The Natural History of Selborne: With Observations on Various Parts of Nature; and the Naturalist's CalendarG. Bell, 1898 - 416 sider |
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Side 15
... four hours , or one natural day . At this time many of the wells failed , and all the ponds in the vales were dry . This soil produces good wheat and clover . white land , neither chalk nor clay , neither fit STREAMS . 15.
... four hours , or one natural day . At this time many of the wells failed , and all the ponds in the vales were dry . This soil produces good wheat and clover . white land , neither chalk nor clay , neither fit STREAMS . 15.
Side 16
... four additional species admitted into the Flora of Great Britain . which are now to be generally met with in the plantations made within the last twelve or fifteen years .-- W . J. 1703 , equal to a moderate tree , yet , 16 VILLAGE CF ...
... four additional species admitted into the Flora of Great Britain . which are now to be generally met with in the plantations made within the last twelve or fifteen years .-- W . J. 1703 , equal to a moderate tree , yet , 16 VILLAGE CF ...
Side 20
... four inches long , the cardo passing for a head and mouth . It is in reality a bivalve of the Linnæan genus of mytilis , and the species of crista_galli : called by Lister , rastellum ; by Rumphius , ostreum plicatum minus ; by D ...
... four inches long , the cardo passing for a head and mouth . It is in reality a bivalve of the Linnæan genus of mytilis , and the species of crista_galli : called by Lister , rastellum ; by Rumphius , ostreum plicatum minus ; by D ...
Side 24
... four first years from 1740 to 1743 , I should have said the mean rain at Lyndon was 16 inches for the year ; if from 1740 to 1750 , 18 inches . The mean rain before 1763 was 201 ; from 1763 and since , 25 ; from 1770 to 1780 , 26. If ...
... four first years from 1740 to 1743 , I should have said the mean rain at Lyndon was 16 inches for the year ; if from 1740 to 1750 , 18 inches . The mean rain before 1763 was 201 ; from 1763 and since , 25 ; from 1770 to 1780 , 26. If ...
Side 26
... four feet depth of earth over it . It continued also to lie on thatch , tiles , ana the tops of walls . " - See Hales's Hamastatics , p . 360. Quere , Might not such observations be reduced to domestic use , by promoting the discovery ...
... four feet depth of earth over it . It continued also to lie on thatch , tiles , ana the tops of walls . " - See Hales's Hamastatics , p . 360. Quere , Might not such observations be reduced to domestic use , by promoting the discovery ...
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