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 x
... Infects , as well as fome Species of Caterpillars , that are preparing to diveft them- Jelves of their laft Skins , in order to affume the Form of Aurelias , cover themselves with a Surface of Sand , not by glew ng the Grains of it ...
... Infects , as well as fome Species of Caterpillars , that are preparing to diveft them- Jelves of their laft Skins , in order to affume the Form of Aurelias , cover themselves with a Surface of Sand , not by glew ng the Grains of it ...
Page xi
... Infects , the first Volume of which has been lately published by Mon- fieur de Reaumur . They will there find exact Divifions , and the most inconfidera- ble Diverfities peculiar to each Species . The Anatomy of Infects , with their ...
... Infects , the first Volume of which has been lately published by Mon- fieur de Reaumur . They will there find exact Divifions , and the most inconfidera- ble Diverfities peculiar to each Species . The Anatomy of Infects , with their ...
Page xii
... especially in the Article of Infects ; and if this Edition should be thought preferable to the preceding , it may poffibly owe that Merit to fome Retrench- ments ments that have been made in more Places than one xii PREFACE .
... especially in the Article of Infects ; and if this Edition should be thought preferable to the preceding , it may poffibly owe that Merit to fome Retrench- ments ments that have been made in more Places than one xii PREFACE .
Page xiii
... Infects ; together with the principal Species of Fish and amphibious Animals , & c . Thofe who are defirous of inferting them in the for mer Editions of this Work , may purchafe them of the Bookfellers at a very moderate Ex- pence ...
... Infects ; together with the principal Species of Fish and amphibious Animals , & c . Thofe who are defirous of inferting them in the for mer Editions of this Work , may purchafe them of the Bookfellers at a very moderate Ex- pence ...
Page xv
... Infects A. The Chryfalis produced by an Aquatic Worm . ( a ) The Tail lubricated with Oil , and refting on the ... Infect . E. A Mite as it appears in a Microscope . F. A Pif- mire magnified . G. The Mole Cricket , in its natural ...
... Infects A. The Chryfalis produced by an Aquatic Worm . ( a ) The Tail lubricated with Oil , and refting on the ... Infect . E. A Mite as it appears in a Microscope . F. A Pif- mire magnified . G. The Mole Cricket , in its natural ...
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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