Advanced Reading Book, Literary and ScientificT. Laurie, 1859 - 424 pages |
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... covered with a hard crust or shell . " ' Very good . Now , suppose a little crab has got this hard covering over its body , how is it ever to grow any bigger ? A Snail can add a piece to its shell , and thus make its house larger when ...
... covered with a hard crust or shell . " ' Very good . Now , suppose a little crab has got this hard covering over its body , how is it ever to grow any bigger ? A Snail can add a piece to its shell , and thus make its house larger when ...
Page 231
... covered with scales or chaff . The leaves or fronds are divided like com- pound leaves , and have on their back minute rounded clusters of fructification with a thin covering . These clusters consist of numerous little cases or bags ...
... covered with scales or chaff . The leaves or fronds are divided like com- pound leaves , and have on their back minute rounded clusters of fructification with a thin covering . These clusters consist of numerous little cases or bags ...
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... covered with Scoriæ : sometimes , by a long - continued and more tranquil series of phenomena , the collective ... covering establishes itself by suc- cessive layers ; and as mankind , in forming settled communities , pass through ...
... covered with Scoriæ : sometimes , by a long - continued and more tranquil series of phenomena , the collective ... covering establishes itself by suc- cessive layers ; and as mankind , in forming settled communities , pass through ...
Contents
LESSONS IN NATURAL HISTORY | 1 |
THE MATERIALS USED FOR PERFUMERY | 7 |
THOMSON | 10 |
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