Taxidermy; or, The art of collecting, preparing and mounting objects of natural history [by S. Lee].1823 |
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... specimens in the Gallery of Anatomy , plate I. , the wires in which are coloured red , to distinguish them . I have removed the head a little too far from the cervical vertebræ , to show the course of the wire which joins them more ...
... specimens in the Gallery of Anatomy , plate I. , the wires in which are coloured red , to distinguish them . I have removed the head a little too far from the cervical vertebræ , to show the course of the wire which joins them more ...
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... specimens , which he could not otherwise have obtained . Method of drying and preserving the Caterpillars or Larvae of Insects . M. Laurent is said to have been the first who dis- covered the method of preparing larvæ , preserving their ...
... specimens , which he could not otherwise have obtained . Method of drying and preserving the Caterpillars or Larvae of Insects . M. Laurent is said to have been the first who dis- covered the method of preparing larvæ , preserving their ...
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... specimens . When we have discovered the nest , we must try to procure the male or female before we take it away , for it is very essential to be able to determine precisely the species which constructed it . In all cases we must ...
... specimens . When we have discovered the nest , we must try to procure the male or female before we take it away , for it is very essential to be able to determine precisely the species which constructed it . In all cases we must ...
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... specimens in spirits . Madagascar . Hedgehogs . Lemurs . The aye - aye , or sciarus Madagascariensis , de- scribed by Sonnerat . Madagascar is so little known , that almost every thing which can be procured from its interior , is likely ...
... specimens in spirits . Madagascar . Hedgehogs . Lemurs . The aye - aye , or sciarus Madagascariensis , de- scribed by Sonnerat . Madagascar is so little known , that almost every thing which can be procured from its interior , is likely ...
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... specimens of wood , and some other productions of the vegetable kingdom , which may be useful in medicine , or the arts . The trouble of enriching it is not so great as that required for the augmentation of zoological collections . The ...
... specimens of wood , and some other productions of the vegetable kingdom , which may be useful in medicine , or the arts . The trouble of enriching it is not so great as that required for the augmentation of zoological collections . The ...
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2d Edit animals anoint belly bird bird-lime body bones BOTANY branches Brazilian Empire butterflies caterpillar cervical vertebræ 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 larvæ 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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