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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... remains unaltered . Who among my listeners has not played , when a child , in a sand- or gravel - pit ? You have them in abundance , scattered over the surface of the country . But there are gravel - pits and gravel - pits - a differ ...
... remains unaltered . Who among my listeners has not played , when a child , in a sand- or gravel - pit ? You have them in abundance , scattered over the surface of the country . But there are gravel - pits and gravel - pits - a differ ...
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... remains with which we find these implements associated , the Woolly - haired Elephant , or Mammoth , and the Woolly - haired Rhinoceros , were both natives of Great Britain . It is frequently objected that you do not find the bones of ...
... remains with which we find these implements associated , the Woolly - haired Elephant , or Mammoth , and the Woolly - haired Rhinoceros , were both natives of Great Britain . It is frequently objected that you do not find the bones of ...
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... remains of that northern animal which have been found in the bone - caves of the south of France . England and the Continent were then subjected to the periodical migrations of Arctic animals , among which were the Kein - deer , Lemming ...
... remains of that northern animal which have been found in the bone - caves of the south of France . England and the Continent were then subjected to the periodical migrations of Arctic animals , among which were the Kein - deer , Lemming ...
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... remains there until the young is hatched . I Length of the adult , about of an inch , Found in shallow ponds , usually attached to moss . Named Socialis because groups of four or five are often found attached to the same leaflet . 1 133 ...
... remains there until the young is hatched . I Length of the adult , about of an inch , Found in shallow ponds , usually attached to moss . Named Socialis because groups of four or five are often found attached to the same leaflet . 1 133 ...
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... remains . Some hundreds of spe- cies have been brought to light from the Lignite beds , and their general character indicates that when they grew a warm climature prevailed in Greenland . It is more than probable that , at this time ...
... remains . Some hundreds of spe- cies have been brought to light from the Lignite beds , and their general character indicates that when they grew a warm climature prevailed in Greenland . It is more than probable that , at this time ...
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