A Guide to the Exhibition Rooms of the Departments of Natural History and Antiquitiesorder of the Trustees, 1877 - 156 pages |
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... known at present ( Euplectella and Meyerina ) . Their skeleton consists of a network delicate like lace , and the name " Venus Flower Baskets " has been given to them . They are found in the neighbour- hood of Cebu , an island in the ...
... known at present ( Euplectella and Meyerina ) . Their skeleton consists of a network delicate like lace , and the name " Venus Flower Baskets " has been given to them . They are found in the neighbour- hood of Cebu , an island in the ...
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... known to attack bathers , and of a very large Cat - fish from the Upper Amazons , are tempo- rarily exhibited here . Some table cases are fitted up for the reception of instructive examples of Salmonoids ; for instance , a large male ...
... known to attack bathers , and of a very large Cat - fish from the Upper Amazons , are tempo- rarily exhibited here . Some table cases are fitted up for the reception of instructive examples of Salmonoids ; for instance , a large male ...
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... known 66 as Vieille " ; some kinds of Angler or Sea - Devil ( Lophius ) ; the Wolf - fish ( Anarrhichas ) , which is nothing but a very large Blenny , and able to crush the hardest shells with its flat , FLOOR . 21 NORTHERN ZOOLOGICAL ...
... known 66 as Vieille " ; some kinds of Angler or Sea - Devil ( Lophius ) ; the Wolf - fish ( Anarrhichas ) , which is nothing but a very large Blenny , and able to crush the hardest shells with its flat , FLOOR . 21 NORTHERN ZOOLOGICAL ...
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... known to all fishermen on the English and Irish coasts , who find them frequently floating asleep on the surface of the sea ; they attain to an enormous size , sometimes weighing 800 pounds or more , and are easily recog- nized by the ...
... known to all fishermen on the English and Irish coasts , who find them frequently floating asleep on the surface of the sea ; they attain to an enormous size , sometimes weighing 800 pounds or more , and are easily recog- nized by the ...
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... known from fossil teeth only , but recently discovered living in Queensland ; the Cartilaginous Fish , such as the Sharks and Rays ; the Torpedo or Numb - fish , which defend themselves by means of an electric apparatus on each side of ...
... known from fossil teeth only , but recently discovered living in Queensland ; the Cartilaginous Fish , such as the Sharks and Rays ; the Torpedo or Numb - fish , which defend themselves by means of an electric apparatus on each side of ...
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Page 25 - Hudson, from an original by Richardson. Oliver Cromwell, by Walker (bequeathed, 1784, by Sir Robert Rich, Bart., to whose great-grandfather, Nathaniel Rich, Esq., then serving as a Colonel of Horse in the Parliament Army, it was presented by Cromwell himself). Mary Davis, an inhabitant of Great Saughall in Cheshire, taken 1668, "cetatis 74...
Page 144 - Inscriptions in the Phoenician Character, discovered on the site of Carthage, during Researches by Nathan Davis, Esq., 1856-58. 1863, fol. £1 5*.
Page 95 - Part of a series of sculptures which originally lined the two walls of a long narrow gallery, leading, by an inclined plane, from Kouyunjik towards the Tigris.
Page 96 - The next six (Nos. 51-56) formed originally part of a series illustrating the architectural works of that king, including, probably, the construction of the very edifice from which the slabs were obtained. On Nos. 51 and 52 is seen the conveyance of a colossal human-headed bull, lying sideways on a sledge, which is propelled, over wooden rollers, partly by ropes in front, partly by a lever behind. On one side...
Page 83 - Greeks heroon, and so greatly excelled all other sepulchral monuments in size, beauty of design, and richness of decoration, that it was reckoned one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, and the name Mausoleum came to be applied to all similar monuments.
Page 138 - Pelion, and Thetis consenting to be the bride of Peleus, in the presence of Poseidon and Eros. On the bottom of the vase, which is detached, is a bust of Atys.