The Philosophy of Zoology: Or, A General View of the Structure, Functions, and Classification of Animals, Volum 2A. Constable, 1822 |
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The Philosophy of Zoology: Or, A General View of the Structure ..., Volum 2 John Fleming Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1822 |
The Philosophy of Zoology: Or, A General View of the Structure ..., Volum 2 John Fleming Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1822 |
The Philosophy of Zoology: Or, A General View of the Structure ..., Volum 2 John Fleming Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1822 |
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Side 17 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Side 401 - LORD, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou made them all : the earth is full of thy riches. 25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. 26 There go the ships : there is that leviathan, whom thou hast 'made to play therein.
Side 401 - These wait all upon thee; That thou mayest give them their meat in due season. That thou givest them they gather: Thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good. Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: And thou renewest the face of the earth.
Side 81 - The nest of a rabbit is concealed in a hole of the earth, constructed of dried plants, and lined with fur, which is pulled from its own body. The young of the hare, at birth, have their eyes and ears perfect, their legs in a condition for running, and their bodies covered with fur. The young of the rabbit at birth, have their eyes and ears closed, are unable to travel, and are naked. The maternal duties of the hare are few in number, and consist in licking the young dry at first, and supplying them...
Side 190 - Put your hook into his mouth, which you may easily do from the middle of April till August ; and then the frog's mouth grows up, and he continues so for at least six months without eating...
Side 5 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth...
Side 21 - ... the wing the whole time. But as such birds never fly by night, and allowing the day to be at the longest, his flight was perhaps equal to 75 miles an hour.
Side 17 - The swallow," says Dr. Fleming, in his Philosophy of Zoology, "about whose migrations so many idle stories have been propagated and believed, departs from Scotland about the end of September, and from England about the middle of October. In the latter month, M. Adanson observed them on the shores of Africa after their migrations from Europe. He informs us, however, that they do not build their nests in that country but only come to spend the winter. M.
Side 80 - ... Britain, but in warmer climates, putrefaction will take place more rapidly. In tropical climates, fourteen days will be sufficient to disengage the flesh completely from the bones. The large cylindrical bones of the thighs and arms should have holes bored in their extremities of the size of a goose quill, to give the water access to their cavities, and a free exit to the medullary substance. As the water will gradually diminish in quantity from evaporation, more should be added from time to time,...
Side 2 - In all cases, when the air of the atmosphere, or that which the water contains, is impregnated with noxious particles, many individuals of a particular species, living in the same district, suffer at the same time. The disease which is thus at first endemic or local, may, by being contagious, extend its ravages to other districts.