The Quarterly Journal of Science, 3권John Churchill and Sons, 1866 |
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... containing bodies of the Guanches , or aborigines of Teneriffe . They were preserved in a manner very similar to that adopted by the ancient Egyptians . The internal cavities were filled with odoriferous gums , and the body was ...
... containing bodies of the Guanches , or aborigines of Teneriffe . They were preserved in a manner very similar to that adopted by the ancient Egyptians . The internal cavities were filled with odoriferous gums , and the body was ...
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... containing pyroxene , hornblende , and mica ; over them were other streams , of what may be termed a dolerite lava , it contained cry- stals of red , brown , and greenish colours , apparently labradorite , and pyroxene some of the other ...
... containing pyroxene , hornblende , and mica ; over them were other streams , of what may be termed a dolerite lava , it contained cry- stals of red , brown , and greenish colours , apparently labradorite , and pyroxene some of the other ...
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... containing an incipient crystallization forming concentric laminae of a lighter colour than the rest . In some places I picked up pieces which were slightly convoluted , containing small crystals of pyroxene and glassy felspar . Another ...
... containing an incipient crystallization forming concentric laminae of a lighter colour than the rest . In some places I picked up pieces which were slightly convoluted , containing small crystals of pyroxene and glassy felspar . Another ...
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... containing much felspar and mesotype ; it made a smooth fracture , and had the peculiar metallic sound of that rock when struck with a hammer . After a very fatiguing but not difficult ascent , which took us an hour , including the time ...
... containing much felspar and mesotype ; it made a smooth fracture , and had the peculiar metallic sound of that rock when struck with a hammer . After a very fatiguing but not difficult ascent , which took us an hour , including the time ...
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... contain 91 per cent . of silex , and the rest water . The pasty substance on the surface of the lava , proved to be ... containing a Daniell's hygrometer , became unglued , and the case of a small pocket - sextant split across . The ...
... contain 91 per cent . of silex , and the rest water . The pasty substance on the surface of the lava , proved to be ... containing a Daniell's hygrometer , became unglued , and the case of a small pocket - sextant split across . The ...
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153 페이지 - 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.
496 페이지 - For fixing the number of persons who may occupy a house or part of a house which is let in lodgings or occupied by members of more than one family : 2.
68 페이지 - 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.
163 페이지 - 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.
308 페이지 - The Treasury of Botany, or Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom ; with which is incorporated a Glossary of Botanical Terms.
163 페이지 - Of individual objects, perhaps nothing is more certain to create astonishment than the first sight in his native haunt of a barbarian, — of man in his lowest and most savage state.
59 페이지 - 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.
455 페이지 - A General Dictionary of Geography, Descriptive, Physical, Statistical, and Historical ; forming a complete Gazetteer of the World. By A. KEITH JOHNSTON, FRSE 8vo. 31s. 6d. M'Culloch's Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the various Countries, Places, and principal Natural Objects in the World.
152 페이지 - It has been said that I speak of natural selection as an active power or Deity; but who objects to an author speaking of the attraction of gravity as ruling the movements of the planets?