The Sea-side Book: Being an Introduction to the Natural History of the British CoastsJohn Van Voorst, 1849 - 256 The first edition of this popular work appeared in 1849, but there were other editions in the same year and many that followed. The author had previously written the highly respected A Manual of the British Alae, and Phycologia Britannica. The author describes in some detail all the natural objects one can find at the sea shore, marine animals, sea weeds, plants, including microscopic, etc, the work feeding the great interest in marine topics and collections of the British public, which resulted in the aquarium hobby developing in the latter part of the 18th century -- Abe books website. |
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... sea has vegetable treasures in great variety and of inconceivable beauty . The number of British sea - weeds , of the larger class , is not far from four hundred , and if we add purely microscopic species , we shall have upwards of five ...
... sea has vegetable treasures in great variety and of inconceivable beauty . The number of British sea - weeds , of the larger class , is not far from four hundred , and if we add purely microscopic species , we shall have upwards of five ...
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... sea - weed . The very jelly - fish , as it swims in the wave , expanding and contracting its umbrella , and thus pro- pelling itself through the water , has its beauty ; but few are aware of the singularity of its history , -how its ...
... sea - weed . The very jelly - fish , as it swims in the wave , expanding and contracting its umbrella , and thus pro- pelling itself through the water , has its beauty ; but few are aware of the singularity of its history , -how its ...
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... sea - weed , which any one visiting the same ground might have equally done , is simply childish . I speak now of that improper egotism which takes al- most as much credit to itself as if it were the author of what it has found . I am ...
... sea - weed , which any one visiting the same ground might have equally done , is simply childish . I speak now of that improper egotism which takes al- most as much credit to itself as if it were the author of what it has found . I am ...
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... sea , along the shore . They are oblong , convex at the sides , semi- transparent , of a clear yellowish horn - colour , and with a firm horny texture . From each of the four angles is- sues a long tendril , which coils round sea - weeds ...
... sea , along the shore . They are oblong , convex at the sides , semi- transparent , of a clear yellowish horn - colour , and with a firm horny texture . From each of the four angles is- sues a long tendril , which coils round sea - weeds ...
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... sea- weed ; or forming hollow chambers by burrowing in the solid rock itself ; but the majority of species inhabit sandy places , and their shells continually meet us on the sandy shore , while the living animals may be detected buried ...
... sea- weed ; or forming hollow chambers by burrowing in the solid rock itself ; but the majority of species inhabit sandy places , and their shells continually meet us on the sandy shore , while the living animals may be detected buried ...
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Strona 188 - Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched the water-snakes; • They moved in tracks of shining white; And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire — Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
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Strona 119 - Of fish, that with their fins and shining scales Glide under the green wave, in sculls that oft Bank the mid sea : part single, or with mate, Graze the sea-weed their pasture, and through groves Of coral stray, or sporting with quick glance Show to the sun their waved coats dropt with gold...
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Strona 119 - Graze the sea-weed their pasture, and through groves Of coral stray, or sporting with quick glance Show to the sun their waved coats dropt with gold ; Or in their pearly shells at ease attend Moist nutriment, or under rocks their food In jointed armour watch : on smooth the seal And bended dolphins play ; part, huge of bulk, Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait, Tempest the ocean...
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