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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Page 20
... object with turpentine , and mount in balsam in the usual manner . In the preparation , frequent recourse must be had to a lens , as the task is a difficult one , needing plenty of care and patience . One of the best of Topping's beau ...
... object with turpentine , and mount in balsam in the usual manner . In the preparation , frequent recourse must be had to a lens , as the task is a difficult one , needing plenty of care and patience . One of the best of Topping's beau ...
Page 25
... object of beauty , and teeming with matter for reflec- tion . The land- scape which the frost traces during the night with delicate crystals on the window - pane is a mystery to the child and a marvel to the man . Here is exhibited ...
... object of beauty , and teeming with matter for reflec- tion . The land- scape which the frost traces during the night with delicate crystals on the window - pane is a mystery to the child and a marvel to the man . Here is exhibited ...
Page 27
... object in the sunshine . Many strange appendages to the plumage of birds , that we suppose merely decorative , I am ... objects for examination with the microscope , but it often happens , that for want of a hint or two as to the choice ...
... object in the sunshine . Many strange appendages to the plumage of birds , that we suppose merely decorative , I am ... objects for examination with the microscope , but it often happens , that for want of a hint or two as to the choice ...
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... object on the microscopic stage , and expect to find anything worth special notice . All the butterflies of this family and its allies will supply good specimens ; but , in my bumble opinion , the Red Admiral furnishes the most superb ...
... object on the microscopic stage , and expect to find anything worth special notice . All the butterflies of this family and its allies will supply good specimens ; but , in my bumble opinion , the Red Admiral furnishes the most superb ...
Page 31
... objects . The size of each individual is about one - twelfth of an inch . Botryllus represents the true compound ... object until we have seen the beau- tiful polypes which emanate like flowers from the warts spread over its surface ...
... objects . The size of each individual is about one - twelfth of an inch . Botryllus represents the true compound ... object until we have seen the beau- tiful polypes which emanate like flowers from the warts spread over its surface ...
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