The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 2Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 - Nature study |
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... when ca- ressing its young . A single aphis is sufficient to supply , in this way , many ants with a plentiful meal . Most insects become torpid when their tempera- ture approaches the NO . XL . On the Ingenuity of certain Insects . 13.
... when ca- ressing its young . A single aphis is sufficient to supply , in this way , many ants with a plentiful meal . Most insects become torpid when their tempera- ture approaches the NO . XL . On the Ingenuity of certain Insects . 13.
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... torpid when their tempera- ture approaches the freezing point . Ants present a remarkable exception to this rule ; for they are not benumbed till the thermometer has descended five degrees of Fahrenheit below the freezing point . They ...
... torpid when their tempera- ture approaches the freezing point . Ants present a remarkable exception to this rule ; for they are not benumbed till the thermometer has descended five degrees of Fahrenheit below the freezing point . They ...
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... torpid state , till the beginning of summer , in the banks of rivers , the hollows of decayed trees , the recesses of old buildings , the holes of sand banks , 1 Phil . Trans . vol . Ixii . p . 265 . and in similar situations . Among ...
... torpid state , till the beginning of summer , in the banks of rivers , the hollows of decayed trees , the recesses of old buildings , the holes of sand banks , 1 Phil . Trans . vol . Ixii . p . 265 . and in similar situations . Among ...
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... torpid state during the whole winter . Other naturalists have asserted , that swallows pass the winter immersed under the ice , at the bottom of lakes , or beneath the waters of the sea . Olaus Magnus , archbishop of Upsal , seems to ...
... torpid state during the whole winter . Other naturalists have asserted , that swallows pass the winter immersed under the ice , at the bottom of lakes , or beneath the waters of the sea . Olaus Magnus , archbishop of Upsal , seems to ...
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... torpid winter state , have sometimes been found by fishermen , among reeds and bushes in lakes ; and he charges Mr. Edwards with having , in his Natural History of Birds , groundlessly con- tradicted this incontestible truth 2. - And Mr ...
... torpid winter state , have sometimes been found by fishermen , among reeds and bushes in lakes ; and he charges Mr. Edwards with having , in his Natural History of Birds , groundlessly con- tradicted this incontestible truth 2. - And Mr ...
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