Taxidermy; or, The art of collecting, preparing and mounting objects of natural history [by S. Lee].1823 |
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... tion of the Plates . A new Edit . in 2 Vols . 8vo . Price 14. 118. 6d . Bds . POLITICAL ESSAY on MEXICO : including every Infor- mation relative to the Geography , Climate , Inhabitants , Productions , Commerce , and Mines of that ...
... tion of the Plates . A new Edit . in 2 Vols . 8vo . Price 14. 118. 6d . Bds . POLITICAL ESSAY on MEXICO : including every Infor- mation relative to the Geography , Climate , Inhabitants , Productions , Commerce , and Mines of that ...
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... tion embodied in various works of very great merit , which had not been con- sulted by any preceding French or English writer on Geography . The volumes containing the History and the Theory of Geography cannot fail of being pecu ...
... tion embodied in various works of very great merit , which had not been con- sulted by any preceding French or English writer on Geography . The volumes containing the History and the Theory of Geography cannot fail of being pecu ...
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... TION of the PINE - APPLE ; including the Results of a Course of Experiments in growing Peaches and Nectarines , in Pots , in a Conservatory , and a Description of a Liquid Manure , adapted to all Plants , and the manner of applying it ...
... TION of the PINE - APPLE ; including the Results of a Course of Experiments in growing Peaches and Nectarines , in Pots , in a Conservatory , and a Description of a Liquid Manure , adapted to all Plants , and the manner of applying it ...
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... TION in the various Departments of Literature and Science , with Practical Rules for studying each Branch of Useful Knowledge . Third Edit . In 2 vols . 8vo . illustrated with Plates by Lowry , & c . Price 1l . 11s . 6d . Bds . By the ...
... TION in the various Departments of Literature and Science , with Practical Rules for studying each Branch of Useful Knowledge . Third Edit . In 2 vols . 8vo . illustrated with Plates by Lowry , & c . Price 1l . 11s . 6d . Bds . By the ...
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... tion with the bones of the pelvis . Until this mo- ment the animal has remained on its back , but we must now lay it on its side , the posterior part to the left , and the paws turned towards us . In this posi- tion the thighs , being ...
... tion with the bones of the pelvis . Until this mo- ment the animal has remained on its back , but we must now lay it on its side , the posterior part to the left , and the paws turned towards us . In this posi- tion the thighs , being ...
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Page 1 - English Botany, especially with regard to natural affinities ; and he has for thirty years past found so much to correct, in the characters and synonyms of British Plants, that this will be entirely an original Work. The language also is attempted to be reduced to a correct standard. The genera are reformed, and the spccits defined, from practical observation ; and it is hoped the expectations of British botanists will not be disappointed.