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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... fact that a great deal may be done with very simple appliances . We recommend it to young microscopists as a book which supplies a felt deficiency .'- GUARDIAN . London : ROBERT HARDWICKE , DRY AND AND 12 IMMERSION OBJECTIVE , ( COMPLETE ...
... fact that a great deal may be done with very simple appliances . We recommend it to young microscopists as a book which supplies a felt deficiency .'- GUARDIAN . London : ROBERT HARDWICKE , DRY AND AND 12 IMMERSION OBJECTIVE , ( COMPLETE ...
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... fact that which is only conjecture . Messrs . Tulasne , in their splendid work , " Selecta Fungorum Carpologia , " have given a great number of instances of polymor- phism . We have no reason to doubt that in many cases , perhaps most ...
... fact that which is only conjecture . Messrs . Tulasne , in their splendid work , " Selecta Fungorum Carpologia , " have given a great number of instances of polymor- phism . We have no reason to doubt that in many cases , perhaps most ...
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... fact of both forms springing from the same mass of mycelium . In such minute and delicate structures it is very difficult to manipulate the specimens so as to arrive at positive evidence . If a filament of mycelium could be isolated ...
... fact of both forms springing from the same mass of mycelium . In such minute and delicate structures it is very difficult to manipulate the specimens so as to arrive at positive evidence . If a filament of mycelium could be isolated ...
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... fact , and that many more will yet be discovered . We would admit that it is possible that none of the species , now ... facts , it is important that all observations should be recorded which bear upon the subject of polymorphism ...
... fact , and that many more will yet be discovered . We would admit that it is possible that none of the species , now ... facts , it is important that all observations should be recorded which bear upon the subject of polymorphism ...
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... facts proved and the presumptions admitted , but not proven , we may answer briefly that the tendency of recent ... fact , however much we may doubt the evidence in special cases , we cannot ignore the conclusion that reproduction ...
... facts proved and the presumptions admitted , but not proven , we may answer briefly that the tendency of recent ... fact , however much we may doubt the evidence in special cases , we cannot ignore the conclusion that reproduction ...
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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...