The Magazine of Natural History, Volume 9Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1836 - Natural history |
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... occur in Britain ; with Re- marks on their great Importance in in- dicating the true Affinities of Species ; Notes on the Habits of the Stormcock , or and upon the Natural System of Arrange ment . By Edward Blyth , Esq . - S93 505 ...
... occur in Britain ; with Re- marks on their great Importance in in- dicating the true Affinities of Species ; Notes on the Habits of the Stormcock , or and upon the Natural System of Arrange ment . By Edward Blyth , Esq . - S93 505 ...
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... occur in Ireland ? 482. 546 ; What is the best Method of depriving Birds of the Power of Flight , with the least Appearance of Mutilation ? 483 ; Do any , and what , British Species of Birds breed ' before they have at- tained Mature ...
... occur in Ireland ? 482. 546 ; What is the best Method of depriving Birds of the Power of Flight , with the least Appearance of Mutilation ? 483 ; Do any , and what , British Species of Birds breed ' before they have at- tained Mature ...
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... occurs partially in a map accompanying Barton's Lecture on the Geography of Plants . In several instances , also , the altitudinal limits are shown by the names placed at the particular heights in a scale ; but the best botanico ...
... occurs partially in a map accompanying Barton's Lecture on the Geography of Plants . In several instances , also , the altitudinal limits are shown by the names placed at the particular heights in a scale ; but the best botanico ...
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... occur without a plant of the species being seen ; and , finally , a few localities may be found , scores of miles apart , and with- out a single specimen between them . How can such dis- tribution be represented by lines ? If we connect ...
... occur without a plant of the species being seen ; and , finally , a few localities may be found , scores of miles apart , and with- out a single specimen between them . How can such dis- tribution be represented by lines ? If we connect ...
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... occur so seldom ? Many of our nights are totally dark ; though I suppose , at these very times , other and more northern regions are benefited by the aurora . The day with us had been un- usually stormy , with occasional heavy rain ...
... occur so seldom ? Many of our nights are totally dark ; though I suppose , at these very times , other and more northern regions are benefited by the aurora . The day with us had been un- usually stormy , with occasional heavy rain ...
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Page 574 - The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage ; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it ; and it shall fall and not rise again.
Page 397 - Nothing is foreign ; parts relate to whole ; One all-extending, all-preserving soul Connects each being, greatest with the least ; Made beast in aid of man, and man of beast ; All serv'd, all serving : nothing stands alone ; The chain holds on, and where it ends unknown.
Page 312 - This table and the accompanying remarks are the result of many years' actual observation ; the whole being constructed on a due consideration of the attraction of the sun and moon in their several positions respecting the earth ; and will, by simple inspection, show the observer what kind of weather will most probably follow the entrance of the moon into any of her quarters, and that so near the truth as to be seldom or never found to fail.
Page 198 - O Father ! Lord ! The All-beneficent! I bless thy name, That thou hast mantled the green earth with flowers. Linking our hearts to nature.
Page 445 - A NATURAL SYSTEM OF BOTANY; or, a Systematic View of the Organization, Natural Affinities, and Geographical Distribution of the whole Vegetable Kingdom : together with the Uses of the most important Species in Medicine, the Arts, &c.
Page 398 - They rise, they break, and to that sea return. Nothing is foreign ; parts relate to whole ; One all-extending, all-preserving Soul Connects each being, greatest with the least; Made beast in aid of man, and man of beast ; All served, all serving : nothing stands alone ; The chain holds on, and where it ends, unknown.
Page 50 - A MANUAL of BRITISH VERTEBRATE ANIMALS, Or, Descriptions of all the Animals belonging to the classes Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia, Amphibia, and Pisces, which have been hitherto observed in the British Islands : including the domesticated, naturalized, and extirpated species : the whole systematically arranged. By the Rev. LEONARD JENYNS, MA Fellow of the Linnean, Zoological, and Entomological Societies of London ; and of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.
Page xvi - Nature, on a scale of a quarter of an inch to a foot, of all the trees of ten years...
Page 2 - ... that it actually came over in the same ship which conveyed the new dynasty to these shores. My father, who was of the first order of field naturalists, was always positive on this point ; and he maintained firmly, that it did accompany the House of Hanover in its emigration from Germany to England.
Page 397 - Look round our world; behold the chain of love Combining all below and all above. See plastic Nature working to this end, The single atoms each to other tend, Attract, attracted to, the next in place Form'd and impell'd its neighbour to embrace. See Matter next, with various life endued, Press to one centre still, the general good.