Family Magazine: Or Monthly Abstract of General KnowledgeRedfield and Lindsay, 1837 |
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... Animal Magnetism 151,269 Gems - Bok or Oryx 367 267 Sting - Ray 366 ARCHITECTURE Sword - Fish 406 Menura or Lyre - tail 407 ASTRONOMY 116 Gigantick Crane 447 AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES Halley's Comet 277 Lump - Fish 448 A Yanktoana Horse ...
... Animal Magnetism 151,269 Gems - Bok or Oryx 367 267 Sting - Ray 366 ARCHITECTURE Sword - Fish 406 Menura or Lyre - tail 407 ASTRONOMY 116 Gigantick Crane 447 AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES Halley's Comet 277 Lump - Fish 448 A Yanktoana Horse ...
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... animal . Here they are entrapped by the needy inhabitants , in great numbers , for the sake of their skins ; which , as our fair readers will be aware , form the softest and most beautiful of our winter furs . We shall describe its form ...
... animal . Here they are entrapped by the needy inhabitants , in great numbers , for the sake of their skins ; which , as our fair readers will be aware , form the softest and most beautiful of our winter furs . We shall describe its form ...
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... animal . In this way it is protected from the raven by day , the jaguar by night , and the cold at all times ... animals , eat their food by a gnaw- ing process , during which , they sit upright upon their haunches , hold the food in ...
... animal . In this way it is protected from the raven by day , the jaguar by night , and the cold at all times ... animals , eat their food by a gnaw- ing process , during which , they sit upright upon their haunches , hold the food in ...
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... animal , and , in its native wilds , is fond of society . It produces a litter of five or six young ones , twice in ... animals are ex- tremely interesting , and shed mutual light on each other . They should be studied attentively ...
... animal , and , in its native wilds , is fond of society . It produces a litter of five or six young ones , twice in ... animals are ex- tremely interesting , and shed mutual light on each other . They should be studied attentively ...
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... animal power in the simplest species of mill - work may be well illustrated by the accompanying sketch , in which a horse may be at- tached to a long lever , and thus made to raise a weight by a train of wheels and pinions . On the The ...
... animal power in the simplest species of mill - work may be well illustrated by the accompanying sketch , in which a horse may be at- tached to a long lever , and thus made to raise a weight by a train of wheels and pinions . On the The ...
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