Hardwicke's Science-gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, Volume 8Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Eller Taylor Robert Hardwicke, 1873 - Natural history |
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... interesting series of Slides , & c . , for Dissolving Views . SUCCESSORS TO CARY , 181 , STRAND . Opticians to the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital , Mathematical Instrument Makers , by Special Appoint- ment , to the War - office , to ...
... interesting series of Slides , & c . , for Dissolving Views . SUCCESSORS TO CARY , 181 , STRAND . Opticians to the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital , Mathematical Instrument Makers , by Special Appoint- ment , to the War - office , to ...
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... interesting in itself , as geological action connecting the most recent of the great physical changes with those we see in opera- tion around us . But the interest of these valley- gravels is still more enhanced when my listeners ...
... interesting in itself , as geological action connecting the most recent of the great physical changes with those we see in opera- tion around us . But the interest of these valley- gravels is still more enhanced when my listeners ...
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... interesting creatures . Melicerta socialis . - Tube irregular in shape , built of large yellowish - brown , granular , egg - shaped pellets , which are heaped up into the form of a tube , without any regard to symmetry . The rota- tory ...
... interesting creatures . Melicerta socialis . - Tube irregular in shape , built of large yellowish - brown , granular , egg - shaped pellets , which are heaped up into the form of a tube , without any regard to symmetry . The rota- tory ...
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... interesting species have been found elsewhere . T. HowSE , F.L.S. over every - day life . We feel that we ourselves are writing for readers in Natural Science , many of whom owe their " conversion " to Mr. Wood . The announcement ...
... interesting species have been found elsewhere . T. HowSE , F.L.S. over every - day life . We feel that we ourselves are writing for readers in Natural Science , many of whom owe their " conversion " to Mr. Wood . The announcement ...
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... interesting notes , given elsewhere , on the develop- ment of the Dragon - fly from the pupa - case - as wit- nessed by himself in his own aquarium — will make the details sufficiently clear . " Insects at Home , " as its name implies ...
... interesting notes , given elsewhere , on the develop- ment of the Dragon - fly from the pupa - case - as wit- nessed by himself in his own aquarium — will make the details sufficiently clear . " Insects at Home , " as its name implies ...
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