Taxidermy; or, The art of collecting, preparing and mounting objects of natural history [by S. Lee].1823 |
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... skeleton in its place , carefully dispersing the 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 ...
... skeleton in its place , carefully dispersing the 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 ...
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... skeletons ; one which they call natural , and the other artificial ; and these two methods are sufficient to obtain the skeletons of all animals . Of Natural Skeletons . This first manner is the easiest and most general ; is to say , of ...
... skeletons ; one which they call natural , and the other artificial ; and these two methods are sufficient to obtain the skeletons of all animals . Of Natural Skeletons . This first manner is the easiest and most general ; is to say , of ...
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... skeleton to macerate in a vessel of water , with a little quick - lime added , which has the pro- perty of whitening bones . After two or three days ' maceration , the skeleton is extended on a table , and by the aid of a scalpel all ...
... skeleton to macerate in a vessel of water , with a little quick - lime added , which has the pro- perty of whitening bones . After two or three days ' maceration , the skeleton is extended on a table , and by the aid of a scalpel all ...
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... Skeletons . The skeletons of men and animals of middling size cannot be set up in the manner last described , and more skill is required to form them . We begin , in the same way as for the natural skeleton , by taking off as much of ...
... Skeletons . The skeletons of men and animals of middling size cannot be set up in the manner last described , and more skill is required to form them . We begin , in the same way as for the natural skeleton , by taking off as much of ...
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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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