Encyclopædia Britannica: or, A dictionary of arts and sciences, compiled by a society of gentlemen in Scotland [ed. by W. Smellie]. Suppl. to the 3rd. ed., by G. Gleig, Volumen5 |
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Página 327
... whale kind . See CETOLOGY . CETE , the name of Linnæus's feventh order of mammalia , comprehending the MONODON ... whales . Ray and Willoughby have included this or- der of animals under the clafs of fishes . Ray , in his arrangement of ...
... whale kind . See CETOLOGY . CETE , the name of Linnæus's feventh order of mammalia , comprehending the MONODON ... whales . Ray and Willoughby have included this or- der of animals under the clafs of fishes . Ray , in his arrangement of ...
Página 328
... whale , thofe being the links that connect the mammalia or quadrupeds with the fish for the feal is in relpect to its legs the most imperfect of the former clafs ; and in the manati the hind feet coalefce , affuming the form of a broad ...
... whale , thofe being the links that connect the mammalia or quadrupeds with the fish for the feal is in relpect to its legs the most imperfect of the former clafs ; and in the manati the hind feet coalefce , affuming the form of a broad ...
Página 329
... Whale . | The teeth diftinctly feen in the lower jaw , but fcarcely visible in the upper jaw ; the spout in the upper part of the forehead . maxilla inferiore , in qui- bufdam vero maxilla fu- perior dentibus planis vix confpicuis ...
... Whale . | The teeth diftinctly feen in the lower jaw , but fcarcely visible in the upper jaw ; the spout in the upper part of the forehead . maxilla inferiore , in qui- bufdam vero maxilla fu- perior dentibus planis vix confpicuis ...
Página 330
... whale , the num- ber 1222 , as neatly traced , as if it had been executed by the hand of a painter . But probably the refem- blance to these figures was helped out by the aid of fancy . Ellis and fome other naturalists affert , that the ...
... whale , the num- ber 1222 , as neatly traced , as if it had been executed by the hand of a painter . But probably the refem- blance to these figures was helped out by the aid of fancy . Ellis and fome other naturalists affert , that the ...
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... whale . 34 de of king by As it is very dangerous to harpoon this fpecies of whale , on account of its extreme agility , it is men- eletioned by Anderfon , that the Icelanders have a very ders ingenious method of taking it . When they ...
... whale . 34 de of king by As it is very dangerous to harpoon this fpecies of whale , on account of its extreme agility , it is men- eletioned by Anderfon , that the Icelanders have a very ders ingenious method of taking it . When they ...
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