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October 31, 2016
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Waving Skeleton
"Natural History for the Use of Schools and Families" by Worthington Hooker; Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1864. Biodiversity Heritage Library

And see you later, October!

This friendly skeleton is waving from the pages of Natural History for the Use of Schools and Families by Worthington Hooker. The book has nearly 300 scientific engravings.

View the book at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/naturalhistoryfo00hook#page/26/mode/1up.

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