The Popular Science Review: A Quarterly Miscellany of Entertaining and Instructive Articles on Scientific Subjects, Volume 10James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas Robert Hardwicke, 1871 - Science |
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... close of the " Origin of him , How far does your doctrine extend , and what amount of ground does it cover ? The answer is perfectly frank and clear . Practically it covers the whole area of life . Every class , at least of animals and ...
... close of the " Origin of him , How far does your doctrine extend , and what amount of ground does it cover ? The answer is perfectly frank and clear . Practically it covers the whole area of life . Every class , at least of animals and ...
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... close to a cistern that became leaky . The wall was papered with " marbled " paper , and varnished . At first there was for some time - perhaps months -nothing worthy of observation except a damp wall ; decidedly damp , discoloured ...
... close to a cistern that became leaky . The wall was papered with " marbled " paper , and varnished . At first there was for some time - perhaps months -nothing worthy of observation except a damp wall ; decidedly damp , discoloured ...
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... close to , the woolly tufts ; and ultimately similar spots of a dendritic character either succeeded the olive patches , or were independently formed . Finally little black balls , like small pin- heads , or grains of gunpowder , were ...
... close to , the woolly tufts ; and ultimately similar spots of a dendritic character either succeeded the olive patches , or were independently formed . Finally little black balls , like small pin- heads , or grains of gunpowder , were ...
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... close by the sun , and Messrs . Talmage and Maclear propose to examine very carefully the appearance presented by the planet under these circum- stances . Professor Thorpe , formerly of Owen's College , Man- chester , and now of Glasgow ...
... close by the sun , and Messrs . Talmage and Maclear propose to examine very carefully the appearance presented by the planet under these circum- stances . Professor Thorpe , formerly of Owen's College , Man- chester , and now of Glasgow ...
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... close by the moon - let us , I say , neglect this consideration , and deal only with the matter lying between the moon and earth . Then the sun's rays , pass- ing the rough edge of the moon and falling on this matter , would certainly ...
... close by the moon - let us , I say , neglect this consideration , and deal only with the matter lying between the moon and earth . Then the sun's rays , pass- ing the rough edge of the moon and falling on this matter , would certainly ...
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Page 256 - And taste, to him the gushing of the wave Far far away did seem to mourn and rave On alien shores ; and if his fellow spake, His voice was thin, as voices from the grave ; And deep-asleep he seem'd, yet all awake, And music in his ears his beating heart did make...
Page 116 - WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 & 1862} Is allowed by upwards of 200 Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided ; a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the MOC-MAIN PAD and PATENT LEVER, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn...
Page 14 - I believe that animals have descended from at most only four or five progenitors, and plants from an equal or lesser number.
Page 256 - Branches they bore of that enchanted stem, Laden with flower and fruit, whereof they gave To each, but whoso did receive of them, And taste, to him the gushing of the wave Far, far away did seem to mourn and rave On alien shores...
Page 14 - Therefore I should infer from analogy that probably all the organic beings which have ever lived on this earth, have descended from some one primordial form, into which life was first breathed.
Page 116 - ... its effects, is here avoided ; a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the MOC-MAIN PAD and PATENT LEVER, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the Truss (which cannot fail to fit...