Phases of Animal Life, Past and PresentLongmans, Green, and Company, 1892 - Broj stranica: 248 |
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... armour as a protection has , indeed , been transferred from men's bodies to the sides of ships of battle ; and even there it appears problematical whether the ever - increasing weight of the armour which is necessary to keep pace with ...
... armour as a protection has , indeed , been transferred from men's bodies to the sides of ships of battle ; and even there it appears problematical whether the ever - increasing weight of the armour which is necessary to keep pace with ...
Stranica 2
... armour , both as works of art and as admirable adaptations for their particular purpose , must at once strike all who visit a gallery of ancient armour . If we now direct our attention to the animal , as distinct from the human , world ...
... armour , both as works of art and as admirable adaptations for their particular purpose , must at once strike all who visit a gallery of ancient armour . If we now direct our attention to the animal , as distinct from the human , world ...
Stranica 3
... armour is grown upon his own body , and is in fact part and parcel of himself , instead of having to be put on and off . Again , whereas the chief types of humar . armour may be summarised under the three forms of chain- scale- and ...
... armour is grown upon his own body , and is in fact part and parcel of himself , instead of having to be put on and off . Again , whereas the chief types of humar . armour may be summarised under the three forms of chain- scale- and ...
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... armour of a different type were very abundant ; many of the same groups also occur- ring in the Old Red Sandstone . In these Ganoid fishes , as they are scientifically termed , the body ( Fig . 2 ) was often covered with a coat of ...
... armour of a different type were very abundant ; many of the same groups also occur- ring in the Old Red Sandstone . In these Ganoid fishes , as they are scientifically termed , the body ( Fig . 2 ) was often covered with a coat of ...
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... armour flourished not only in the Coal period , but were also abun- dant at that later date when the blue Lias clays and limestones now forming the cliffs of Whitby and Lyme - Regis were laid down on the old sea - bottom . After that ...
... armour flourished not only in the Coal period , but were also abun- dant at that later date when the blue Lias clays and limestones now forming the cliffs of Whitby and Lyme - Regis were laid down on the old sea - bottom . After that ...
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