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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... Thread . Eight or ten Remarks of this Nature are not of any confiderable Confequence , and add no ex- traordinary Merit to a Book . We have however inferted them , that we might endeavour to be as af- curate as poffible ; but have ...
... Thread . Eight or ten Remarks of this Nature are not of any confiderable Confequence , and add no ex- traordinary Merit to a Book . We have however inferted them , that we might endeavour to be as af- curate as poffible ; but have ...
Page xiv
... Threads which altogether form but one . I. The Repofitories of the Matter out of which the Thread is formed . Part i . Page 92 . A. The Mule Wafp . B. The Male . C. The Female . D. The Head of the Wafp . E. The Antennæ , or Horns . F ...
... Threads which altogether form but one . I. The Repofitories of the Matter out of which the Thread is formed . Part i . Page 92 . A. The Mule Wafp . B. The Male . C. The Female . D. The Head of the Wafp . E. The Antennæ , or Horns . F ...
Page xviii
... Threads or Chives . B. The Tulip , with its Chieves higher than the Piftil . C. The Crown Imperial . 4. The Tops . 5. The Pistils longer than the Chives . D. The Lilly with its Piftil longer than the Chieves . E. One of the Piftils that ...
... Threads or Chives . B. The Tulip , with its Chieves higher than the Piftil . C. The Crown Imperial . 4. The Tops . 5. The Pistils longer than the Chives . D. The Lilly with its Piftil longer than the Chieves . E. One of the Piftils that ...
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... Thread . 6 The Springs of the Grass - hopper . 7 The Horns or Antenne . 8 The Horns or Antenna in the form of a Comb . 9 The Wings of a Dragon Fly . 10 The Wings of a Beetle . The Cafe of the Wings . The Defini- . Every Infect , whether ...
... Thread . 6 The Springs of the Grass - hopper . 7 The Horns or Antenne . 8 The Horns or Antenna in the form of a Comb . 9 The Wings of a Dragon Fly . 10 The Wings of a Beetle . The Cafe of the Wings . The Defini- . Every Infect , whether ...
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... Thread they call a Ligature . Of the firft Sort are all Worms , as well those who have Feet , as those who are without them . When they would pass from one Place to another , they dilate the mufculous Skin that feparates the firft Ring ...
... Thread they call a Ligature . Of the firft Sort are all Worms , as well those who have Feet , as those who are without them . When they would pass from one Place to another , they dilate the mufculous Skin that feparates the firft Ring ...
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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