Dictionary of Scientific TermsStrahan & Company, 1878 - 325 pages |
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... shell - fish 4,500 Total ...... 577,600 Next to Zoology is the science of Vegetation , called BOTANY , which con- sists of a knowledge of plants , their several kinds , uses , and virtues . The principal writers on this interesting ...
... shell - fish 4,500 Total ...... 577,600 Next to Zoology is the science of Vegetation , called BOTANY , which con- sists of a knowledge of plants , their several kinds , uses , and virtues . The principal writers on this interesting ...
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... shells and fragments occasionally occur , are denominated TRANSITION ROсks , which consist of Graywacke and Transition limestone . The class above these is called FLOETZ , or Secondary Rocks , which abound in organic remains . The ...
... shells and fragments occasionally occur , are denominated TRANSITION ROсks , which consist of Graywacke and Transition limestone . The class above these is called FLOETZ , or Secondary Rocks , which abound in organic remains . The ...
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... ( Shell - fish ) ; seventhly , Radiata ( Star- fishes ) ; eighthly , Corallites , or Corals ; and lastly , Protozoans , which are principally jelly - like organisms , with little structure . In vegetable life there is an analogous descent ...
... ( Shell - fish ) ; seventhly , Radiata ( Star- fishes ) ; eighthly , Corallites , or Corals ; and lastly , Protozoans , which are principally jelly - like organisms , with little structure . In vegetable life there is an analogous descent ...
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... shell of the fourth class is always multivalve , or composed of a number of separate pieces . The next great divisions of invertebrated animals are the Articulata and the Radiata , which are each divided into five classes . The fifth ...
... shell of the fourth class is always multivalve , or composed of a number of separate pieces . The next great divisions of invertebrated animals are the Articulata and the Radiata , which are each divided into five classes . The fifth ...
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... shell of a conical shape . Acantha'cea ( the prickle - tribe ) , a natural order of exogenous mono- petalous plants , composed of shrubs or herbs , and chiefly tropical . Acan'the ( Gr . prickles , thorns , orspines , from which a great ...
... shell of a conical shape . Acantha'cea ( the prickle - tribe ) , a natural order of exogenous mono- petalous plants , composed of shrubs or herbs , and chiefly tropical . Acan'the ( Gr . prickles , thorns , orspines , from which a great ...
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acid alumina anatomy angle animal antimony architecture astronomy atom atomic weight birds body bones botany called carbon carbonic acid chemistry circle cloth gilt extra coleopterous insects colour composed compound conchology consisting of silica containing copper Crown 8vo crystals disease earth entomology epithet applied exogenous plants fishes flowers fluid formed fortification fossil genera genus genus of plants geology geometry heraldry hydrogen ichthyology inflammation insects instrument Ital lime lithos a stone logy magnesia malacology manganese medicine membrane ment metal metron metron a measure military science mineral mineralogy Mollusca muscles nerves obtained optics order of exogenous organs ornithology oxide oxide of iron oxygen pathology physiology potash prefix produced resin rocks salt shells shrubs silica sisting Small 8vo species stamens sub-family substance sulphur surface surgery tained term applied tion tree tribe type and genus variety vegetable zoology