10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PORPESS»
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porpess in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Dublin Philosophical Journal and Scientific Review
PHOCtENA, or the Anatomy qfa Porpess dissected at Gresham Coliedge, with a
prelimenary discourse concerning anatomy and a natural history of animals. '
London. Printed for Benjamin T cake, at the Ship in St. Paul's church-yard, 1680,
pp.
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The Dublin Philosophical Journal, and Scientific Review
Proc&na, or the Anatomy of a Porpess dissected at Gresham Colledge, tvith a
prelimenary discourse concerning anatomy and a natural history of animals.
London. Printed for Benjamin Tooke, at the Ship in St. Pouts church-yard, 1680,
pp.
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The Old Dominion: A Monthly Magazine of Literature, Science ...
And as regards "porpess," from porcus piscis, Webster gives several forms,
porpess, por- pesse, porpoise, porpus (obsolete and vulgar). The Old English
form was porpess. Reference is made from porpess and porpesse 1872.] 8!
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The Edinburgh new philosophical journal
The cayman is driven into the water by other enemies, as the tiger ; but it is made
to scamper ashore by the porpess. The ideas of the ancients respecting the
dolphin's attachment to man, seem to be in some measure realized in this
species of ...
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The Philosophical Transactions and Collections: Abridged and ...
Porpess j Observations on the Anatomy of it, II. 839, to 842. A Venomoui scratch
with the Toorh of a Porpess, If. 842. Porphyry-Villiirs in Egypt ; an aeccunt of them
with figures, III. 528,10 530. Portland , an acc ount of the Damage that hap- ned ...
Royal society of London, 1705
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The Philosophy of Zoology: Or, A General View of the ...
the teeth of the porpess are loose in their sockets, while others assert that they
are fixed, the former having examined old, the latter young individuals, or even
different parts of the same jaw, the middle teeth being fixed, the others loose.
With a ...
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The philosophical transactions (from the year 1732 to the ...
I shall therefore only take Notice of some Remarks made by our Author upon the
Dissection of a Porpess, by the accurate Hand of Dr De la Motte, at Mr Klein's
Request. In the first Place, the Meatus Auditorins was found by both to be 2
Inches ...
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Philosophical Transactions and Collections: Abridged and ...
I mall therefore only take Notice of some Remarks made by our Author upon the
Dissection of a Porpess, by the accurate Hand of Dr De la Motte, at Mr Klein's
Request. In the first Place, the Meat us Audit or ius was found by both to be 2
Inches ...
Royal Society (Great Britain), 1747
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The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal
The cayman is driven into the water by other enemies, as the tiger ; but it is made
to scamper ashore by the porpess. The ideas of the ancients respecting the
dolphin's attachment to man, seem to be in some measure realized in this
species of ...
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View ...
The porpess is the natural enemy and entire master of the 'cayman, so much so,
indeed, that the natives enter the water without fear when the tonina (porpess) is
in sight. It attacks the cayman wherever they meet. The cayman is driven into the
...
