The Popular Science Monthly, Volume 42D. Appleton, 1893 - Science |
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Page 36
... insect tribe seem to be at the service of the new - born individual . " With such creatures as the codfish , the turtle , or the fly - catcher , there is . . . nothing that can be called infancy " ( Fiske ) . The most complete ...
... insect tribe seem to be at the service of the new - born individual . " With such creatures as the codfish , the turtle , or the fly - catcher , there is . . . nothing that can be called infancy " ( Fiske ) . The most complete ...
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... insect thinks and reasons , and lays out her work with mathematical accuracy , exercising that exquisitely fine little brain with such extraordinary results . After watching , admiring , handling , and studying the honey - bee for ...
... insect thinks and reasons , and lays out her work with mathematical accuracy , exercising that exquisitely fine little brain with such extraordinary results . After watching , admiring , handling , and studying the honey - bee for ...
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... insect may be the Gehenna of another . The essentials of a heaven are as varied as individual tastes . Hence it is impossible to limit a given color to one function . Use is many - sided , and while the attractive power must still be ...
... insect may be the Gehenna of another . The essentials of a heaven are as varied as individual tastes . Hence it is impossible to limit a given color to one function . Use is many - sided , and while the attractive power must still be ...
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... insect pollinated flowers , so there are wind , water , and animal carried fruits ; and the first two classes of both are inconspicuous , the third common- ly beautifully adorned . The negative reason , then , for the absence of color ...
... insect pollinated flowers , so there are wind , water , and animal carried fruits ; and the first two classes of both are inconspicuous , the third common- ly beautifully adorned . The negative reason , then , for the absence of color ...
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... insects which have a respectful awe of their formidable . sting , the miniature flowers and the fruits seem to be well pro- tected by resembling the blossoms - an economical method to say the least , and so effective that the wasps ...
... insects which have a respectful awe of their formidable . sting , the miniature flowers and the fruits seem to be well pro- tected by resembling the blossoms - an economical method to say the least , and so effective that the wasps ...
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