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The Courtship of AnimalsThe Courtship of AnimalsThe nature of Life and its power of reproductionThe stuff of which Life is madeThe EmotionsThe simplest living thingsWhere is neither Birth nor Death yet the Population increasesThe First MarriageThe beginning of sexThe two dominating instinctsThe conditions of survivalThe Oysters narrow...
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A Handbook of Precious StonesA Hand-book of Precious StonesThe object of this little book is to convey to the merchant, the workman, and the amateur, in a condensed and accurate form, information concerning the various properties of precious stones. Besides drawing freely on a number of authorities, the...
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A Treatise on ElectricityA Treatise on Electricity - Wherein its various phænomena are accounted for, and the cause of the attraction and gravitation of solids, assigned. To which is added, a short account, how the electrical effluvia act upon the animal frame, and in what disorders the...
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StarlandStar-land: Being Talks With Young People About the Wonders of the HeavensIt has long been the custom at the Royal Institution of Great Britain to provide each Christmastide a course of Lectures specially addressed to a juvenile audience. On two occasions, namely, in 1881...
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The Birds of Australia, Vol. 2 of 7The Birds of Australia, Vol. 2 of 7This very interesting little Nightjar is subject to great variation in the colour and markings of its plumage, a circumstance which has tended to produce much confusion, and greatly to increase the list of synonyms. It possesses...
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Science Primers, IntroductoryScience Primers, IntroductoryAll the time that we are awake we are learning by means of our senses something about the world in which we live and of which we form a part; we are constantly aware of feeling, or hearing, or smelling, and, unless...
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From Newton to Einstein: Changing Conceptions of the UniverseFrom Newton to Einstein: Changing Conceptions of the UniverseThe preparation of this new edition has made it possible to correct errors, to further amplify certain portions of the text and to enlarge the ever-increasing bibliography on the subject. Photographs of Professors J.J. Thomson, Michelson,...
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Cassell's book of birds vol. 3Cassell's book of birds; vol. 3PAGE THE CLIMBERS. The CLIMBING BIRDS (Scansor):The Tenuirostral. The FLOWER BIRDS (Certhiola). The BLUE BIRDS (Creba):The Sai, or Blue Caereba. The PITPITS (Certhiola):The Banana Quit, or Black and Yellow Creeper. The HONEYSUCKERS (Nectarinia):The Abu-Risch. The FIRE HONEYSUCKERS (thopyga):The Cadet....
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The Geologic Story of Mount RainierThe Geologic Story of Mount Rainier - A look at the geologic past of one of America's most scenic volcanoesEunice Lake, northwest of Mount Rainier. The lake lies in a small bedrock basin that was scoured out by a glacier between about 15,000 and...
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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 2 (of 6)The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 2 (of 6)Birds which take their departure from us, and whither they go; the thrush, the blackbird, and the starlingbirds which lose their feathers during their retirementthe turtle-dove and the ring-dovethe flight of starlings and swallows THE Euxine1...
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The Preparation and Mounting of Microscopic ObjectsThe Preparation & Mounting of Microscopic ObjectsIn bringing this Handbook before the public, the Author believes that he is supplying a want which has been long felt. Much information concerning the Preparation and Mounting of Microscopic Objects has been already published; but mostly as...
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BoschgeheimenBoschgeheimenDit boekje is slechts een nieuw hoofdstuk uit het schuwe, wilde leven in bosch en veld, waarvan Het Boschvolkje, Op Eenzame zwerftochten, Dierenleven in de Wildernis, Kijkjes in het Dierenleven het begin vormden. Het wordt gaarne gegeven als antwoord op dien roep om meer...
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Galileo Galilei and the Roman CuriaGalileo Galilei and the Roman Curia - From Authentic SourcesWhile Italy and France possess an ample literature relating to Galileo, his oft-discussed fate and memorable achievements, very little has been written in Germany on this hero of science; and it would almost seem as...
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The Coming Ice AgeThe Coming Ice AgeThe explanations given in the following pages, in which I have sought to show the manner in which an ice age is being brought about, is an extension of a treatise on The Cause of Warm and Frigid Periods, which I...
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Identification of the Larger FungiIdentification of the Larger FungiThe term larger fungus refers to any fungus whose study does not necessarily require more than a low-powered lens to see most of the important morphological features. Using such a term cuts across the existing scientific classification, for it includes...
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Colorado Geological Survey bulletin 32Prairie, Peak, and Plateau: A Guide to the Geology of ColoradoGold was discovered in the bed of the South Platte River in 1858. Prospectors flocked to Colorado as they had flocked only a few years before to California. They worked the sands and gravels...
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Yellowstone Interpretive Series Number 1Wild Animals of Yellowstone National ParkYellowstone National Park was established on March 1, 1872 by an act passed by the Congress of the United States of America. It is a mountainous area mostly in the northwestern corner of Wyoming, with small sections extending into...
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Texas GemstonesTexas GemstonesThroughout history man has sought stones and minerals for personal adornment and ornamentation. Stones and minerals that are sufficiently beautiful, durable, and rare are known as gemstones. A gemstone with only one of these qualities is less desirable than one with all three....
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Handbooks of practical gardening, 12The Book of HerbsWhat is a Herb? I have heard many definitions, but never one that satisfied the questioner, and shall, therefore, take warning by the failures of others and make no attempt to define the word here. It is, however, fairly safe to...
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Hampshire DaysHampshire Days Autumn in the New ForestRed colour in mammalsNovember mildnessA house by the BoldreAn ideal spot for small birdsAbundance of nestsSmall mammals and the weasel's partVoles and miceHornet and bank-voleYoung shrewsA squirrel's visitGreen woodpecker's drumming-treeDrumming of other speciesBeauty of great spotted woodpeckerThe cuckoo...
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