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 117
... composed of three Parts , the Sheath and two Darts . * The Sheath tapers into a very fine Point , near which is an Opening , calculated to give a free Paffage to the Gall . The two Darts are launched through another Aperture , and are ...
... composed of three Parts , the Sheath and two Darts . * The Sheath tapers into a very fine Point , near which is an Opening , calculated to give a free Paffage to the Gall . The two Darts are launched through another Aperture , and are ...
Page 122
... composed of little triangular Pannels that regularly unite in a Point , and exactly correfpond with the like Extremities of the oppofite Cell . Break a few of thefe little Apartments , and you will find the Fact to be as I have ...
... composed of little triangular Pannels that regularly unite in a Point , and exactly correfpond with the like Extremities of the oppofite Cell . Break a few of thefe little Apartments , and you will find the Fact to be as I have ...
Page 191
... composed of the fame Materials . In a Journey which I took , twelve Years ago , to the Southern Parts of France , I had an Opportunity of feeing the two Ports of Marfeil- les and Toulon . In the last of these , they fhewed me fome large ...
... composed of the fame Materials . In a Journey which I took , twelve Years ago , to the Southern Parts of France , I had an Opportunity of feeing the two Ports of Marfeil- les and Toulon . In the last of these , they fhewed me fome large ...
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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