The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, Volume 11Charles Knight, 1838 |
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... colour is darker than that of copper , and like maho- gany or rusty iron . The climate of this Archipelago is considered as extremely cold , and doubtless it is much colder than that of North Britain , which is situated at the same ...
... colour is darker than that of copper , and like maho- gany or rusty iron . The climate of this Archipelago is considered as extremely cold , and doubtless it is much colder than that of North Britain , which is situated at the same ...
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... a glass , of having undergone incipient fusion . The colour of the internal mass of the tubes , and espe- cially that of the external parts , depends upon the na- ture of the sandy strata which they traverse . In FUL FUL 4.
... a glass , of having undergone incipient fusion . The colour of the internal mass of the tubes , and espe- cially that of the external parts , depends upon the na- ture of the sandy strata which they traverse . In FUL FUL 4.
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... colour of the tube is of a yellowish grey ; still lower , of a greyish white ; and lastly , where the sand is pure and white , the tubes are almost perfectly colourless . That the cause of these tubes is correctly attributed to ...
... colour of the tube is of a yellowish grey ; still lower , of a greyish white ; and lastly , where the sand is pure and white , the tubes are almost perfectly colourless . That the cause of these tubes is correctly attributed to ...
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... colour , thickly covered with soft warm down . from the dead bird . The down of superior quality , or live down , is that which the duck strips from herself to cherish her eggs . Its lightness and elasticity are such , it is asserted ...
... colour , thickly covered with soft warm down . from the dead bird . The down of superior quality , or live down , is that which the duck strips from herself to cherish her eggs . Its lightness and elasticity are such , it is asserted ...
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... colour of the tribe is black in the male , and brown in the female . The plumage is very thick and close ; and , according to Audubon , the down in the Velvet Duck ( Oidemia fusca ) is similar to that of the Eider Duck , and apparently ...
... colour of the tribe is black in the male , and brown in the female . The plumage is very thick and close ; and , according to Audubon , the down in the Velvet Duck ( Oidemia fusca ) is similar to that of the Eider Duck , and apparently ...
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