Taxidermy; or, The art of collecting, preparing and mounting objects of natural history [by S. Lee].1823 |
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... anoint it with his soap ; and I observe , that the artists in the Zoological Laboratory at Paris carefully bend or turn down the points of the various wires , after they have inserted them , ( as they easily straighten them again with ...
... anoint it with his soap ; and I observe , that the artists in the Zoological Laboratory at Paris carefully bend or turn down the points of the various wires , after they have inserted them , ( as they easily straighten them again with ...
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... anoint the animal . Gum Paste . Take half a pound of common gum - arabic , and two ounces of white sugar - candy ; melt this mixture in a pot of water , then strain it through a linen or a horse - hair sieve . When it has become liquid ...
... anoint the animal . Gum Paste . Take half a pound of common gum - arabic , and two ounces of white sugar - candy ; melt this mixture in a pot of water , then strain it through a linen or a horse - hair sieve . When it has become liquid ...
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... anoint the animal . Gum Paste . Take half a pound of common gum - arabic , and two ounces of white sugar - candy ; melt this mixture in a pot of water , then strain it through a linen or a horse - hair sieve . When it has become liquid ...
... anoint the animal . Gum Paste . Take half a pound of common gum - arabic , and two ounces of white sugar - candy ; melt this mixture in a pot of water , then strain it through a linen or a horse - hair sieve . When it has become liquid ...
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... anoint it with the preservative , and then introduce some chopped flax , with pincers or forceps , about every part ... anoint the skin of the head with a small brush , and restore it to its place . We then anoint ( always on the ...
... anoint it with the preservative , and then introduce some chopped flax , with pincers or forceps , about every part ... anoint the skin of the head with a small brush , and restore it to its place . We then anoint ( always on the ...
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... anoint these parts , and twist chopped flax round them , observing to make it equal to the flesh we had removed . To fix the fore - legs , we pass one of their pieces of wire in the little ring of the midle or horizontal wire , and do ...
... anoint these parts , and twist chopped flax round them , observing to make it equal to the flesh we had removed . To fix the fore - legs , we pass one of their pieces of wire in the little ring of the midle or horizontal wire , and do ...
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2d Edit animals anoint belly bird bird-lime body bones BOTANY branches Brazilian Empire butterflies caterpillar cervical vertebrę chopped flax claws collection colours cork cotton countries cover crustacea dried eggs enamel Engravings eyes fasten feathers feet fish flesh flower forceps fresh water fruits GEOGRAPHY head hole inches incision insects iron wire Jardin du Roi larvę layer legs liquor Mammalia manner MARIA GRAHAM MEMOIRS method middle mount birds mounted Museum Natural History naturalists neck nests objects opening operation oval pack paper pass Pennine Alps piece pincers plank plants Plates Poem precaution prepared preserve Price 11 procure put into spirits quadrupeds ROBERT SOUTHEY round separate shell skeleton skin species specimens spines spirits of turpentine spirits of wine stuffed tail tail-bearer Taxidermy thick thighs tion TRAVELS tree twist vegetable vertebral column vessel Vols VOYAGE wings wood
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