Hardwicke's Science-gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, 27. köideMordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Ellor Taylor Robert Hardwicke, 1891 |
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Page 13
... less than 300 feet in length . Of Government cables the greatest number is owned by Norway with two hundred and thirty- six , averaging however less than a mile each in length . eighty - nine cables ; and Germany third with 1579 miles ...
... less than 300 feet in length . Of Government cables the greatest number is owned by Norway with two hundred and thirty- six , averaging however less than a mile each in length . eighty - nine cables ; and Germany third with 1579 miles ...
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... less than twenty - four hours - for I wrung its neck - the liver was completely rotten . There were no marks of any wound or injury . The feathers were smooth and glossy , but the bird was very light in weight . - R . Ashington Bullen ...
... less than twenty - four hours - for I wrung its neck - the liver was completely rotten . There were no marks of any wound or injury . The feathers were smooth and glossy , but the bird was very light in weight . - R . Ashington Bullen ...
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... less ) scientific men in some of these matters ? Evidently here are instances in which light has not been instrumental in producing the green colour of vegetation . - Geo . C. Nervall . THE FLORA OF KENT . - Can any reader of SCIENCE ...
... less ) scientific men in some of these matters ? Evidently here are instances in which light has not been instrumental in producing the green colour of vegetation . - Geo . C. Nervall . THE FLORA OF KENT . - Can any reader of SCIENCE ...
Page 27
... less illustrious than Newton ; of one not less scrupulously anxious that his theories should be confirmed at all points by facts ; yet of one who could not see his grand hypothesis of evolution attain to its full development , because ...
... less illustrious than Newton ; of one not less scrupulously anxious that his theories should be confirmed at all points by facts ; yet of one who could not see his grand hypothesis of evolution attain to its full development , because ...
Page 35
... less eaten . Species in which the legs are exceptionally brittle and break off easily , should be given separate boxes , if possible ( Anthomyida , Tipulida , Dolichopida , & c . ) , or at most only two or three specimens placed in each ...
... less eaten . Species in which the legs are exceptionally brittle and break off easily , should be given separate boxes , if possible ( Anthomyida , Tipulida , Dolichopida , & c . ) , or at most only two or three specimens placed in each ...
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