The Magazine of Science, and Schools of Art, 1. kötetD. Francis, 1842 |
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5. oldal
... insects . The skinning is now to be continued to the rump , which is cut off close , but so as not to injure the tail feathers . The lower part of the body being now loosened , the skin may be drawn back till the wings prevent its being ...
... insects . The skinning is now to be continued to the rump , which is cut off close , but so as not to injure the tail feathers . The lower part of the body being now loosened , the skin may be drawn back till the wings prevent its being ...
6. oldal
... insects . Those who are particular in the beauty of their col- lection , place artificial eyes in the orbits while the skin is yet pliable , not waiting for the time of stuff- ing , which may be done at any future time . Some birds ...
... insects . Those who are particular in the beauty of their col- lection , place artificial eyes in the orbits while the skin is yet pliable , not waiting for the time of stuff- ing , which may be done at any future time . Some birds ...
48. oldal
... insects intended for specimens ? Answered on page 72 . 45 - Does alcohol exist in any living vegetable ? Answered on page 72 . 46 - Why do the sun and fixed stars shine by their own light , while the earth and planets by transmitted ...
... insects intended for specimens ? Answered on page 72 . 45 - Does alcohol exist in any living vegetable ? Answered on page 72 . 46 - Why do the sun and fixed stars shine by their own light , while the earth and planets by transmitted ...
56. oldal
... insects , but with others of larger size and more complicated structure - for example , if the glow - worm be examined by this instrument , its light will be seen passing from the animal like thousands of electric sparks . 11 - How is ...
... insects , but with others of larger size and more complicated structure - for example , if the glow - worm be examined by this instrument , its light will be seen passing from the animal like thousands of electric sparks . 11 - How is ...
67. oldal
... insect , is but a type and an example of that putrefactive fermentation which awaits all animated nature . W. B. ... insects , leaves , and other foreign bodies , indicate its origin and former con- dition . This substance is found ...
... insect , is but a type and an example of that putrefactive fermentation which awaits all animated nature . W. B. ... insects , leaves , and other foreign bodies , indicate its origin and former con- dition . This substance is found ...
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143. oldal - ... time that the axle describes a small one, therefore the power is increased in the same proportion as the circumference of the wheel is greater than that of the axle. If the velocity of the wheel is...
203. oldal - Coal mines are overhung. The roof is covered as with a canopy of gorgeous tapestry, enriched with festoons of most graceful foliage, flung in wild irregular profusion over every portion of its surface. The effect is heightened by the contrast of the coal-black colour of these vegetables with the light ground-work of the rock to which they are attached.
203. oldal - A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A towered citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't that nod unto the world And mock our eyes with air.
198. oldal - The climate of the moon must be very extraordinary : the alternation being that of unmitigated and burning sunshine, fiercer than an equatorial noon, continued for a whole fortnight, and the keenest severity of frost, far exceeding that of our polar winters, for an equal time.
38. oldal - ... he could, however, distinguish blues when they were light. Dr. Nichols has recorded a case where a person, who was in the navy, purchased a blue uniform coat and waistcoat, with red breeches to match the blue.
102. oldal - Dissolve five or six bits of gum mastic, each the size of a large pea, in as much spirits of wine as will suffice to render it liquid ; and in another vessel dissolve as much isinglass, previously a little softened in water (though none of the water must be used), in French brandy or good rum, as will make a two-ounce phial of very strong glue, adding two small bits of gum albanum, or ammoniacum, which must be rubbed or ground till they are dissolved.
352. oldal - Pour on the engraving boiling water from a teakettle until the salt and lemon-juice be all washed off; the engraving will then be perfectly clean, and free from stains. It must be dried on the board, or on some smooth surface, gradually. If dried by the fire or the sun it will be tinged with a yellow colour.
17. oldal - An Account of a Method of Copying Paintings upon Glass, and of making Profiles by the Agency of Light upon Nitrate of Silver; with Observations by H. Davy.
336. oldal - A man in a boat pulling a rope attached to a large ship, seems only to move the boat : but he really moves the ship a little, for...
203. oldal - ... of their primeval life; their scaly stems, and bending branches, with their delicate apparatus of foliage, are all spread forth before him ; little impaired by the lapse of countless Ages, and bearing faithful records of extinct systems of vegetation, which began and terminated in times of which these relics are the infallible Historians.