Inventors at work, with chapters on discovery (1906)
Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 309
Just here must be told thestory of one little wasp whoseindividuality stands out in ourminds more distinctly thanthat of any of the others. Weremember her as the mostfastidious and perfect littleworker of the whole season,so nice was she in her adaptation of means to ends, so busy andcontented in… … Wasp using a pebble as a hammer.From Wasps Solitary and Social,Copyright, 1905, by George W. Peck-ham and Elizabeth G. Peckham. Re-produced by their permission. 1 Published by Houghton Mifflin & Co., Boston. OXYGEN FROM AIR 261 into it and bit away the loose earth from the sides, letting it…
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