Hardwicke's Science-gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, 3. köideMordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Eller Taylor Robert Hardwicke, 1868 |
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... head downwards ; they are difficult to discover in the early morning , being covered with heavy dew , and looking more like dry seeds than anything else ; as soon as the heat of the sun has caused all the moisture to evaporate , they ...
... head downwards ; they are difficult to discover in the early morning , being covered with heavy dew , and looking more like dry seeds than anything else ; as soon as the heat of the sun has caused all the moisture to evaporate , they ...
Page 29
... head against the surface upon which it is stationed , " but no notice is taken of Atropos ; and at page 368 of the same work , in general description of the order Neuroptera , a figure of Atropos pulsatoria is given , the only notice ...
... head against the surface upon which it is stationed , " but no notice is taken of Atropos ; and at page 368 of the same work , in general description of the order Neuroptera , a figure of Atropos pulsatoria is given , the only notice ...
Page 30
... head against the side of the cell , the noise produced being quite as loud as the tick of an ordinary watch ; thus con- firming Mr. Derham's observations , " and , viewing them with a convex lens , I soon perceived some of them to beat ...
... head against the side of the cell , the noise produced being quite as loud as the tick of an ordinary watch ; thus con- firming Mr. Derham's observations , " and , viewing them with a convex lens , I soon perceived some of them to beat ...
Page 32
... heads resting by the side of others whose faces are so battered and bemauled , that recognition is im- possible ; some are clad in chain - mail , others are draped in priestly vestments , and very many are not clad at all . By a little ...
... heads resting by the side of others whose faces are so battered and bemauled , that recognition is im- possible ; some are clad in chain - mail , others are draped in priestly vestments , and very many are not clad at all . By a little ...
Page 40
... head and a pair of horns protruding from one of the shells which I had supposed to be empty . Presently the animal entirely emerged , and walked about in as lively a manner as when first picked up . The ordinary period of their ...
... head and a pair of horns protruding from one of the shells which I had supposed to be empty . Presently the animal entirely emerged , and walked about in as lively a manner as when first picked up . The ordinary period of their ...
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Page 52 - ... wings, as are unable to hoise her from the ground, serving only to prove her a bird ; which otherwise might be doubted of...