The Philosophy of Natural History, Volume 1William Porter, 1790 |
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almoſt animals becauſe Befide birds blood body bones brutes caterpillars cauſe chyle circumftance colour confifts courſe defire diffolved diftinct diftinguiſhed digeftion diminiſhed dioicous diſcharged diſcovered diſtance drupeds eggs exift exiſtence experiments fame manner feeds feems female fenfation fenfe fhall fhell fhould fide fimilar fingle fingular firſt fiſhes fituation fize fleſh flowers fmall fome foon fource fpecies ftate ftomach ftructure fubftance fubject fuch fupport furface furniſhed greateſt hermaphrodite horſe increaſed infects inftinct inftruments inſtead inteftines itſelf kind lacteal laſt lefs likewife lungs male mals membrane ment moft moſt motion muft muſcles muſt Nature neceffary nerves nouriſhment obfervation objects oeconomy organs oviparous peculiar plants pleaſure polypus produced purpoſe quadrupeds raiſed reaſon refpiration reſemblance retina ſeems ſenſe ſhall ſkin ſmall ſmelling ſome Spalanzani ſpecies ſtate ſubſtances ſupply thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tracheae tribes tubes uſe uterus veffels vegetable viviparous worms