The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature Under the Equator, During Eleven Years of TravelHumboldt Publishing Company, 1889 - 774 pages |
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Page 625
... tion at almost every step . Among them were the different kinds of Bromelia , or pine - apple plants , with their long , rigid , sword - shaped leaves , in some species jagged or toothed along their edges . Then there was the bread ...
... tion at almost every step . Among them were the different kinds of Bromelia , or pine - apple plants , with their long , rigid , sword - shaped leaves , in some species jagged or toothed along their edges . Then there was the bread ...
Page 634
... tion ; nor , as the dry season is not excessive , is there any summer torpidity as in some tropical countries . Plants do not flower or shed their leaves , nor do birds moult , pair , or breed simultaneously . In Europe , a wood- land ...
... tion ; nor , as the dry season is not excessive , is there any summer torpidity as in some tropical countries . Plants do not flower or shed their leaves , nor do birds moult , pair , or breed simultaneously . In Europe , a wood- land ...
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... tion of a Tuning - fork . - Vibration of a String . - Of Plates and Membranes.- Vibration of Air in a Sounding - pipe . Method of the Monometric Flame . Conclusion . Chapter II . - Transmission of Sound . - Propaga- tion in Air . - In ...
... tion of a Tuning - fork . - Vibration of a String . - Of Plates and Membranes.- Vibration of Air in a Sounding - pipe . Method of the Monometric Flame . Conclusion . Chapter II . - Transmission of Sound . - Propaga- tion in Air . - In ...
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