The Quarterly Journal of Science, 3권John Churchill and Sons, 1866 |
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... ground , and 35 feet at 6 feet from the surface . Humboldt made it only 45 feet in circumference , but he must have measured it higher up ; I once cleared the ground round the trunk and found it 49 feet . Many years ago a large arm was ...
... ground , and 35 feet at 6 feet from the surface . Humboldt made it only 45 feet in circumference , but he must have measured it higher up ; I once cleared the ground round the trunk and found it 49 feet . Many years ago a large arm was ...
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... ground of this zone is covered with moss . The third zone , which is generally enveloped in clouds towards It may be con- the evening , extends to 5,400 feet above the sea . sidered as the true region of the arborescent ferns and that ...
... ground of this zone is covered with moss . The third zone , which is generally enveloped in clouds towards It may be con- the evening , extends to 5,400 feet above the sea . sidered as the true region of the arborescent ferns and that ...
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... ground till 1757 , was exactly the same as the present plague . Of this we have proof in the descriptions extant of the symptoms then observed , and of the morbid appearances after death . In a paper communicated to the Royal Society in ...
... ground till 1757 , was exactly the same as the present plague . Of this we have proof in the descriptions extant of the symptoms then observed , and of the morbid appearances after death . In a paper communicated to the Royal Society in ...
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... ground for believing that the ark of the covenant , held so sacred by the Jews , contained nothing more nor less than a Phallus , the ark being the type of the Argha or Yoni . " Of the last volume we need say no more than that it is ...
... ground for believing that the ark of the covenant , held so sacred by the Jews , contained nothing more nor less than a Phallus , the ark being the type of the Argha or Yoni . " Of the last volume we need say no more than that it is ...
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... grounds , is valuable . The principle of Müller is that the surest way to prove the correctness of Darwin's views would be to apply them to a particular group of animals , going as much as possible into detail . Such an attempt to set ...
... grounds , is valuable . The principle of Müller is that the surest way to prove the correctness of Darwin's views would be to apply them to a particular group of animals , going as much as possible into detail . Such an attempt to set ...
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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.
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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?