A History of the earth and animated nature v.1, Volume 1A. Fullarton, 1852 |
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... body of man presents the greatest variety upon dissection ; quadrupeds , less per- fectly formed , discover their defects in the sim- plicity of their conformation ; the mechanism of birds is still less complex ; fishes are furnished ...
... body of man presents the greatest variety upon dissection ; quadrupeds , less per- fectly formed , discover their defects in the sim- plicity of their conformation ; the mechanism of birds is still less complex ; fishes are furnished ...
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... body , and more beards of one layer always lie next the straight strongly fortified , and curiously closed externally , beards of the next , and by that means lock and to fence off the injuries of the weather . But , lest hold each ...
... body , and more beards of one layer always lie next the straight strongly fortified , and curiously closed externally , beards of the next , and by that means lock and to fence off the injuries of the weather . But , lest hold each ...
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... body than in quadrupeds , that it may more readily divide the air in flying , and make way for the body , so as to render its passage more easy . Their eyes also are more flat and depressed than in quadrupeds ; a circle of small plates ...
... body than in quadrupeds , that it may more readily divide the air in flying , and make way for the body , so as to render its passage more easy . Their eyes also are more flat and depressed than in quadrupeds ; a circle of small plates ...
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... body of a bird , and it is then called the labyrinth ; but of what use these convolutions are , or why the windpipe should make so many turnings within the body of some birds , is a difficulty for which no naturalist has been able to ...
... body of a bird , and it is then called the labyrinth ; but of what use these convolutions are , or why the windpipe should make so many turnings within the body of some birds , is a difficulty for which no naturalist has been able to ...
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... body . The urine of birds differs from that of other animals : for , as there is usually in urine two parts , one more serous and liquid , the other more thick and gross , which subsides to the bot- tom ; in birds , the last part is ...
... body . The urine of birds differs from that of other animals : for , as there is usually in urine two parts , one more serous and liquid , the other more thick and gross , which subsides to the bot- tom ; in birds , the last part is ...
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