timbs - 1869 - 280 lehte
...itself at the rate of 15 miles an hour. The motion was not perceptible by undulations of the body, the very character which would distinguish a serpent...serpentiform swimmer from any other marine species ; while it had a capacious vaulted craninm, and other characters of the head of a warm-blooded mammal,...
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The Fisheries Exhibition Literature, 3. köide

1884 - 732 lehte
...enormous serpent, and yet the closest inspection of as much of the body as was visible djleur d'eau failed to detect any undulations of the body, although...foregone conclusion, therefore, of the beast's being a sea serpent, notwithstanding its capacious vaulted cranium, and stiff inflexible trunk, must be kept...
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