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Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals, Classed According to Their Principle of Construction

Rev. J. G. Wood · 672 pages

The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. Mann Spec. Coll. QL 75 W6 1866 OSPREY AND GRAKLES. HOMES WITHOUT HANDS. BEING A DESCRIPTION OF THE…

Published 1866-01-01

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Life and Her Children: Glimpses of Animal Life from the Amœba to the Insects

Arabella B. Buckley · 348 pages

Life and Her Children Life in the Deep Sea. See the list of illustrations for the description. Life and Her Children Glimpses of Animal Life from the Amœba to the Insects By Arabella B. Buckley. With upwards of one hundred illustrations. He prayeth best who…

Published 1901-01-01

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The Romance of Natural History

Philip Henry Gosse · 428 pages

The Romance of Natural History By Philip Henry Gosse, F.R.S. With elegant illustrations. Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 59 Washington Street. New York: Sheldon and Company. Cincinnati: George S. Blanchard. 1864 PREFACE. THERE are more ways than one of studying…

Published 1864-01-01

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The Winners in Life’s Race; or, The Great Backboned Family

Arabella Burton Buckley · 408 pages

The Winners in Life’s Race; or, The Great Backboned Family By Arabella B. Buckley. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1, 3, and 5 Bond Street. 1883 PREFACE. Although the present volume, as giving an account of the vertebrate animals, is a natural sequel to…

Published 1883-01-01

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The Fairy-Land of Science

Arabella Burton Buckley · 266 pages

The Fairy-Land of Science By Arabella B. Buckley. Illustrated. For they remember yet the tales we told them Around the hearth, of fairies, long ago, When they loved still in fancy to behold them Quick dancing earthward in the feathery snow. But now the young…

Published 1893-01-01

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A Year at the Shore

Philip Henry Gosse · 424 pages

A Year at the Shore By Philip Henry Gosse, F.R.S. With thirty-six illustrations by the author, printed in colours by Leighton Brothers. Third thousand. London: Alexander Strahan, Publisher, 148, Strand. 1865 Edinburgh: T. Constable, Printer to the Queen, and…

Published 1865-01-01

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Evenings at the Microscope; or, Researches among the Minuter Organs and Forms of Animal Life

Philip Henry Gosse · 444 pages

Evenings at the Microscope; or, Researches among the Minuter Organs and Forms of Animal Life By Philip Henry Gosse, F.R.S. A new edition, revised and annotated. Published under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education, appointed by…

Published 1884-01-01

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Insects at Home: Being a Popular Account of British Insects, Their Structure, Habits, and Transformations

John George Wood · 782 pages

Insects at Home Being a popular account of British insects, their structure, habits, and transformations. By the Rev. J. G. Wood, M.A., F.L.S., &c. Author of “Homes Without Hands”, “Bible Animals”, “Common Objects of the Sea-Shore and Country”, etc. With…

Published 1876-01-01

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The Common Objects of the Country

John George Wood · 222 pages

The Common Objects of the Country Routledge’S Books For The Country. With Plates Printed in Colours, Crown 8vo, Cloth, 8s. 6d. each. Wood’s (Rev. J. G.) Common Objects of the Seashore. Illustrations by G. B. Sowrrzsy. 12th Edition. Wood’s (Rey. J. G.) Common…

Published 1894-01-01

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The Ocean World: Being a Description of the Sea and Some of Its Inhabitants

Louis Figuier · 672 pages

UC-NRLF 8 3 361 133 PRIVATE LIBRARY OF CHARLES A. KOFOID. No. 313 Cost..Y.M. THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESENTED BY PROF. CHARLES A. KOFOID AND MRS. PRUDENCE W. KOFOID FLEET OF MEDUSÆ. (See page 161.) THE OCEAN WORLD: BEING A DESCRIPTION OF…

Added to Pandi 2026-10-08

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A Hundred Anecdotes Of Animals

Percy J. Billinghurst (illustrator; text unattributed) · 220 pages

A HUNDRED ANECDOTES OF ANIMALS WITH PICTURES BY PERCY J. BILLINGHURST Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & Co. At the Ballantyne Press CONTENTS ANECDOTE I. An elephant, from some motive of revenge, killed his cornack, or conductor. The man's wife, who beheld the…

Published 1901-01-01

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Freaks Of Plant Life

M. C. Cooke (Mordecai Cubitt Cooke) · 488 pages

FREAKS AND MARVELS OF PLANT LIFE; OR, CURIOSITIES OF VEGETATION. BY M. C. COOKE, M.A., LL.D. AUTHOR OF "PONDS AND DITCHES," "THE WOODLANDS," ETC. ETC. FOURTH THOUSAND. PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND EDUCATION APPOINTED…

Published 1882-01-01

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Curious Facts In The History Of Insects Including Spiders And Scorpions

Frank Cowan · 408 pages

CURIOUS FACTS IN THE HISTORY OF INSECTS INCLUDING SPIDERS AND SCORPIONS COMPLETE COLLECTION OF THE LEGENDS, SUPERSTITIONS, BELIEFS, AND OMINOUS SIGNS CONNECTED WITH INSECTS; TOGETHER WITH THEIR USES IN MEDICINE, ART, AND AS FOOD; AND A SUMMARY OF THEIR…

Published 1865-01-01

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Odd Showers

Sir George Duncan Gibb (writing as Carribber) · 50 pages

ODD SHOWERS: OR, AN EXPLANATION OF THE RAIN OF INSECTS, FISHES, AND LIZARDS; SOOT, SAND, AND ASHES; RED RAIN AND SNOW; METEORIC STONES; AND OTHER BODIES. BY CARRIBBER. INTENDED CHIEFLY FOR YOUNG PERSONS. LONDON: KERBY & SON, 190, OXFORD STREET. 1870. TO MY…

Published 1870-01-01

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Beyond Earth - A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration 1958-2016

Asif A. Siddiqi · 393 pages

Beyond Earth A CHRONICLE OF DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION, 1958–2016 Asif A. Siddiqi Beyond Earth: A CHRONICLE OF DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION, 1958–2016 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Office of Communications NASA History Division Washington, DC 20546…

Published 2018-09-28