Taxidermy; or, The art of collecting, preparing and mounting objects of natural history [by S. Lee].1823 |
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... Liquors ; interspersed with interesting Anecdotes , illustrative of the Manners and Habits of the principal Nations of the World . With an historical View of the Extent and Practice of Distillation , both as it relates to Commerce , and ...
... Liquors ; interspersed with interesting Anecdotes , illustrative of the Manners and Habits of the principal Nations of the World . With an historical View of the Extent and Practice of Distillation , both as it relates to Commerce , and ...
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... liquor , and introducing two ends of an iron wire into the body behind the thighs ; he then fastened the wire to the claws , the ends , which passed below , serving to fix them to a small board ; he put two black glass beads in the ...
... liquor , and introducing two ends of an iron wire into the body behind the thighs ; he then fastened the wire to the claws , the ends , which passed below , serving to fix them to a small board ; he put two black glass beads in the ...
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... liquor necessarily agglutinises the beards of the feathers , takes from them their velvet- like appearance , attracts and retains the dust ; and in dry seasons the birds appear grey from the crystallisations of alum , and other salts ...
... liquor necessarily agglutinises the beards of the feathers , takes from them their velvet- like appearance , attracts and retains the dust ; and in dry seasons the birds appear grey from the crystallisations of alum , and other salts ...
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... liquor , stuffed animals are preserved a long time . The drugs which compose his preparations do not injure those who use them . We allow that this is not the case with the metallic soap , and supposing M. Nicholas's preservative ...
... liquor , stuffed animals are preserved a long time . The drugs which compose his preparations do not injure those who use them . We allow that this is not the case with the metallic soap , and supposing M. Nicholas's preservative ...
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... liquor in which it is contained , as to hide it com- pletely , but at the return of spring the liquor becomes clear , and we distinguish the object perfectly . Without doubt all these preparations are very useful to science , and are ...
... liquor in which it is contained , as to hide it com- pletely , but at the return of spring the liquor becomes clear , and we distinguish the object perfectly . Without doubt all these preparations are very useful to science , and are ...
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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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