The West American scientist Volume 1, no. 1 - v. 4, no. 38
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The West American scientist Volume 1, no. 1 - v. 4, no. 38 (1888)
EN PB NW RPISBN: 9781236448378 bzw. 1236448375, Band: 1, in Englisch, RareBooksClub, Taschenbuch, neu, Nachdruck.
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This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 172 pages. Dimensions: 9.6in. x 7.4in. x 0.6in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 Excerpt: . . . of nature, truly! Herein we see that the sting and the poison-bag, with which so many of us would like to dispense, are essential to the storage of our coveted product, and that without them the beautiful comb honey of commerce would be a thing unknown. If these things are so, how mistaken those people are who suppose that a bee is, like the Prince of Evil, always going about prowling in search of a victim. The fact is that the bee attends to its own business very diligently, and has no time to waste in unnecessary quarrels. A bee is like a farmer working with a fork in his hay field. He is fully occupied and very busy. If molested or meddled with, he will be very apt to defend himself with the implement he is working with. This is what the bee does; and man, by means of his knowledge of the nature and habits of this wondrous little insect, is enabled, in most cases, to ward off or evade attack. It is a proof of their natural quietness, industry and peaceableness that so many thousands of them will go through a summer of ceaseless activity close to your dwellinghouse, and perhaps not half a dozen stings be inflicted during a whole season Scientific American. The West Indian Birch is said to be the weakest; and the nutmeg hickory of Arkansas, the strongest wood. The lightest and most brittle is the blue wood of Texas, and the tamarack, the most elastic. The recent scientific examination of woods is of considerable economic value. AN INSECTIVOROUS PLANT. A writer in the Popular Science News says that when microscopically examined, the Silene stems and flowers are found covered with hair-glands, which thickly beset the calyx and upper stems. The glands, on the distal ends of the hairs, are filled with a greenish, yellowish or clear juice of very viscid c. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.
This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 172 pages. Dimensions: 9.6in. x 7.4in. x 0.6in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 Excerpt: . . . of nature, truly! Herein we see that the sting and the poison-bag, with which so many of us would like to dispense, are essential to the storage of our coveted product, and that without them the beautiful comb honey of commerce would be a thing unknown. If these things are so, how mistaken those people are who suppose that a bee is, like the Prince of Evil, always going about prowling in search of a victim. The fact is that the bee attends to its own business very diligently, and has no time to waste in unnecessary quarrels. A bee is like a farmer working with a fork in his hay field. He is fully occupied and very busy. If molested or meddled with, he will be very apt to defend himself with the implement he is working with. This is what the bee does; and man, by means of his knowledge of the nature and habits of this wondrous little insect, is enabled, in most cases, to ward off or evade attack. It is a proof of their natural quietness, industry and peaceableness that so many thousands of them will go through a summer of ceaseless activity close to your dwellinghouse, and perhaps not half a dozen stings be inflicted during a whole season Scientific American. The West Indian Birch is said to be the weakest; and the nutmeg hickory of Arkansas, the strongest wood. The lightest and most brittle is the blue wood of Texas, and the tamarack, the most elastic. The recent scientific examination of woods is of considerable economic value. AN INSECTIVOROUS PLANT. A writer in the Popular Science News says that when microscopically examined, the Silene stems and flowers are found covered with hair-glands, which thickly beset the calyx and upper stems. The glands, on the distal ends of the hairs, are filled with a greenish, yellowish or clear juice of very viscid c. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.
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The West American scientist Volume 1, no. 1 - v. 4, no. 38
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The West American Scientist Volume 1, No. 1 - V. 4, No. 38 (2012)
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The West American Scientist Volume 1, No. 1-V. 4, No. 38 (2012)
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