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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... given in any book relative to the preparation of this subject , and I do not know what may be Topping's plan . The above directions are the result of an accidental discovery after many vexatious failures . Experientia docet . - S . M ...
... given in any book relative to the preparation of this subject , and I do not know what may be Topping's plan . The above directions are the result of an accidental discovery after many vexatious failures . Experientia docet . - S . M ...
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... given by the Chinese to Behmeria spicata , Thunb .; and to B. longispica , Steud .; the RHEA of Assam is B. nivea and B. tenacissima , Gaudich .; the TAMEH , RAMI , & c . , of the Malay is B. tenacissima . Dr. Blume says ( in Mus . Ludg ...
... given by the Chinese to Behmeria spicata , Thunb .; and to B. longispica , Steud .; the RHEA of Assam is B. nivea and B. tenacissima , Gaudich .; the TAMEH , RAMI , & c . , of the Malay is B. tenacissima . Dr. Blume says ( in Mus . Ludg ...
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... given I freely supply it . But first I should say , that for various purposes con- nected with mounting , I find that pieces of strong glass , less than an inch square , with their edges very slightly ground to take of their cutting ...
... given I freely supply it . But first I should say , that for various purposes con- nected with mounting , I find that pieces of strong glass , less than an inch square , with their edges very slightly ground to take of their cutting ...
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... given rise to the everyday saying " Halcyon - days . " It was believed , the bird hatched its young in a nest that floated on the surface of the water ; and , being specially under the protection of the gods , could at will hush the ...
... given rise to the everyday saying " Halcyon - days . " It was believed , the bird hatched its young in a nest that floated on the surface of the water ; and , being specially under the protection of the gods , could at will hush the ...
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... given in a manner which makes one feel intuitively that they had the living animals before them , and that they really loved them . Dalyell is especially felicitous in his language ; for example , in describing the suddenness with which ...
... given in a manner which makes one feel intuitively that they had the living animals before them , and that they really loved them . Dalyell is especially felicitous in his language ; for example , in describing the suddenness with which ...
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