Aspects of Nature: In Different Lands and Different Climates; with Scientific Elucidations, Volum 2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1849 |
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... becomes darker , the bright yellow which was visible at a distance changes to brown , and the bluish gray of the Leprarias becomes a dusty black . The edges of neighbouring patches approach and run into each other ; and on the dark ...
... becomes darker , the bright yellow which was visible at a distance changes to brown , and the bluish gray of the Leprarias becomes a dusty black . The edges of neighbouring patches approach and run into each other ; and on the dark ...
Side 28
... becomes ennobled in the hotter parts of the globe . Arborescent ferns , when they reach a height of above 40 feet , have something of a palm - like appearance ; but their stems are less slender , shorter , and more rough and scaly than ...
... becomes ennobled in the hotter parts of the globe . Arborescent ferns , when they reach a height of above 40 feet , have something of a palm - like appearance ; but their stems are less slender , shorter , and more rough and scaly than ...
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... become , as remarked above , unable to rise , and are either killed with clubs by the country people , or taken alive by the lasso . On the first declaration of the political independence of Chili , the Condor appeared on the coinage as ...
... become , as remarked above , unable to rise , and are either killed with clubs by the country people , or taken alive by the lasso . On the first declaration of the political independence of Chili , the Condor appeared on the coinage as ...
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... become torpid and motionless , and lie incrusted in the indurated soil . The missionary Gili relates that the natives , in seek- ing for the slumbering Terekai ( land tortoises ) , which they find lying at a depth of sixteen or ...
... become torpid and motionless , and lie incrusted in the indurated soil . The missionary Gili relates that the natives , in seek- ing for the slumbering Terekai ( land tortoises ) , which they find lying at a depth of sixteen or ...
Side 54
... become more zealous in their researches , and more experienced in the use of excellent microscopes , we have seen in our zoological systems the groups of Mollusca and Infusoria , which become luminous either at pleasure or when excited ...
... become more zealous in their researches , and more experienced in the use of excellent microscopes , we have seen in our zoological systems the groups of Mollusca and Infusoria , which become luminous either at pleasure or when excited ...
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Side 11 - COL. HAWKER'S INSTRUCTIONS to YOUNG SPORTSMEN in all that relates to Guns and Shooting.
Side 29 - Dr. Ure's Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines : Containing a clear Exposition of their Principles and Practice.
Side 18 - A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the various Countries, Places, and principal Natural Objects in the World.
Side 30 - Webster and Parkes's Encyclopaedia of Domestic Economy ; comprising such subjects as are most immediately connected with Housekeeping: As, The Construction of Domestic Edifices, with the Modes of Warming, Ventilating, and Lighting them — A description of the various articles of Furniture, with the nature of their Materials — Duties of Servants— &c.
Side 28 - Days, in a regular progression of single Days ; with Interest at all the above Rates, from One to Twelve Months, and from One to Ten Years.
Side 21 - Moore.— The Power of the Soul over the Body, considered in relation to Health and Morals. By GEORGE MOORE, MD, Member of the Royal College of Physicians.
Side 17 - By David Low, Esq., FRSE, Professor of Agriculture in the University of Edinburgh, etc.; author of "Elements of Practical Agriculture, "etc.
Side 22 - DUTIES ; Or, Instructions to Young Married Ladies on the Management of their Households, and the Regulation of their Conduct in the various Relations and Duties of Married Life. By Mrs. W. PARKES.
Side 23 - PORTLOCK.- REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTY of LONDONDERRY, and of Parts of Tyrone and Fermanagh, examined and described under the Authority of the Master-General and Board of Ordnance. By JE PORTLOCK, FRS &c.
Side 12 - Visits to Remarkable Places : Old Halls, Battle-Fields, and Scenes illustrative of Striking Passages in English History and Poetry. By WILLIAM HOWITT. 2 vols. square crown 8vo. with Wood Engravings, 25s. The Rural Life of England.