Time's telescope; or, A Complete guide to the almanack [ed. by J. Millard].John Millard (assistant librarian of the Surrey inst) 1820 |
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Strona xvii
... four different species of locust which are remarkably destructive . Almost every year , whole provinces , the most fertile in Asia and Africa , are laid waste by their depredation . In Tunis and Algiers , so numerous are the swarms of ...
... four different species of locust which are remarkably destructive . Almost every year , whole provinces , the most fertile in Asia and Africa , are laid waste by their depredation . In Tunis and Algiers , so numerous are the swarms of ...
Strona xx
... four or five days the fly has appeared , a non - descript , perhaps , in natural his- tory , and covered the face of the whole earth , obscur- ing the sun , moon , and stars . The heavens are darkened by them , as in a dense cloudy day ...
... four or five days the fly has appeared , a non - descript , perhaps , in natural his- tory , and covered the face of the whole earth , obscur- ing the sun , moon , and stars . The heavens are darkened by them , as in a dense cloudy day ...
Strona xxvi
... four , sometimes six in number ; two of them evidently destined to the purpose of handling their food , and conveying it to the mouth . The others , which are in continual motion , and constantly applied to objects on which they alight ...
... four , sometimes six in number ; two of them evidently destined to the purpose of handling their food , and conveying it to the mouth . The others , which are in continual motion , and constantly applied to objects on which they alight ...
Strona xxvii
... four . But most insects have six ; and many of them eight , ten , fourteen , sixteen , eighteen , and even a hundred legs . Beside the num- ber of legs , insects are furnished with antennæ , or feelers . These feelers , by which they ...
... four . But most insects have six ; and many of them eight , ten , fourteen , sixteen , eighteen , and even a hundred legs . Beside the num- ber of legs , insects are furnished with antennæ , or feelers . These feelers , by which they ...
Strona xxviii
... four , and others , as the spider and scorpion , have eight eyes . In a few insects , the eyes are smooth ; in all the others , they are hemispherical , and consist of many thousand distinct lenses . The eyes are absolutely immoveable ...
... four , and others , as the spider and scorpion , have eight eyes . In a few insects , the eyes are smooth ; in all the others , they are hemispherical , and consist of many thousand distinct lenses . The eyes are absolutely immoveable ...
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