Taxidermy; or, The art of collecting, preparing and mounting objects of natural history [by S. Lee].1823 |
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... flax or chopped cotton , sewed up the bird , placed it on a foot or sup- port of wood , and gave it a suitable attitude , of which he was always sure , for a bird thus mounted could only bend in its natural posture . He prepared ...
... flax or chopped cotton , sewed up the bird , placed it on a foot or sup- port of wood , and gave it a suitable attitude , of which he was always sure , for a bird thus mounted could only bend in its natural posture . He prepared ...
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... Flax or tow , or , for want of it , the commonest cotton , or the ends of untwisted cords . We must never use marine plants without having well steeped them in fresh water . Without this precaution , the marine salt with which they are ...
... Flax or tow , or , for want of it , the commonest cotton , or the ends of untwisted cords . We must never use marine plants without having well steeped them in fresh water . Without this precaution , the marine salt with which they are ...
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... flax ; powdered dry earth , or ashes . * When a bird is killed put a pinch of dry dust on the fresh wound ; this is done by raising the fea- thers , with a long pin at the place of the wound . Introduce a little cotton or flax in the ...
... flax ; powdered dry earth , or ashes . * When a bird is killed put a pinch of dry dust on the fresh wound ; this is done by raising the fea- thers , with a long pin at the place of the wound . Introduce a little cotton or flax in the ...
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... flax ; if there be any wound capable of letting out the blood , cotton or tow must also be introduced into it . This done , we stretch out the animal on its back , and taking precisely the middle * See fig . 2. plate 1 .; a . is the ...
... flax ; if there be any wound capable of letting out the blood , cotton or tow must also be introduced into it . This done , we stretch out the animal on its back , and taking precisely the middle * See fig . 2. plate 1 .; a . is the ...
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... flax , taking it by the point and turning it round between the fingers , constantly increasing the flax towards the oval . Rub the flax of this tail - bearer with a little flour paste , to preserve the shape , and it then has the ...
... flax , taking it by the point and turning it round between the fingers , constantly increasing the flax towards the oval . Rub the flax of this tail - bearer with a little flour paste , to preserve the shape , and it then has 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 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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