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title: 'American Spiders and Their Spinningwork: A Natural History of the Orbweaving Spiders of the United States …, Vol. 2'
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authors:
- 'Henry Christopher McCook'
date: 1890-01-01
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topics:
- 'Other Writings'
- 'Science'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 104'
- 'Job 12'
- 'Genesis 1'
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# American Spiders and Their Spinningwork: A Natural History of the Orbweaving Spiders of the United States …, Vol. 2

Preface and table of contents of "American Spiders and their Spinningwork" (1890), surveying spiders' life history—mating, cocoons, ballooning, senses, mimicry, predators and distribution.

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