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" These subterraneous passages or galleries are lined very thick wilh the same kind of clay of which the hill is composed, and ascend the inside of the outward shell in a spiral manner, and winding round the whole building up to the top intersect each other... "
Buffon's Natural history, corrected and enlarged by J. Wright. (To which are ... - Page 319
by Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.) - 1831
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The London Magazine, Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer, Volume 50

1735 - 704 pages
...round the whole building up to the top, interfeil each ether at di.ferent I, eights, opening eiuier immediately into the dome in various places, and into the interior building, Ule new turrets, &c. or communicating thereto, by other galleries of different bores or diameters,...
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An Introduction to Entomology: Or Elements of the Natural History ..., Volume 1

William Kirby, William Spence - 1818 - 568 pages
...which ascend the inside of the outer shell in a spiral manner, and, winding round the whole building to the top, intersect each other at different heights,...immediately into the dome in various places, and into the lower half of the building, or communicating with every part of it by pther smaller circular or oval...
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An Introduction to Entomology: Or Elements of the Natural History ..., Volume 1

William Kirby, William Spence - 1822 - 618 pages
...which ascend the inside of the outer shell in a spiral manner, and, winding round the whole building to the top, intersect each other at different heights,...immediately into the dome in various places, and into the lower half of the buiiding, or communicating with every part of it by other smaller circular or oval...
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Animal Sagacity: Exemplified by Facts : Showing the Force of Instinct in ...

1824 - 190 pages
...the large subterraneous passages tlmt run at the b;ise, in various directions ; these are lined with the same kind of clay of which the hill is composed,...the inside of the outward shell in a spiral manner, winding round the whole building, till they reach the top : they intersect each other at different...
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Insect Architecture

James Rennie - 1830 - 440 pages
...thirteen inches in diameter. These subterraneous passages, or galleries, are lined very thick with the same kind of clay of which the hill is composed,...other at different heights, opening either immediately in the dome in various places, and into the interior building, the new turrets, &c., or communicating...
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Insect Architecture..

James Rennie - 1830 - 442 pages
...thirteen inches in diameter. These subterraneous passages, or galleries, are lined very thick with the same kind of clay of which the hill is composed,...whole building up to the top, intersect each other at difr ferent heights, opening either immediately in the dome in various places, and into the interior...
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The Naturalist, Volumes 1-2

1831 - 796 pages
...which ascend the inside of the outer shell in a spiral manner, and,, winding round the whole building to the top, intersect each other at different heights,...immediately into the dome in various places, and into the lower half of the building, or communicating with every part of it by other smaller circular or oval...
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A Familiar Introduction to the History of Insects;: Being a New and Greatly ...

Edward Newman - 1841 - 316 pages
...external shell in a spiral manner, winding round the whole building up to the top, and intersecting each other at different heights, opening either immediately into the dome in various places, or into the interior buildings, the new turrets, &c., and sometimes communicating therewith by other...
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An Introduction to Entomology: Or, Elements of the Natural History of ...

William Kirby, William Spence - 1846 - 642 pages
...which ascend the inside of the outer shell in a spiral manner, and, winding round the whole building to the top, intersect each other at different heights,...immediately into the dome in various places, and into the lower half of the building, or communicating with every part of it by other smaller circular or oval...
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Lessons derived from the animal world, Volume 2

C. T - 1847 - 316 pages
...external shell in a spiral manner, winding round the whole building up to the top, and intersecting each other at different heights ; opening either immediately into the dome in various places, or into the interior buildings, the new turrets, &c., and sometimes communicating therewith by other...
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