Animal Biography, Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy, of the Animal Creation: Arranged According to the System of LinnaeusR. Phillips, 1805 |
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Page 179
... threads more compact , they are all tanned . For this purpose a quantity of oak - bark is boiled : the liquor is then strained off , and further boiled till it has attained such a consistence that , when a little is dropped on the thumb ...
... threads more compact , they are all tanned . For this purpose a quantity of oak - bark is boiled : the liquor is then strained off , and further boiled till it has attained such a consistence that , when a little is dropped on the thumb ...
Page 217
... thread . Insects breathe through pores arranged along their sides ; and have a head or bony skin , and many feet . The greater part of them are furnished with wings . They are destitute of brain , nostrils , cars , and eyelids . Not ...
... thread . Insects breathe through pores arranged along their sides ; and have a head or bony skin , and many feet . The greater part of them are furnished with wings . They are destitute of brain , nostrils , cars , and eyelids . Not ...
Page 225
... threads that issue from so many orifices of its body , and prevent them from tangling . In the hind legs of insects which have oc- casionally to pass over spaces by leaping , the thigh is very large and thick , and the shank long and ...
... threads that issue from so many orifices of its body , and prevent them from tangling . In the hind legs of insects which have oc- casionally to pass over spaces by leaping , the thigh is very large and thick , and the shank long and ...
Page 227
... thread - shaped articulated . antennæ . Their situation , under and at the sides of the mouth , renders them , however , sufficiently di- stinct from the proper antennæ . They are in conti- nual motion , the little animals thrusting ...
... thread - shaped articulated . antennæ . Their situation , under and at the sides of the mouth , renders them , however , sufficiently di- stinct from the proper antennæ . They are in conti- nual motion , the little animals thrusting ...
Page 248
... thread - shaped feelers . One division of the Weevils feed on trees and shrubs , inserting their beak into the tender branches , and by this means extracting their juices . The Curculio alliarie has been observed with its beak plunged ...
... thread - shaped feelers . One division of the Weevils feed on trees and shrubs , inserting their beak into the tender branches , and by this means extracting their juices . The Curculio alliarie has been observed with its beak plunged ...
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