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... examination of nature . The surface of the globe presents in part a vast expanse of water bounded by the sinuosities of the shores , and in part an undulating succession of plains and mountains . It is enveloped with an aërial fluid ...
... examination of nature . The surface of the globe presents in part a vast expanse of water bounded by the sinuosities of the shores , and in part an undulating succession of plains and mountains . It is enveloped with an aërial fluid ...
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... examination , and capable of affording intense inte- rest . The extremely - diversified forms which these substances assume , their various properties , their uses in the economy of nature , and the purposes to which they may be applied ...
... examination , and capable of affording intense inte- rest . The extremely - diversified forms which these substances assume , their various properties , their uses in the economy of nature , and the purposes to which they may be applied ...
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... examination . The ninth book treats of fishes , crabs , sea urchins , mollusca , and other marine animals , including not only turtles and cetacea , but also mermaids , tri- tons , and other fabulous creatures . These he ar- ranges in ...
... examination . The ninth book treats of fishes , crabs , sea urchins , mollusca , and other marine animals , including not only turtles and cetacea , but also mermaids , tri- tons , and other fabulous creatures . These he ar- ranges in ...
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William MacGillivray. rangement of animals . It might thus be supposed that the examination of plants is easier , while that of minerals is more difficult , than the study of zoo- logy ; but the cause of the preference given to the ...
William MacGillivray. rangement of animals . It might thus be supposed that the examination of plants is easier , while that of minerals is more difficult , than the study of zoo- logy ; but the cause of the preference given to the ...
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... examination . He died in 1668 . FRANCIS REDI . THE principal works of this eminent physician , hav- ing any reference to zoology , are on the generation of insects , on the poison of the viper , and on intestinal worms . His ...
... examination . He died in 1668 . FRANCIS REDI . THE principal works of this eminent physician , hav- ing any reference to zoology , are on the generation of insects , on the poison of the viper , and on intestinal worms . His ...
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Page 159 - There is a small island in Lancashire, called the Pile of Foulders, wherein are found the broken pieces of old and bruised ships, some whereof have been cast thither by...
Page 159 - ... to the shape and form of a bird : when it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open and the first thing that appeareth is the...
Page 159 - When it is perfectly formed the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the foresaid lace, or string ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out ; and as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill...
Page 140 - The people seem to be very lazy, at least the men, and may be frequently observed to plough in their cloaks. It is the fashion of them to wear cloaks when they go abroad, but especially on Sundays. They lay out most they are worth in cloaths, and a fellow that hath scarce ten groats besides to help himself with, you shall see come out of his smoaky cottage clad like a gentleman.
Page 166 - Let it not suffice us," says he, " to be book-learned, to read what others have written, and to take upon trust more falsehood than truth. But let us ourselves examine things as we have opportunity, and converse with nature as well as books.
Page 176 - No creature in this sublunary world is capable of so doing besides man ; yet we are deficient herein : we content ourselves with the knowledge of the tongues, and a little skill in philology, or history perhaps, and antiquity, and neglect that which to me seems more material. I mean natural history and the works of the creation.
Page 152 - ... digesting was of no light kind. Without at all detracting from the merits of the author, whose labours, according to Dr Derham, were such, " that he allowed himself little or no time for those recreations and diversions which men of h'is estate and degree are apt to spend too much of their time in, but prosecuted his design with as great application, as if he had been to get his bread thereby...
Page 205 - ... an inkstand, pencase, microscope, and spying-glass, a gauze cap to protect me occasionally from the gnats; a comb; my journal, and a parcel of paper stitched together for drying plants, both in folio; my manuscript Ornithology, Flora Uplandica, and Characteres generici. I wore a hanger at my side, and carried a small fowling-piece, as well as an octangular stick, graduated for the purpose of measuring. My pocketbook contained a passport from the Governor of Upsal, and a recommendation from the...
Page 372 - This plant is always fixed on some little turfy hillock in the midst of the swamps, as Andromeda herself was chained to a rock in the sea, which bathed her feet, as the fresh water does the roots of the plant.
Page 378 - Academicae. 19. Oratio de Telluris Habitabilis Incremento. Upsal, 1743. 4to. 20. Flora Suecica, exhibens plantas, per Regnum Sueciae crescentes, systematice cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, solo locorum, usu pharmacopaeorum. Lugd. Batav. apud Wishof, 1745. A second edition was printed at Stockholm, 1755. 21. Animalia Sueciae. Holm. 1745. 8vo. 22. Oelandska och Gothlandska Resa.