The Intellectual Observer, Volumen12Groombridge and Sons, 1868 |
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... probably surpassing it . Around these suns , we may fairly conceive , there revolve systems of dependent orbs , each supporting its myriads of living creatures . We have afforded to us a noble theme for contemplation , in the ...
... probably surpassing it . Around these suns , we may fairly conceive , there revolve systems of dependent orbs , each supporting its myriads of living creatures . We have afforded to us a noble theme for contemplation , in the ...
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... probably somewhat nearer the southern than the northern part of the galactic nebula . Combining the results obtained by the two Herschels , we should assign to the stratum of stars a figure somewhat resem- bling that of the solid cloven ...
... probably somewhat nearer the southern than the northern part of the galactic nebula . Combining the results obtained by the two Herschels , we should assign to the stratum of stars a figure somewhat resem- bling that of the solid cloven ...
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... probably less ancient ) constella- tion Ursa Minor . After following the convolutions of Draco , we reach the bright stars Alwaid and Etanin ( B and y ) of this constellation , and thence the stream passes to Lyra , where it seems to ...
... probably less ancient ) constella- tion Ursa Minor . After following the convolutions of Draco , we reach the bright stars Alwaid and Etanin ( B and y ) of this constellation , and thence the stream passes to Lyra , where it seems to ...
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... probably sought for the purpose of meeting the in- ternal wants of the country , and the consequence was the establishment of a system of coinage by no means cosmo- politan in its application , but , on the contrary , most narrow and ...
... probably sought for the purpose of meeting the in- ternal wants of the country , and the consequence was the establishment of a system of coinage by no means cosmo- politan in its application , but , on the contrary , most narrow and ...
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... probably common in India . It is said to have been used for dressing cancerous sores in Africa , whence it derives its specific name . Our wood- cut represents it in three stages of growth , together with a sec- tion of the plant while ...
... probably common in India . It is said to have been used for dressing cancerous sores in Africa , whence it derives its specific name . Our wood- cut represents it in three stages of growth , together with a sec- tion of the plant while ...
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The Intellectual Observer: Review of Natural History, Microscopic ..., Volumen6 Vista completa - 1865 |
Términos y frases comunes
acid amongst animals Annelids antennæ aperture apparatus appear barrow Bladderwort body bones Brady centre cilia cleft colour considerable Copernicus crater Crustacea curious dark deposited Derbyshire described diameter direction disk distance earth effect eggs electricity engraving Entomostraca Eratosthenes evidence exhibited existence extremely fact feet fish G. O. Sars genus germinal vesicle glass heat Hyginus inches instruments interment length less light Linné Little Chester lunar LYNCEUS matter meteors microscope miles minute Moon mountain nearly noticed objects observations obtained ornamented Ostracoda oxygen pass Planaria plants plate portion present probably produced quantity Quatrefages rain red fox region remains remarkable ring Roman rotifers round salmon scale Schr seen setæ shadow shell side silver similar skins species specimens spot stars stream surface T. W. WEBB telescope temperature terminator tion tube tumuli urns utricles vessels XII.-NO yellow
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Página 383 - Several writers have misapprehended or objected to the term Natural Selection. Some have even imagined that natural selection induces variability, whereas it implies only the preservation of such variations as arise and are beneficial to the being under its conditions of life.
Página 394 - The conclusions he had thus been able to arrive at are the following : — (1) That the surface of the chalk in the Valley of the Somme had assumed its present form prior to the deposition of any of the gravel or loess...
Página 382 - There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity...
Página 332 - I have seen the wild stone-avalanches of the Alps, which smoke and thunder down the declivities with a vehemence almost sufficient to stun the observer. I have also seen snow-flakes descending so softly as not to hurt the fragile spangles of which they were composed ; yet to produce, from aqueous...
Página 88 - We may infer from the facts above mentioned that the colouring matter of blood, like indigo, is capable of existing in two states of oxidation, distinguishable by a difference of colour and a fundamental difference i/i the action on the spectrum.
Página 404 - Capra hircus. The fourth skull belonged to the pig, and had a round hole in the frontals rather larger than a crown piece, which had the appearance of being made by human hands. The presence of the lower jaws with the skulls indicates that they were deposited in the cavern while the ligaments still bound them together. They were all more or less covered with decaying stalagmite. The outer chamber was remarkable for the absence of earth of any kind, except underneath the hole in the roof, where there...
Página 401 - AT the time man first appeared on the earth, the physical conditions obtaining in Western Europe were altogether different from those under which we now live. Britain formed part of the mainland of Europe, and low fertile plains, covered with the vegetation peculiar to a moderately severe climate, stretched far away into the Atlantic, from the present western coast line.* The Thames also, instead of flowing into the German ocean, joined the Elbe and the Rhine in an estuary, opening on the North Sea...
Página 179 - Kingdom, and for more effectually employing the Poor, by prohibiting the use and wear of all printed, painted, stained, or dyed Callicoes in Apparel, Household Stuff, Furniture or otherwise...
Página 406 - ... out of those thirty-one, all, with the exception of six, are still living in our island. The cave bear, cave lion, and cave hyaena had vanished away, along with a whole group of pachyderms, and of all the extinct animals but one, the Irish elk, still survived.