Gill's technological [afterw.] Gill's scientific, technological & microscopic repository; or, Discoveries and improvements in the useful arts, a continuation of his Technical repository, by T. Gill, Volume 4 |
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... tion , we can scarcely imagine that swiftness is bestowed on any without the additional blessing of sight to direct its course ; since the former , without the latter , must inevitably precipitate the creature into continual danger of ...
... tion , we can scarcely imagine that swiftness is bestowed on any without the additional blessing of sight to direct its course ; since the former , without the latter , must inevitably precipitate the creature into continual danger of ...
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... tion , by first heating the glass until it will melt the wax , has a similar effect . On a Spider with ten eyes.—Mr. T. Carpenter showed the Editor lately , under his opaque microscope , a black spider from Africa , with no less than ...
... tion , by first heating the glass until it will melt the wax , has a similar effect . On a Spider with ten eyes.—Mr. T. Carpenter showed the Editor lately , under his opaque microscope , a black spider from Africa , with no less than ...
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... tion to the habits of these insects , both in their manner of breeding and feeding , for several months together , their existence is prolonged during the summer and throughout the winter and that they also feed very voraciously on the ...
... tion to the habits of these insects , both in their manner of breeding and feeding , for several months together , their existence is prolonged during the summer and throughout the winter and that they also feed very voraciously on the ...
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... its powers of destruc- tion are increased ; and the extreme velocity with which these insects can either run or fly , renders hopeless any at- tempt of their destined prey to elude their pursuit . 22 On the Flea and other Insects .
... its powers of destruc- tion are increased ; and the extreme velocity with which these insects can either run or fly , renders hopeless any at- tempt of their destined prey to elude their pursuit . 22 On the Flea and other Insects .
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... tion . The cynips rosa , for example , which we have together so often contemplated with delight under the microscope . The piece of butterfly's wing , which I now send you , also affords another proof of the exquisite skill displayed ...
... tion . The cynips rosa , for example , which we have together so often contemplated with delight under the microscope . The piece of butterfly's wing , which I now send you , also affords another proof of the exquisite skill displayed ...
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Page 205 - The column they composed, my friend was informed, extended five hundred miles; and so compact was it, when on the wing, that like an eclipse it completely hid the sun, so that no shadow was cast by any object, and some lofty tombs distant from his residence not more than two hundred yards were rendered quite invisible.
Page 153 - A critic- fly, whose feeble ray scarce spreads An inch around, with blind presumption bold, Should dare to tax the structure of the whole. And lives the Man, whose universal eye Has swept at once the...
Page 153 - In vain, or not for admirable ends. Shall little haughty ignorance pronounce His works unwise, of which the smallest part Exceeds the narrow vision of her mind? As if upon a...
Page 27 - Within the small dimensions of a point, Muscle and nerve miraculously spun, His mighty work, who speaks and it is done, The invisible in things scarce seen reveal'd, To whom an atom is an ample field...
Page 350 - Because every living thing, from man down to an ephemeral insect, pursues the bee to its destruction for the sake of the honey that is deposited in its cell, or secreted in its honey-bag. To obtain that which the bee is carrying to its hive, numerous birds and insects are on the watch, and an incredible number of bees fall victims, in consequence, to their enemies. Independently of this, there are the changes in the weather, such as high winds, sudden showers, hot sunshine; and then there is the...
Page 27 - Contrivance intricate express'd with ease, Where unassisted sight no beauty sees, The shapely limb and lubricated joint, Within the small dimensions of a point ; Muscle and nerve miraculously spun, His mighty work who speaks and it is done...
Page 81 - Because like a watch it always cries click ; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick : For, as sure as a gun, they will give up the ghost, If the maggot cries click when it scratches the post. But a kettle of scalding hot water injected Infallibly cures the timber affected : The omen is broken, the danger is over ; The maggot will die, and the sick will recover.
Page 233 - In order to divide the cake into smaller pieces, the cake is placed on a sharp steel anvil, called Tagliulo, which has the edge uppermost, and a stroke of an edged hammer is given on the upper surface of the cake...
Page 201 - March, the wind having been for some time from the south. In the middle of April their numbers were so vastly increased, that in the heat of the day they formed themselves into large and numerous swarms, flew in the air like a succession of clouds ; and, as the prophet Joel expresses it, they darkened the sun.
Page 202 - The whole transformation was performed in seven or eight minutes' time; after which, they were a little while in a languishing condition; but as soon as the sun and air had hardened their wings, and dried up the moisture that remained after casting off their sloughs, they returned again to their former greediness, with an addition both of strength and agility. But they did not...