Hardwicke's Science-gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, Volumen8Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Eller Taylor Robert Hardwicke, 1873 |
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... Leaf of , 98 . Belemnites , 252 , 253 . Bilberry , Hybrid , 248 , 249 . Blackcap , 206 . Bladder Campion , Pollen of , 61 . Blind Fishes , 54 , 55 . Blowpipe for Birds ' Eggs , 74 . Brassia maculata , 204 . Buccinum undatum and Eggs ...
... Leaf of , 98 . Belemnites , 252 , 253 . Bilberry , Hybrid , 248 , 249 . Blackcap , 206 . Bladder Campion , Pollen of , 61 . Blind Fishes , 54 , 55 . Blowpipe for Birds ' Eggs , 74 . Brassia maculata , 204 . Buccinum undatum and Eggs ...
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... leaves its con- tained particle of lime behind . This process is always going on , until there has been left on the walls a great fold or layer of what is called stalactite . The water drips on the floor , and there a portion is ...
... leaves its con- tained particle of lime behind . This process is always going on , until there has been left on the walls a great fold or layer of what is called stalactite . The water drips on the floor , and there a portion is ...
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... leaves off - the past and the present meet on common ground . Standing on this neutral area , you may gaze backward into the illimitable ages which have gone by , and see the gradual ascension in animal life , which began in the dim and ...
... leaves off - the past and the present meet on common ground . Standing on this neutral area , you may gaze backward into the illimitable ages which have gone by , and see the gradual ascension in animal life , which began in the dim and ...
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... leaves of a handsome volume like that before us , embellished with upwards of seven hundred figures , and occupying nearly seven hundred pages 2 1 3 " INSECTS AT HOME . " * FEW NEW writers have done more to popularize Natural History ...
... leaves of a handsome volume like that before us , embellished with upwards of seven hundred figures , and occupying nearly seven hundred pages 2 1 3 " INSECTS AT HOME . " * FEW NEW writers have done more to popularize Natural History ...
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... leaf , and there fixes itself . Its body soon begins to swell , and at last becomes quite globular and horny , the change being caused by the death of the aphis and the rapid growth of the parasite within it . The Ichneumon passes ...
... leaf , and there fixes itself . Its body soon begins to swell , and at last becomes quite globular and horny , the change being caused by the death of the aphis and the rapid growth of the parasite within it . The Ichneumon passes ...
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