Taxidermy; or, The art of collecting, preparing and mounting objects of natural history [by S. Lee].1823 |
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... skins of birds to be sent into distant countries . He formed a very beautiful cabinet of Natural History in his own house , which , after his death , became the basis of the collection of birds in the Museum of Paris . Experience soon ...
... skins of birds to be sent into distant countries . He formed a very beautiful cabinet of Natural History in his own house , which , after his death , became the basis of the collection of birds in the Museum of Paris . Experience soon ...
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... skin indigenous birds , and to mount them . They succeeded indifferently ; the body was too forward , and the thighs came be- yond the rump . It may be well to observe , that this fault always happens to those who mount a bird for the ...
... skin indigenous birds , and to mount them . They succeeded indifferently ; the body was too forward , and the thighs came be- yond the rump . It may be well to observe , that this fault always happens to those who mount a bird for the ...
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... Skins . " He presented his work to the Academy , who made a favourable report of it . It contained some very useful advice , but the instructions it gave for mounting and preserving birds do not appear ad- missible to us , however ...
... Skins . " He presented his work to the Academy , who made a favourable report of it . It contained some very useful advice , but the instructions it gave for mounting and preserving birds do not appear ad- missible to us , however ...
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... skins of large 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 ...
... skins of large 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 ...
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... skins themselves . Notwithstanding this havoc , Mauduyt persuaded Daubenton to adopt the use of sulphur for the collection in the Museum of Natural History . At M. Dufresne's entrance into the etablishment , he , with great difficulty ...
... skins themselves . Notwithstanding this havoc , Mauduyt persuaded Daubenton to adopt the use of sulphur for the collection in the Museum of Natural History . At M. Dufresne's entrance into the etablishment , he , with great difficulty ...
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