Advanced Reading Book, Literary and ScientificT. Laurie, 1859 - 424 pages |
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Page 64
... beautiful as pearls , nay , far more beautiful to the mind which can follow with intelligent admiration the operation of the laws by which the re- sult is produced . If the night be a clear one in winter , the process does not stop here ...
... beautiful as pearls , nay , far more beautiful to the mind which can follow with intelligent admiration the operation of the laws by which the re- sult is produced . If the night be a clear one in winter , the process does not stop here ...
Page 129
... beautiful groves of the fibre - producing plantain , or to plantations of the cocoa - nut palm . In the East Indies , again , he cannot fail to be struck with the vast extent occupied by the coarse , tall , weedy Jute- plant . Many ...
... beautiful groves of the fibre - producing plantain , or to plantations of the cocoa - nut palm . In the East Indies , again , he cannot fail to be struck with the vast extent occupied by the coarse , tall , weedy Jute- plant . Many ...
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... beautiful cellular leaves , a stalk bearing a brown urn - like case , covered often with a thin hood which falls off ... beautiful fringe consisting of cellular processes , which are arranged in fours , or in multiples of four , as 8 ...
... beautiful cellular leaves , a stalk bearing a brown urn - like case , covered often with a thin hood which falls off ... beautiful fringe consisting of cellular processes , which are arranged in fours , or in multiples of four , as 8 ...
Contents
LESSONS IN NATURAL HISTORY | 1 |
THE MATERIALS USED FOR PERFUMERY | 7 |
THOMSON | 10 |
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