Taxidermy; or, The art of collecting, preparing and mounting objects of natural history [by S. Lee].1823 |
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Page 34
... cork is preferable to the pasteboard . An animal thus finished must keep , if we have sufficiently applied the preservative . But if this composition has not penetrated to the ears , the nose , the lips , and , above all , to the paws ...
... cork is preferable to the pasteboard . An animal thus finished must keep , if we have sufficiently applied the preservative . But if this composition has not penetrated to the ears , the nose , the lips , and , above all , to the paws ...
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... cork , which we fill up with cotton or flax . INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRESERVING AND TRANS- PORTING INSECTS . ASIA , Africa , and South America , are the parts of the world which are richest in insects of the most beautiful kinds . We will ...
... cork , which we fill up with cotton or flax . INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRESERVING AND TRANS- PORTING INSECTS . ASIA , Africa , and South America , are the parts of the world which are richest in insects of the most beautiful kinds . We will ...
Page 95
... cork , about the sixth of an inch thick . This cork should be fixed with very strong paste , and some wire nails ; and we deposit the insects in these boxes , as we catch them . Before we place the insects , we anoint these boxes within ...
... cork , about the sixth of an inch thick . This cork should be fixed with very strong paste , and some wire nails ; and we deposit the insects in these boxes , as we catch them . Before we place the insects , we anoint these boxes within ...
Page 96
... cork at the two extremities of the lid ; they serve as a pin - cushion , and enable us to open the box with greater ease . The rackets or butterfly nets ought to be ten inches in diameter ; the two pieces of wire which terminate the ...
... cork at the two extremities of the lid ; they serve as a pin - cushion , and enable us to open the box with greater ease . The rackets or butterfly nets ought to be ten inches in diameter ; the two pieces of wire which terminate the ...
Page 98
... cork , the size of the bottom of a plate , which we place in a large vessel ; we then pour a little cold water until the cork swims , when we cover it . The humidity will soften these insects the same day or the day after they have been ...
... cork , the size of the bottom of a plate , which we place in a large vessel ; we then pour a little cold water until the cork swims , when we cover it . The humidity will soften these insects the same day or the day after they have been ...
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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 introduce iron wire Jardin du Roi larvę layer legs liquor Mammalia manner 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 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 travellers tree twist vegetable vertebral column vessel Vols VOYAGE wings wood
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