Spectacle de la Nature: Or, Nature Display'd. Being Discourses on Such Particulars of Natural History as Were Thought Most Proper to Excite the Curiosity, and Form the Minds of Youth. ... Translated from the Original French, by Mr. Humphreys |
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Page xiv
... Trunk open . I. The Chryfalis . K. The young Wafp almoft formed . Part i . Page 114 . A. The Queen Bee . B. The Drone . C. The common Bee . D. The Fore - part of the Head . dd . dd . The Jaws , and the Socket of the *****
... Trunk open . I. The Chryfalis . K. The young Wafp almoft formed . Part i . Page 114 . A. The Queen Bee . B. The Drone . C. The common Bee . D. The Fore - part of the Head . dd . dd . The Jaws , and the Socket of the *****
Page xv
... Trunk , E. The Trunk for extracting Honey from Flowers . 11. The two Branches that reft on the Trunk . 2 . The two great Branches that embrace and unfold the whole . 3. The Joint or Fold of the Trunk . F. The Paw filled with Wax . G ...
... Trunk , E. The Trunk for extracting Honey from Flowers . 11. The two Branches that reft on the Trunk . 2 . The two great Branches that embrace and unfold the whole . 3. The Joint or Fold of the Trunk . F. The Paw filled with Wax . G ...
Page xvi
... Trunk for the Suction of Blood . ( b ) The long Paws by whofe Elaftic Spring the Creature darts along . ( c ) The Egg of a Flea at large . ( d ) The fame Egg , bruifed by the Worm that springs from it . ( e ) The Worm which contains the ...
... Trunk for the Suction of Blood . ( b ) The long Paws by whofe Elaftic Spring the Creature darts along . ( c ) The Egg of a Flea at large . ( d ) The fame Egg , bruifed by the Worm that springs from it . ( e ) The Worm which contains the ...
Page xvii
... Trunk of a young Tree of two Years Growth cut horizontally . 1. The Epidermis . 2. The grofs Bark . 3. The fine Bark . 4. The fappy Part , or the Wood of the laft Year . 5. The Wood of the firft . 6. The Utriculi of the Pith . 7. firft ...
... Trunk of a young Tree of two Years Growth cut horizontally . 1. The Epidermis . 2. The grofs Bark . 3. The fine Bark . 4. The fappy Part , or the Wood of the laft Year . 5. The Wood of the firft . 6. The Utriculi of the Pith . 7. firft ...
Page 7
... Trunk , more won- derful for its various Ufes than the Elephant's , and which , to fome , ferves as an Alembic , for the Di- ftillation of a Syrup , whichMan could never imitate . To others it performs the Office of a Tongue ; B 4 To Of ...
... Trunk , more won- derful for its various Ufes than the Elephant's , and which , to fome , ferves as an Alembic , for the Di- ftillation of a Syrup , whichMan could never imitate . To others it performs the Office of a Tongue ; B 4 To Of ...
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