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 38
... once , twice , or thrice pin- nated with the leaflets adhering either by their whole base or by the centre only ; the midrib running through to the point . Neuropteris ( fig . 48 ) has leaves divided like Pecopteris , but the midrib ...
... once , twice , or thrice pin- nated with the leaflets adhering either by their whole base or by the centre only ; the midrib running through to the point . Neuropteris ( fig . 48 ) has leaves divided like Pecopteris , but the midrib ...
Page 40
... once found a wood- cock's nest . Throughout the whole of Scandinavia proper , and the regions conterminous , woodcocks are decidedly scarce ; and whenever I have found them it has been in tall , boggy pine forests , but very rarely even ...
... once found a wood- cock's nest . Throughout the whole of Scandinavia proper , and the regions conterminous , woodcocks are decidedly scarce ; and whenever I have found them it has been in tall , boggy pine forests , but very rarely even ...
Page 43
... once ordered that Mr. Clark's request should be fulfilled . Mr. Clark visited the estate many times , but without obtaining He at length en- any satisfactory intelligence . gaged two men to enter the dark - coloured water about three ...
... once ordered that Mr. Clark's request should be fulfilled . Mr. Clark visited the estate many times , but without obtaining He at length en- any satisfactory intelligence . gaged two men to enter the dark - coloured water about three ...
Page 45
... once tender parent was perhaps the last resource to satisfy the cravings of the inner fish ; or , perhaps , seeing there was nothing before the little fishes but hunger and a wretched death , he compassionately relieved them of all ...
... once tender parent was perhaps the last resource to satisfy the cravings of the inner fish ; or , perhaps , seeing there was nothing before the little fishes but hunger and a wretched death , he compassionately relieved them of all ...
Page 47
... once evident that , as they are parallel , and are seen in perspective , they must appear to diverge from the sun , and to converge towards a point beneath the opposite horizon . For the phenomenon to be produced it is necessary that ...
... once evident that , as they are parallel , and are seen in perspective , they must appear to diverge from the sun , and to converge towards a point beneath the opposite horizon . For the phenomenon to be produced it is necessary that ...
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