Taxidermy; or, The art of collecting, preparing and mounting objects of natural history [by S. Lee].1823 |
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... feathers and claws . It cannot be otherwise , alkalies always having a tendency to attract damp ; and when they are dissolved by this fluid , the salt liquor necessarily agglutinises the beards of the feathers , takes from them their ...
... feathers and claws . It cannot be otherwise , alkalies always having a tendency to attract damp ; and when they are dissolved by this fluid , the salt liquor necessarily agglutinises the beards of the feathers , takes from them their ...
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... feathers on each side . He run the head through with an iron wire , in which he had formed a little ring at nearly the third of its length ; the smallest side passed into the rump , in such a manner that the ring of the iron wire was ...
... feathers on each side . He run the head through with an iron wire , in which he had formed a little ring at nearly the third of its length ; the smallest side passed into the rump , in such a manner that the ring of the iron wire was ...
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... feathers in all parts of the bird after it is mounted : the second method , which is not so good as the first , consists in varnishing the whole surface of the bird , which secures its pre- servation . It must be allowed , however ...
... feathers in all parts of the bird after it is mounted : the second method , which is not so good as the first , consists in varnishing the whole surface of the bird , which secures its pre- servation . It must be allowed , however ...
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... feathers , & c . 10. A collection of eyes in enamel . We find TRA プロ Sanmarg pounds . samu mais possible , Adverse these at Agard's , Rue Aumer , and at Noėl's at TAXIDERMY . 15 Articles necessary for mounting Quadrupeds, Birds, ...
... feathers , & c . 10. A collection of eyes in enamel . We find TRA プロ Sanmarg pounds . samu mais possible , Adverse these at Agard's , Rue Aumer , and at Noėl's at TAXIDERMY . 15 Articles necessary for mounting Quadrupeds, Birds, ...
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... feathers which have been dis- turbed , in their natural position ; rest the bird on the ground to give the blood time to coagulate ; take a sheet of paper , in the form of a horn or hol- low cone , ' into which you must introduce the ...
... feathers which have been dis- turbed , in their natural position ; rest the bird on the ground to give the blood time to coagulate ; take a sheet of paper , in the form of a horn or hol- low cone , ' into which you must introduce the ...
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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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