The Popular Science Review: A Quarterly Miscellany of Entertaining and Instructive Articles on Scientific Subjects, Volumen14James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas Robert Hardwicke, 1875 |
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... Animal Charcoal . House Cistern , fitted with Cistern Filter . REQUIRING , WHEN FIXED , NO ATTENTION WHATEVER . Superior to all others . Vide Professor Frankland's reports to the Registrar - General , July 1866 , November 1867 , and May ...
... Animal Charcoal . House Cistern , fitted with Cistern Filter . REQUIRING , WHEN FIXED , NO ATTENTION WHATEVER . Superior to all others . Vide Professor Frankland's reports to the Registrar - General , July 1866 , November 1867 , and May ...
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... ANIMALS . Eighth Thousand . By CHARLES DARWIN , F.R.S. Illustrations . Crown Svo . 12s . DARWIN'S DESCENT of MAN , and on SELECTIONS in RELATION TO SEX . Tenth Thousand . Illustrations . Crown 8vo . 98 . DARWIN'S ORIGIN of SPECIES , by ...
... ANIMALS . Eighth Thousand . By CHARLES DARWIN , F.R.S. Illustrations . Crown Svo . 12s . DARWIN'S DESCENT of MAN , and on SELECTIONS in RELATION TO SEX . Tenth Thousand . Illustrations . Crown 8vo . 98 . DARWIN'S ORIGIN of SPECIES , by ...
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... animal to look upon . It is a beetle of the tribe of Phytophaga , or plant - eaters , and of the family Chrysomelidæ , all the members of which are of small or moderate size , of a rounded , ovate , or oblong convex form , with the head ...
... animal to look upon . It is a beetle of the tribe of Phytophaga , or plant - eaters , and of the family Chrysomelidæ , all the members of which are of small or moderate size , of a rounded , ovate , or oblong convex form , with the head ...
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... animal as an addi- tional limb in adhering to the plants on which it feeds . The head , the hinder margin of the first body - segment ( prothorax ) , and the legs are black , and two rows of black spots are to be seen along each side of ...
... animal as an addi- tional limb in adhering to the plants on which it feeds . The head , the hinder margin of the first body - segment ( prothorax ) , and the legs are black , and two rows of black spots are to be seen along each side of ...
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... animal or vegetable life is always valuable to know ; and accordingly every specimen , more especi- ally of the land ... animals accurately , might alone find sufficient for his labour , as day after day the vessel sails along , is ...
... animal or vegetable life is always valuable to know ; and accordingly every specimen , more especi- ally of the land ... animals accurately , might alone find sufficient for his labour , as day after day the vessel sails along , is ...
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Página 166 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Página 336 - ... power is supplied by the MOC-MAIN PAD and PATENT LEVER, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the Truss (which cannot fail to fit...
Página 441 - It is caused by everything which weakens the system in general, or the stomach in particular. From it proceed nearly all the diseases to which we are liable ; for it is very certain that if we could always keep the stomach right we should only die by old age or accident. Indigestion produces a great variety of unpleasant sensations; amongst the...
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Página 224 - Sickness, Headache, and Nausea, are in most cases immediately relieved by taking a teaspoonful in a tumbler of cold water. This can be repeated once or twice in two hours, if needful. Sea Voyages. — It is a very valuable accompaniment, and should on no account be omitted ; It instantly allays the sickness.
Página 444 - Healing qualities render the skin soft, pliable, and free from dryness, &c., clear it from every humour, pimple, or eruption ; and by continuing its use only a short time, the skin will become and continue soft and smooth, and the complexion perfectly clear and beautiful. • Sold in Bottles, price 2s.
Página 443 - ... quantities of noxious matter, which are introduced into our food, either by accident or wilful adulteration, which we find so often upset the stomach, and not unfrequently lay the foundation of illness, and perhaps final ruination to health. To preserve the constitution, it should be our constant care, if possible, to counteract the effect of these small quantities of unwholesome matter; and whenever, in that way, an enemy to the constitution finds its...
Página 443 - Pills, which will so promptly assist in carrying off the burden thus imposed upon it that all will soon be right again. It is most certainly true that every person in his lifetime consumes a quantity of noxious matter, which if taken at one meal would be fatal; it is these small quantities of noxious matter, which are introduced into our food, either by accident or wilful adulteration, which we find BO often upset the stomach, and not unfrequently lay the foundation of illness, and perhaps final...
Página 442 - ... and which must be taken with it into the stomach. It requires a quarter of a pint of boiling water to dissolve the soluble portion of one drachm of Camomile flowers; and when one or even two ounces may be taken with advantage, it must at once be seen how impossible it is to take a proper dose of this wholesome herb in the form of tea : and the only reason why it has not long since been placed the very first in rank of all...
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