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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... PERIOD . By W. Boyd Dawkins , M.A. , F.R.S. , F.G.S. Plate LXXVIII . ... ... ... 388 STAR STREAMS AND STAR SPRAYS . By R. A. Proctor , B.A. , F.R.A.S. 398 REVIEWS OF Books ... ... ... ... 67 , 177 , 292 , 413 SCIENTIFIC SUMMARY ...
... PERIOD . By W. Boyd Dawkins , M.A. , F.R.S. , F.G.S. Plate LXXVIII . ... ... ... 388 STAR STREAMS AND STAR SPRAYS . By R. A. Proctor , B.A. , F.R.A.S. 398 REVIEWS OF Books ... ... ... ... 67 , 177 , 292 , 413 SCIENTIFIC SUMMARY ...
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... periods of history , we found the brain steadily increasing , the change would be in full accordance with other illustrations of the law . But what is the case ? So far as investigation has yet gone , there is no great difference in the ...
... periods of history , we found the brain steadily increasing , the change would be in full accordance with other illustrations of the law . But what is the case ? So far as investigation has yet gone , there is no great difference in the ...
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... period , was held sacred from the disturbing influences of the housemaid's broom , being consigned to the master's care with little compunction , but occasionally it became the subject of remarks not altogether flattering either to the ...
... period , was held sacred from the disturbing influences of the housemaid's broom , being consigned to the master's care with little compunction , but occasionally it became the subject of remarks not altogether flattering either to the ...
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... period of transition ; and though there can be little question what will be the ultimate issue of the changes now in progress , though almost certainly a few years will place science in this country on a more satis- factory footing than ...
... period of transition ; and though there can be little question what will be the ultimate issue of the changes now in progress , though almost certainly a few years will place science in this country on a more satis- factory footing than ...
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... period remained for organisation . Six months had dwindled down to six weeks . Not only had the actual work of organisa- tion been thus left to be completed in a space of time alto- gether inadequate , but those who had volunteered to ...
... period remained for organisation . Six months had dwindled down to six weeks . Not only had the actual work of organisa- tion been thus left to be completed in a space of time alto- gether inadequate , but those who had volunteered to ...
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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...