The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... head and body are covered with small scales , and are of a bluish tinge , with a silvery cast on the abdomen : the pectoral fins are brown , and of a moderate size : the ventral rather small , and of a similar colour : the lateral line ...
... head and body are covered with small scales , and are of a bluish tinge , with a silvery cast on the abdomen : the pectoral fins are brown , and of a moderate size : the ventral rather small , and of a similar colour : the lateral line ...
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... head : feelers two , jointed ; egg - shaped . The most familiar species are , 1. the A. siro , or common cheese - mite , which is a favourite subject for microscopic observations . This insect is covered with hairs or bristles , which ...
... head : feelers two , jointed ; egg - shaped . The most familiar species are , 1. the A. siro , or common cheese - mite , which is a favourite subject for microscopic observations . This insect is covered with hairs or bristles , which ...
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... head is obtuse , the mouth is un- order Cartilagenei : the characters are , der the head , retractile , and without teeth ; that the four cerri are below the front , and before the mouth ; the aperture of the gills is at the side , the ...
... head is obtuse , the mouth is un- order Cartilagenei : the characters are , der the head , retractile , and without teeth ; that the four cerri are below the front , and before the mouth ; the aperture of the gills is at the side , the ...
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... heads of plaster of Paris be placed on pedestals , on opposite sides of a room . A tin tube of an inch in diame- ter must pass from the ear of one head through the pedestal under the floor , and go up to the mouth of the other . When a ...
... heads of plaster of Paris be placed on pedestals , on opposite sides of a room . A tin tube of an inch in diame- ter must pass from the ear of one head through the pedestal under the floor , and go up to the mouth of the other . When a ...
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... head is covered with very minute , rough , and warted scales , differing in size alone from those on the other part of the animal . The dubius mea- sures only about three feet in length . A specimen is to be seen in the British Mu- seum ...
... head is covered with very minute , rough , and warted scales , differing in size alone from those on the other part of the animal . The dubius mea- sures only about three feet in length . A specimen is to be seen in the British Mu- seum ...
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