British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 10Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 |
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... species , in two divisions . A. Tail with two truncate bristles . B. Tail without bristles . The insects of this ge- nus are seen in a summer's evening float- ing in the air in large masses , and are ea- gerly devoured by swallows ...
... species , in two divisions . A. Tail with two truncate bristles . B. Tail without bristles . The insects of this ge- nus are seen in a summer's evening float- ing in the air in large masses , and are ea- gerly devoured by swallows ...
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... species , viz . P. capitatum , which is a native of Malabar , China , and Cochin China , in shady moist places . PHTHISIS , a species of consumption , arising from an ulcer of the lungs . See MEDICINE . PHYLACTERY , in antiquity , a ...
... species , viz . P. capitatum , which is a native of Malabar , China , and Cochin China , in shady moist places . PHTHISIS , a species of consumption , arising from an ulcer of the lungs . See MEDICINE . PHYLACTERY , in antiquity , a ...
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... species , P. macrocephalus , or the spermaceti whale , is sixty feet in length , and the head is nearly one - third of the bulk of the whole animal . It is found in the European seas , and on the coast of New England ; swims with ...
... species , P. macrocephalus , or the spermaceti whale , is sixty feet in length , and the head is nearly one - third of the bulk of the whole animal . It is found in the European seas , and on the coast of New England ; swims with ...
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... species , it is by no means an essential circum- stance , and does not , therefore , change the nature of generation . In reality , then , the peculiar powers of living bodies have their origin in those of the parents ; this is the ...
... species , it is by no means an essential circum- stance , and does not , therefore , change the nature of generation . In reality , then , the peculiar powers of living bodies have their origin in those of the parents ; this is the ...
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... species , the generative form a third order of functions , by means of which the indi- viduals that perish are replaced , and the existence of the species preserved . This threefold division of the objects of physiology is open to many ...
... species , the generative form a third order of functions , by means of which the indi- viduals that perish are replaced , and the existence of the species preserved . This threefold division of the objects of physiology is open to many ...
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