Magazine of Natural History: And Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, and Meteorology, Volume 2John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1829 - Natural history |
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... says , " had escaped the observation of all naturalists till that time , as ap- pears by their express assertions ; for they affirm that water causes no alteration in the farina . " His observations appear to have been made in the warm ...
... says , " had escaped the observation of all naturalists till that time , as ap- pears by their express assertions ; for they affirm that water causes no alteration in the farina . " His observations appear to have been made in the warm ...
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... says that the act of ejecting the particles continues only a few seconds . This may be true with the pollen gathered in the summer months : but the pollen on which I made the experiment was taken from plants in the month of Octo- ber ...
... says that the act of ejecting the particles continues only a few seconds . This may be true with the pollen gathered in the summer months : but the pollen on which I made the experiment was taken from plants in the month of Octo- ber ...
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... says the " minute seeds which evolve under water from fungi and mosses , and appear to have spontaneous motion , derive that motion from more minute animalcules in the water , which , by pecking at these seeds , moved them about in ...
... says the " minute seeds which evolve under water from fungi and mosses , and appear to have spontaneous motion , derive that motion from more minute animalcules in the water , which , by pecking at these seeds , moved them about in ...
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... says are chiefly composed of these active molecules ; and though in some instances I was at first persuaded that I had seen the motions of the molecules similar to those of the smallest species of Infusòria , a more careful examination ...
... says are chiefly composed of these active molecules ; and though in some instances I was at first persuaded that I had seen the motions of the molecules similar to those of the smallest species of Infusòria , a more careful examination ...
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... says , " they make some animal cry at a distance from the river , and when the crocodile comes out , they thrust a spear into his body , to which a rope is tied : they then let him go into the water to spend himself , and afterwards ...
... says , " they make some animal cry at a distance from the river , and when the crocodile comes out , they thrust a spear into his body , to which a rope is tied : they then let him go into the water to spend himself , and afterwards ...
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