Taxidermy; or, The art of collecting, preparing and mounting objects of natural history [by S. Lee].1823 |
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... Head to Dundee , with 42 Plates . 74. 108 . Vol . V. being a Continuation of the Fourth Voyage , 7. 108. half - bound . Vol . Vl . extends to the Mouth of the Thames , 7. 108. Bds . Vol . VII . embraces the distance between Sheerness ...
... Head to Dundee , with 42 Plates . 74. 108 . Vol . V. being a Continuation of the Fourth Voyage , 7. 108. half - bound . Vol . Vl . extends to the Mouth of the Thames , 7. 108. Bds . Vol . VII . embraces the distance between Sheerness ...
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... 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 under the sternum ; he then passed a ...
... 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 under the sternum ; he then passed a ...
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... head with care , holding the bird by the claws and tail ; then close the horn with precaution , and place it in a box filled up with moss and dried leaves , ( to pre- vent the bird from being shaken about in the chace , ) and put the ...
... head with care , holding the bird by the claws and tail ; then close the horn with precaution , and place it in a box filled up with moss and dried leaves , ( to pre- vent the bird from being shaken about in the chace , ) and put the ...
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... they have never found a place in our collections . We have only some parts of man , either dried or preserved in spirits of wine , sufficiently entire to be recognised . In several Museums we see human heads injected , and 20 TAXIDERMY .
... they have never found a place in our collections . We have only some parts of man , either dried or preserved in spirits of wine , sufficiently entire to be recognised . In several Museums we see human heads injected , and 20 TAXIDERMY .
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Sarah Lee. In several Museums we see human heads injected , and preserved in oil of turpentine . The anatomical collection of the Museum of Natural History in Paris possesses a head prepared in this way more than a hundred years ago , by ...
Sarah Lee. In several Museums we see human heads injected , and preserved in oil of turpentine . The anatomical collection of the Museum of Natural History in Paris possesses a head prepared in this way more than a hundred years ago , by ...
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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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