Quarterly Journal of Science: 1866, Volume 3John Churchill and Sons, 1866 - Science |
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... taken measures to preserve the tree , by supporting it with props and masonry . During many centuries this zone gave employment to the greatest part of the population of the island in the cultivation of the vine , but some years ago the ...
... taken measures to preserve the tree , by supporting it with props and masonry . During many centuries this zone gave employment to the greatest part of the population of the island in the cultivation of the vine , but some years ago the ...
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... taken from the Cañadas of the Peak is heavier and contains more silica and alumina , and less potash and soda , than that on the sides and top of the Peak ; the latter contained about the same quantity of silica and alumina as the ...
... taken from the Cañadas of the Peak is heavier and contains more silica and alumina , and less potash and soda , than that on the sides and top of the Peak ; the latter contained about the same quantity of silica and alumina as the ...
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... taken in arithmetical , than in geometrical progression . The temperature at Port Orotava was That on the top of the Peak at the same time Difference between the two stations If the temperature had decreased in arithmetical pro ...
... taken in arithmetical , than in geometrical progression . The temperature at Port Orotava was That on the top of the Peak at the same time Difference between the two stations If the temperature had decreased in arithmetical pro ...
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... taken to meet it . The disease was first noticed shortly after Midsummer in the north London cowhouses . The first animals that died were English cows which had been purchased at the Metropolitan Cattle Market . Three weeks before this ...
... taken to meet it . The disease was first noticed shortly after Midsummer in the north London cowhouses . The first animals that died were English cows which had been purchased at the Metropolitan Cattle Market . Three weeks before this ...
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... taken by Government within the powers con- ferred upon them by a recent Act of Parliament , have been confined to the appointment of veterinary inspectors , with power to enter premises and direct the slaughter and the burial of ...
... taken by Government within the powers con- ferred upon them by a recent Act of Parliament , have been confined to the appointment of veterinary inspectors , with power to enter premises and direct the slaughter and the burial of ...
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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.
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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.
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