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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... Bee . B. The Drone . C. The common Bee . D. The Fore - part of the Head . dd . dd . The Jaws , and the Socket of the *****
... Bee . B. The Drone . C. The common Bee . D. The Fore - part of the Head . dd . dd . The Jaws , and the Socket of the *****
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... of your Age has feldom an Inclination to enter upon the Anatomy of an Infect ; and fuch Objects as Butterflies , and Silk - Worms , Ants , and Bees , muft must be very languishing Entertainments , for Eyes like yours 2 DIALOGUE I.
... of your Age has feldom an Inclination to enter upon the Anatomy of an Infect ; and fuch Objects as Butterflies , and Silk - Worms , Ants , and Bees , muft must be very languishing Entertainments , for Eyes like yours 2 DIALOGUE I.
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... Bee- tles , May Birds and Spanifo Flies , furnished with thefe Cafes . You may alfo obferve Numbers who have only two Wings ; but under these you will perceive as many Bladders , or hollow Vef- fels will 8 DIALOGUE I.
... Bee- tles , May Birds and Spanifo Flies , furnished with thefe Cafes . You may alfo obferve Numbers who have only two Wings ; but under these you will perceive as many Bladders , or hollow Vef- fels will 8 DIALOGUE I.
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... Bee launches two little Darts of an inexpreffible Fineness , and yet very strong and efficacious ; fo that what you saw , and is commonly observed to come from the Body of a Bee , is not properly the Sting , but the Sheath , or a kind ...
... Bee launches two little Darts of an inexpreffible Fineness , and yet very strong and efficacious ; fo that what you saw , and is commonly observed to come from the Body of a Bee , is not properly the Sting , but the Sheath , or a kind ...
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... Bee ever been any Animal different from a Bee ? Count . Without doubt . There is an infinite Number of these little Animals who are compofed of two or three Bodies very differently organized , the second of which unfolds itself after ...
... Bee ever been any Animal different from a Bee ? Count . Without doubt . There is an infinite Number of these little Animals who are compofed of two or three Bodies very differently organized , the second of which unfolds itself after ...
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afcend Affiftance againſt Animals Bark becauſe Bees befide beſt Birds Body Caterpillars Cells Chev Chevalier Chives cloſe Colours compleat compofed Confequence Count Countefs Countess Curiofity defire diſcover Diſtance Earth Eggs faften fame fecond feems feen feminal fenfible ferves feveral fhall fhould Fibres fince firft firſt Fiſh Flowers fmall fome fometimes Form ftill ftrong fuch fufficient fuftain fupplied furniſhed Glew herſelf himſelf Hive Induſtry Infects Inftance inſtead itſelf Juices Labours laft leaft leaſt Leaves lefs likewife Manner moft moſt muft muſt myſelf Nature neceffary Neft Nouriſhment Number Nymph obferve Occafion Paffage pafs Plant pleaſe Pleaſure prefent preferve Prior Provifions Purpoſe raiſe Reafon reft rife Seed ſhe Shell Silk Silk-Worms Skin ſmall Species Spider thefe thefe Creatures themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand Thread thro tion Tree Trunk uſe Utricles Veffels Wafps Water whofe whole Wings Wood Worm Young