Quarterly Journal of Science: 1866, Volume 3John Churchill and Sons, 1866 - Science |
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... Objects below were unusually refracted ; two brigantines , which were at a considerable distance , presented inverted images of some of their parts ; but what was very singular , they appeared to alter their form as I changed my ...
... Objects below were unusually refracted ; two brigantines , which were at a considerable distance , presented inverted images of some of their parts ; but what was very singular , they appeared to alter their form as I changed my ...
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... objects were very indistinct . Towards the middle of the day , or the beginning of the afternoon , and when the difference between the dry and wet bulb thermometer was less than usual , the island of Palma , nearly sixty miles distant ...
... objects were very indistinct . Towards the middle of the day , or the beginning of the afternoon , and when the difference between the dry and wet bulb thermometer was less than usual , the island of Palma , nearly sixty miles distant ...
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... object in these addresses was to show the connection between unconformity and the partial or complete change of marine faunas during times unrepresented by strata , and in discuss- ing the question whether ( as had been asserted ) a ...
... object in these addresses was to show the connection between unconformity and the partial or complete change of marine faunas during times unrepresented by strata , and in discuss- ing the question whether ( as had been asserted ) a ...
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... object , we often spend hours in the vain attempt to do so ; but let the pieces once be put together by hands that are in the secret , and the cross presented to us entire , and give us then the opportunity of carefully and observantly ...
... object , we often spend hours in the vain attempt to do so ; but let the pieces once be put together by hands that are in the secret , and the cross presented to us entire , and give us then the opportunity of carefully and observantly ...
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... objects of its principal members . We have heard or read somewhere , that if a number of young men , with some small share of ability , were to unite together and form a society , one of the leading rules of which should be to lose no ...
... objects of its principal members . We have heard or read somewhere , that if a number of young men , with some small share of ability , were to unite together and form a society , one of the leading rules of which should be to lose no ...
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Page 153 - I may be allowed to personify the natural preservation or survival of the fittest, cares nothing for appearances, except in so far as they are useful to any being. She can act on every internal organ, on every shade of constitutional difference, on the whole machinery of life. Man selects only for his own good: Nature only for that of the being which she tends.
Page 148 - Iron Ship Building, its History and Progress, as comprised in a Series of...
Page 68 - So man is approaching a more complete fulfilment of that great and sacred mission which he has to perform in this world. His reason being created after the image of God, he has to use it to discover the laws by which the Almighty governs His creation, and, by making these laws his standard of action, to conquer nature to his use ; himself a divine instrument.
Page 163 - These poor wretches were stunted in their growth, their hideous faces bedaubed with white paint, their skins filthy and greasy, their hair entangled, their voices discordant, and their gestures violent. Viewing such men, one can hardly make oneself believe that they are fellow-creatures and inhabitants of the same world.
Page 165 - Not one man in a thousand has accuracy of eye and judgment sufficient to become an eminent breeder. If gifted with these qualities, and he studies his subject for years, and devotes his lifetime to it with indomitable perseverance, he will succeed, and may make great improvements; if he wants any of these qualities, he will assuredly fail.
Page 59 - Europe; our nearest relatives in the animal kingdom are confined to hot, almost to tropical climates, and it is in such countries that we ai'e most likely to find the earliest traces of the human race.
Page 308 - The Treasury of Botany, or Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom ; with which is incorporated a Glossary of Botanical Terms.