Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 268
ished a scien-tific description of this wonderful fish with thesnare mouth, and have named it Thaumatichthys(from thanma, a wonder, and ichtlms, a fish)pagidostomus (from pagis, atrap or snare, and stoma, amouth). Therefore, this unusuallylong scientific name for a verysmall fish simply means,… … AN UNDER AND AN UPPER VIEW OF THE SNARE MOUTH. 178 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS ^BECAUSE- WE[WANT TO KNOW WHAT FIRE IS Barrington, III.Dear St. Nicholas : Will you please tell me what fire is ? Lucile G. Robertson. Fire, as we usually see it, is the action of airupon hot substances that can…
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