The American Journal of Science and ArtsS. Converse, 1866 |
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... period by different numbers of observers ; by H. A. NEWTON , 192 XXVII . On Molecular Physics ; by Prof. W. A. NORTON , XXVIII . Analyses of Rahtite , Marcylite and Moronolite ; by Mr. S. W. TYLER , with remarks by Professor CHARLES U ...
... period by different numbers of observers ; by H. A. NEWTON , 192 XXVII . On Molecular Physics ; by Prof. W. A. NORTON , XXVIII . Analyses of Rahtite , Marcylite and Moronolite ; by Mr. S. W. TYLER , with remarks by Professor CHARLES U ...
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... period confidential clerk in a large busi- ness establishment . He was descended from the same family with " the judicious Hooker , " author of the " Ecclesiastical PoÏ- ity . " The name William Jackson was that of our botanist's cousin ...
... period confidential clerk in a large busi- ness establishment . He was descended from the same family with " the judicious Hooker , " author of the " Ecclesiastical PoÏ- ity . " The name William Jackson was that of our botanist's cousin ...
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... period , either by slow superficial disintegration , or by a cleavage into vertical columns and a subsequent falling away of the masses . The courses of the scratches correspond nearly to courses ob- served by Ramsay upon the Catskill ...
... period , either by slow superficial disintegration , or by a cleavage into vertical columns and a subsequent falling away of the masses . The courses of the scratches correspond nearly to courses ob- served by Ramsay upon the Catskill ...
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... period of 24-48 hours , and then suffered it to cool slowly . The result was a porcelain - like substance con- sisting of numerous opaque acicular crystals which were ar- ranged in parallel series , the individuals being perpendicular ...
... period of 24-48 hours , and then suffered it to cool slowly . The result was a porcelain - like substance con- sisting of numerous opaque acicular crystals which were ar- ranged in parallel series , the individuals being perpendicular ...
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... period as now . There was , however , a greater range in space of purely Arctic species , and , though the European marine fauna was much more closely allied to our own , owing to the great predominance of exclusively Arctic forms , it ...
... period as now . There was , however , a greater range in space of purely Arctic species , and , though the European marine fauna was much more closely allied to our own , owing to the great predominance of exclusively Arctic forms , it ...
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Page 387 - CLARK'S Mind in Nature; or, the Origin of Life and the Mode of Development In Animals.
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Page 138 - Some isolated portions of meteorites have also a structure very similar to that of stony lavas, where the shape and mutual relations of the crystals to each other prove that they were formed in situ, on solidification.
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Page 137 - ... of the sun, at a period indefinitely more remote than that of the occurrence of any of the facts revealed to us by the study of geology — at a period which might in fact be called pre-terreslrial. Broomfield, Sheffield, July, 1866. 2. On the Mineralogical Structure of Meteorites...
Page 128 - I have more than once gone on purpose during a gale to watch a Bryony growing in an exposed hedge, with its tendrils attached to the surrounding bushes ; and as the thick and thin branches were tossed to and fro by the wind, the tendrils, had they not been excessively elastic, would instantly have been torn off and the plant thrown prostrate. But as it was, the Bryony safely rode out the gale, like a ship with two anchors down, and with a long range of cable ahead to...
Page 88 - The two merge and overlap so that it is impossible to tell where one begins and the other ends.
Page 138 - This sometimes gives rise to a structure remarkably like that of consolidated volcanic ashes, so much, indeed, that I have specimens which, at first sight, might readily be mistaken for sections of meteorites. It would therefore appear that, after the material of the meteorites was melted, a considerable portion was broken up into small fragments, subsequently collected together, and more or less consolidated by mechanical and chemical actions, amongst which must be classed a segregation of iron,...