Taxidermy; or, The art of collecting, preparing and mounting objects of natural history [by S. Lee].1823 |
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... appear shortly . This Work will form the Fifth Volume of the Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain . The CATHEDRAL ANTIQUITIES of ENGLAND ; or , an His- torical , Architectural , and Graphical Illustration of the English Cathedral ...
... appear shortly . This Work will form the Fifth Volume of the Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain . The CATHEDRAL ANTIQUITIES of ENGLAND ; or , an His- torical , Architectural , and Graphical Illustration of the English Cathedral ...
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... Appear- ance in Europe to the End of their Dynasty in England ; comprising the History of England from the earliest Period to the Norman Conquest . By S. TURNER , Esq . F.S.A. In 3 Vols . 8vo . The Fourth Edit . corrected and improved ...
... Appear- ance in Europe to the End of their Dynasty in England ; comprising the History of England from the earliest Period to the Norman Conquest . By S. TURNER , Esq . F.S.A. In 3 Vols . 8vo . The Fourth Edit . corrected and improved ...
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... appear ad- missible to us , however seducing the author may have rendered them by excluding the use of poi- sons . In this we recognize the principles of humanity which have always characterised him : we agree with A 3 TAXIDERMY . 5.
... appear ad- missible to us , however seducing the author may have rendered them by excluding the use of poi- sons . In this we recognize the principles of humanity which have always characterised him : we agree with A 3 TAXIDERMY . 5.
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... appear grey from the crystallisations of alum , and other salts , which fix on their feathers . It is not the same in pre- paring the skins of large quadrupeds ; we do not yet know any means preferable to those which the Abbé indicates ...
... appear grey from the crystallisations of alum , and other salts , which fix on their feathers . It is not the same in pre- paring the skins of large quadrupeds ; we do not yet know any means preferable to those which the Abbé indicates ...
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... appears to us to be difficult to put in practice for the smaller birds , because the oil , which has the quality of spreading with much rapidity , quickly reaches all parts of their feathers , and thus only preserves them at the expense ...
... appears to us to be difficult to put in practice for the smaller birds , because the oil , which has the quality of spreading with much rapidity , quickly reaches all parts of their feathers , and thus only preserves them at the expense ...
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