Taxidermy; or, The art of collecting, preparing and mounting objects of natural history [by S. Lee].1823 |
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... quadrupeds ; we do not yet know any means preferable to those which the Abbé indicates . But it must also be admitted , that those who know the principles of the new Tax- idermy will never have the patience to employ fifteen or twenty ...
... quadrupeds ; we do not yet know any means preferable to those which the Abbé indicates . But it must also be admitted , that those who know the principles of the new Tax- idermy will never have the patience to employ fifteen or twenty ...
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... quadrupeds in the same man- ner . If this man , so favourably known ( since he created the art of Taxidermy ) had not invented the arsenical soap , we should not now have the pleasure of seeing in our cabinets many birds mounted by him ...
... quadrupeds in the same man- ner . If this man , so favourably known ( since he created the art of Taxidermy ) had not invented the arsenical soap , we should not now have the pleasure of seeing in our cabinets many birds mounted by him ...
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... . It is necessary to use the oil of turpentine for the exterior of large quadrupeds and fish ; first , secondly , because prudence does not allow us to employ because the metallic soap cannot penetrate ; and , TAXIDERMY . 13.
... . It is necessary to use the oil of turpentine for the exterior of large quadrupeds and fish ; first , secondly , because prudence does not allow us to employ because the metallic soap cannot penetrate ; and , TAXIDERMY . 13.
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... however , assures me that it is indispensably necessary for the traveller to anoint the naked parts of the legs of birds killed in hot climates . Articles necessary for mounting Quadrupeds , Birds , Reptiles , 14 TAXIDERMY .
... however , assures me that it is indispensably necessary for the traveller to anoint the naked parts of the legs of birds killed in hot climates . Articles necessary for mounting Quadrupeds , Birds , Reptiles , 14 TAXIDERMY .
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Sarah Lee. Articles necessary for mounting Quadrupeds , Birds , Reptiles , Fish , & c . 1. An assortment of iron wire of all sizes . 2. Flax or tow , or , for want of it , the commonest cotton , or the ends of ... Quadrupeds, Birds, ...
Sarah Lee. Articles necessary for mounting Quadrupeds , Birds , Reptiles , Fish , & c . 1. An assortment of iron wire of all sizes . 2. Flax or tow , or , for want of it , the commonest cotton , or the ends of ... Quadrupeds, Birds, ...
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