A Manual of the Sea-anemones Commonly Found on the English CoastJohn Van Voorst, 1856 - 123 Seiten |
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... become familiar with one branch of the great subject . Thus they are led on insensibly to become Natural - History stu- dents , and find at length that they have made no small progress in the journey which they feared to commence . It ...
... become familiar with one branch of the great subject . Thus they are led on insensibly to become Natural - History stu- dents , and find at length that they have made no small progress in the journey which they feared to commence . It ...
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... become , by the very pro- cess , scientific observers ; we get a little information about the construction , or the anatomy , of the animal in question , and therefore of all animals ; we get into a habit of discrimination , of noticing ...
... become , by the very pro- cess , scientific observers ; we get a little information about the construction , or the anatomy , of the animal in question , and therefore of all animals ; we get into a habit of discrimination , of noticing ...
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... becomes a shell ; their blood is white and cold ; their nerves are placed in masses not symmetrically disposed throughout the body . Examples of this class are snails , slugs , Trochi ( white and pink , spiral shells often found among ...
... becomes a shell ; their blood is white and cold ; their nerves are placed in masses not symmetrically disposed throughout the body . Examples of this class are snails , slugs , Trochi ( white and pink , spiral shells often found among ...
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... become a means of com- munication in all ages and all countries . Again , we get more accuracy by using a foreign language ; for instance , one kind of anemone is called Actinia alba , which means " the white " sea - anemone ; but if we ...
... become a means of com- munication in all ages and all countries . Again , we get more accuracy by using a foreign language ; for instance , one kind of anemone is called Actinia alba , which means " the white " sea - anemone ; but if we ...
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... become of his treasure in that solitary jar of " mixed pickles " which he dangles at his side . I have seen and heard of " vascula " made of wicker- work containing divers bottles and the requisite tools for extraction , but I consider ...
... become of his treasure in that solitary jar of " mixed pickles " which he dangles at his side . I have seen and heard of " vascula " made of wicker- work containing divers bottles and the requisite tools for extraction , but I consider ...
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Actinia bellis Actinia coriacea Actinia mesembryanthemum aerating anguicoma animalcules animals Anthea cereus anthos aurora base beads beautiful bloom Bunodes Chapter Charybdis clavata colour common coral Cornwall crabs crowbar daisy diameter dianthus duated ECHINODERMS flower fragacea G. H. Lewes gemmacea genera genus glass Glaucous Gosse's Greek green habits hard words Helianthoids Hydra Ilfracombe inches Latin lines living Lundy margaritifera margin means mollusc mones Morte-stone Natural History naturalist nivea North Devon objects observation olive-green oral disc orange organic bodies ovaries oxygen parasitica Paternoster Row 1856 plants PLATE polyps possessing Radiates Rat Island receptacle ring rocks rosea round Sagartia sea-anemone sea-water sea-weed skin snowy soft species specific name specimens spike-cases stones Strawberry Anemone streaked sunflower-shaped tacles tank Tenby tentacles thallia thick-skinned tide tion troglodytes true zoophyte tubercles variety vegetable venusta Voorst Warts arranged Weymouth whilst white threads
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Seite 40 - Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forget What thou among the leaves hast never known, The weariness, the fever, and the fret Here, where men sit and hear each other groan...
Seite 40 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore. There is society where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not man the less, but nature more...
Seite 89 - This is an assemblage of nearly related species, agreeing with one another in general structure and appearance more closely than they accord with other species. Thus the genus Rosa or rose includes plants which are obviously allied as regards their general character, their flower, and their fruit.
Seite 93 - No classification can be made unless the meaning of the • term species is defined. By species, then, are meant so many individuals as are presumed to have been formed at the creation of the world, and to have been perpetuated ever since.
Seite 87 - Exegi monumentum aere perennius regalique situ pyramidum altius, quod non imber edax, non Aquila impotens possit diruere aut innumerabilis annorum series et fuga temporum.
Seite 26 - ... an old ivory paper-knife, and a small net made by twisting a piece of strong wire into the shape of a circle with a tail to it, and fastening a bag of muslin round the edge of the ring. As to the hammer and chisel, these are indispensable. A great number of the...
Seite 54 - Disc flat, two or three times as broad as the body when the latter is at all lengthened. Tentacles very numerous, small and crowded horizontally on the outer edge of the disc.
Seite 70 - Common table-salt . . 3j ounces. Epsom salts .... J ounce. Chloride of magnesium 200 grains"!