American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 3Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... insects , and particularly large beetles , and the feathers of its tail are much worn by friction , so as to indi- cate the probability of the tail being em- ployed , agreeably to the known habit of woodpeckers , in propping or ...
... insects , and particularly large beetles , and the feathers of its tail are much worn by friction , so as to indi- cate the probability of the tail being em- ployed , agreeably to the known habit of woodpeckers , in propping or ...
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... insects from bed- steads is , by thoroughly washing all the parts where they are likely to lodge with a solution of muriated mercury , or , as it is called in the shops , corrosive sublimate . Great caution should be had in the use of ...
... insects from bed- steads is , by thoroughly washing all the parts where they are likely to lodge with a solution of muriated mercury , or , as it is called in the shops , corrosive sublimate . Great caution should be had in the use of ...
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... insects of the Vermes Testacea . Animal a limax ; shell univalve , convolute , un- armed with teeth ; aperture a little straightened , oblong , longitudinal , very entire at the base ; pillar oblique , smooth . There are nearly sixty ...
... insects of the Vermes Testacea . Animal a limax ; shell univalve , convolute , un- armed with teeth ; aperture a little straightened , oblong , longitudinal , very entire at the base ; pillar oblique , smooth . There are nearly sixty ...
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... insects of the order Coleoptera . Generic character : antennæ setaceous , of the length of the thorax ; head half withdrawn beneath the thorax . This ge- count of the superior brilliancy of its co- nus of insects is very conspicuous ...
... insects of the order Coleoptera . Generic character : antennæ setaceous , of the length of the thorax ; head half withdrawn beneath the thorax . This ge- count of the superior brilliancy of its co- nus of insects is very conspicuous ...
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... insects of this ge- nus , the B. rustica is one of the largest , measuring about an inch and a half , and of a coppery colour , with several longitu- dinal furrows along the wing - shells ; the thorax of a deep blue - green , with mumer ...
... insects of this ge- nus , the B. rustica is one of the largest , measuring about an inch and a half , and of a coppery colour , with several longitu- dinal furrows along the wing - shells ; the thorax of a deep blue - green , with mumer ...
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