Book/Printed Material The boy collector's handbook,
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Image 1 of The boy collector's handbook,- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 2 of The boy collector's handbook, OHt V o OKOOVO V life* *^fe: /«Jfe VV .•3 ^y- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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- Date: 1915
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Image 4 of The boy collector's handbook,- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 5 of The boy collector's handbook,- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 6 of The boy collector's handbook,- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 7 of The boy collector's handbook,- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 8 of The boy collector's handbook, Many a famous scientist of to-day learned his first lessons while gathering, indentifying and labeling his boyhood collections- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 9 of The boy collector's handbook, THE BOY COLLECTOR S HANDBOOK BY ALPHEUS HYATT VERRILL Author of The Boy s Outdoor Vacation Book, etc. ILLUSTRATED WITH MANY PHOTOGRAPHS AND DIAGRAMS NEW YORK ROBERT M. McBRIDE CO. 1915- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 10 of The boy collector's handbook, Copyright, 19151 b Y Robert M. McBride Co. Published October, 1915 K NOV 22 1915 CU414718 he-- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 11 of The boy collector's handbook, CONTENTS PART I NATURAL OBJECTS CHAPTER I PAGE WHY AND WHAT TO COLLECT 3 General hints on collecting. What constitutes a good collection. Objects and aims of collecting. Interest and value of...- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 12 of The boy collector's handbook, CONTENTS PAGE drawings. Preservation of plants. Fungi. The Wood col- lection. Importance of woods. When to collect woods. How to prepare the specimens. Arranging the collection. Seeds and nuts. Leaves. Collecting and...- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 13 of The boy collector's handbook, CONTENTS PART II THE CAMERA AND THE MICROSCOPE CHAPTER VIII PAGE PHOTOGRAPHING WILD THINGS 193 Value of photographs. What may be photographed. Cameras to use. Photographing birds nests. Photograph- ing birds on...- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 14 of The boy collector's handbook, CONTENTS PAGE Weapons. Counterfeits and imitations. Exchanging. Handling weapons. What not to collect. Historical relics. What an historical relic is. Collections of buttons. Shoes. Door knockers and other objects. CHAPTER XII STAMPS,...- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 15 of The boy collector's handbook, THE ILLUSTRATIONS CHAPTER II Fig. i Interior of a limestone cave showing stalactites, etc. 2 Crystal of sandstone 3 Concretion 4 Quartz crystals on dark mount 5 Calcite to show double refraction...- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 16 of The boy collector's handbook, THE ILLUSTRATIONS Fig. 13 First half of mold with apple 14 Mold ready to make the second half 15 How the gutter is made 16 Section of apple 17 Section of apple-mold...- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 17 of The boy collector's handbook, THE ILLUSTRATIONS Fig. 23 Incision in caterpillar 24 Twig caterpillars 25 Beetle properly pinned and spread 26 Beetle mounted with expanded wings 2J Burying beetles 28 Nest of carpenter bee CHAPTER VI...- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 18 of The boy collector's handbook, THE ILLUSTRATIONS Fig. 26 Argonaut The nautilus 27 A Baby crab 27 B Young oyster 27 C Young starfish 2?] D Young barnacle 28 Shell mounted on wire 29 Live coral 30...- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 19 of The boy collector's handbook, THE ILLUSTRATIONS Fig. ii Direct magnified photograph of dandelion head 12 Direct magnified photograph of aphis lion CHAPTER X Fig. i Hatchet used as tomahawk 2 Stone skull-cracker 3 Gun-stock ornamented by...- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 20 of The boy collector's handbook,- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 21 of The boy collector's handbook, PART I NATURAL OBJECTS- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 22 of The boy collector's handbook,- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 23 of The boy collector's handbook, THE BOY COLLECTOR S HANDBOOK CHAPTER I WHY AND WHAT TO COLLECT THERE are many reasons why boys should collect something. In the first place collecting furnishes an interest, an ambition, and...- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 24 of The boy collector's handbook, 4 THE BOY COLLECTOR S HANDBOOK in which you are most deeply interested. If you are fond of outdoor life and take an interest in flowers, plants, insects, minerals, or other natural...- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 25 of The boy collector's handbook, WHY AND WHAT TO COLLECT 5 collected at far less expense and which are just as interesting, however. Stamps, exclusive of the rarest issues, are fairly cheap if purchased, and, as a...- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 26 of The boy collector's handbook, 6 THE BOY COLLECTOR S HANDBOOK really valuable. A certain stamp, coin, or other specimen may cost thousands of dollars and yet that one object would not constitute a collection and might...- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 27 of The boy collector's handbook, WHY AND WHAT TO COLLECT 7 chance; but keep your mind centered on the par- ticular object in view and let others be side issues. There are few who can make a...- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 28 of The boy collector's handbook, 8 THE BOY COLLECTOR S HANDBOOK specimens to replace them. An imperfect or small specimen is far better than none at all and may serve to fill a gap in a series...- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 29 of The boy collector's handbook, WHY AND WHAT TO COLLECT 9 mean natural, human interest, educational interest, and popular interest combined. A specimen may be interesting as a curio and yet have no educational interest whatever, or...- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 30 of The boy collector's handbook, io THE BOY COLLECTOR S HANDBOOK a whole. Merely gathering or collecting the speci- mens is not the main thing; it s just as important to have the specimens properly and correctly...- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 31 of The boy collector's handbook, WHY AND WHAT TO COLLECT n happens, you are unable to identify a specimen through either or both of these methods, the speci- men itself or a duplicate or even a sketch...- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 32 of The boy collector's handbook, 12 THE BOY COLLECTOR S HANDBOOK tiques, the date of its manufacture or use), how it was obtained, locality, sex (in the case of animate objects), and any interesting facts regarding its...- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 33 of The boy collector's handbook, WHY AND WHAT TO COLLECT 13 what method you follow will depend a great deal upon the character of the collection, the object you have in view, and the number of specimens,...- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 34 of The boy collector's handbook, 14 THE BOY COLLECTOR S HANDBOOK or exhibition and another for reserve, and then if anything happens to the exhibition specimen you will have the one held in reserve to take its...- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 35 of The boy collector's handbook, WHY AND WHAT TO COLLECT 15 this, however, and half the fun in collecting is in showing your collections to visitors and friends. A collection may seem very interesting and attrac- tive...- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 36 of The boy collector's handbook, 16 THE BOY COLLECTOR S HANDBOOK latter class of objects grade into the former, for a complete collection includes not only the true natural objects but the various articles or preparations made...- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 37 of The boy collector's handbook, WHY AND WHAT TO COLLECT 17 their eggs and the animals can scientists teach us their value, habits, and many other matters. The young collector, however, seldom gives the world any additional...- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 38 of The boy collector's handbook, 18 THE BOY COLLECTOR S HANDBOOK fly, kill it instantly with benzine, and preserve it is far more humane than to crush the caterpillar, which devours our plants, underfoot. Sentimental- ists may...- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 39 of The boy collector's handbook, WHY AND WHAT TO COLLECT 19 marvelous and fascinating, and last, but by no means least, is the wonderful world opened to us through the use of the microscope. A collection of...- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915
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Image 40 of The boy collector's handbook, CHAPTER II ROCKS AND MINERALS OF all natural objects probably the easiest and simplest to collect are rocks and minerals. There is scarcely an inhabited country in the world where rocks or...- Contributor: Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
- Date: 1915