The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 2Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 - Nature study |
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... fishes swim in the water . We cannot , surely , ob- ject to the conveniences afforded by the moon , if those that are to inhabit its regions are fitted to their conditions as well as we on this globe of ours . The analogy already ...
... fishes swim in the water . We cannot , surely , ob- ject to the conveniences afforded by the moon , if those that are to inhabit its regions are fitted to their conditions as well as we on this globe of ours . The analogy already ...
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... fish , and flesh when putrefying . ; Light proceeding from putrescent animal and ve- getable substances , as well as from glowworms , is mentioned by Aristotle . Bartholin names four kinds of luminous insects , two with wings , and two ...
... fish , and flesh when putrefying . ; Light proceeding from putrescent animal and ve- getable substances , as well as from glowworms , is mentioned by Aristotle . Bartholin names four kinds of luminous insects , two with wings , and two ...
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... fishes ! Nature , al- ways magnificent in design , but frugal in execution , produces these brilliant decorations with little cost . She applies only a brown and pretty thin skin on a whitish substance : this skin performs the office of ...
... fishes ! Nature , al- ways magnificent in design , but frugal in execution , produces these brilliant decorations with little cost . She applies only a brown and pretty thin skin on a whitish substance : this skin performs the office of ...
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... fishes sporting on the surface of the water ; flocks frisking in the mea- dows ; and , in fine , all the possible varieties of prospect . Substitute instead of the lens the real eye of an ox , newly stript of its teguments , and you ...
... fishes sporting on the surface of the water ; flocks frisking in the mea- dows ; and , in fine , all the possible varieties of prospect . Substitute instead of the lens the real eye of an ox , newly stript of its teguments , and you ...
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... fishes in ge- neral ; and others , from that of the nautilus , a curious shell - fish , in particular ; while a learned editor of Virgil's Georgics believes , that an alder - tree , grown hollow with age , and falling into the river on ...
... fishes in ge- neral ; and others , from that of the nautilus , a curious shell - fish , in particular ; while a learned editor of Virgil's Georgics believes , that an alder - tree , grown hollow with age , and falling into the river on ...
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