The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1862 |
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Pàgina 140
... animal struck by lightning , a portion of the fiery hand of the lightning itself has passed over the victim and left its mark . Several cases of this kind were described and discussed , but allow- ance must be made for the imagination ...
... animal struck by lightning , a portion of the fiery hand of the lightning itself has passed over the victim and left its mark . Several cases of this kind were described and discussed , but allow- ance must be made for the imagination ...
Pàgina 154
... animal on two occasions , and find it exactly the same weight . In the interim the animal must have taken in food and oxygen , and have given out carbon , nitro- gen , and urea ; therefore , certain quantities of materials have been ...
... animal on two occasions , and find it exactly the same weight . In the interim the animal must have taken in food and oxygen , and have given out carbon , nitro- gen , and urea ; therefore , certain quantities of materials have been ...
Pàgina 155
... animal ex ovo ( says the Professor ) , it has been attempted to formularize the law of development by the ex- pression , Omnis cellula e cellulâ , and to maintain that we must not transfer the seat of real action to any point beyond the ...
... animal ex ovo ( says the Professor ) , it has been attempted to formularize the law of development by the ex- pression , Omnis cellula e cellulâ , and to maintain that we must not transfer the seat of real action to any point beyond the ...
Pàgina 165
... animal is immersed . In fact , when the electric organ , or even a fragment of it , is removed from the living fish , and placed between the ends of a galvanometer , the needle remains deflected at a constant angle for twenty or thirty ...
... animal is immersed . In fact , when the electric organ , or even a fragment of it , is removed from the living fish , and placed between the ends of a galvanometer , the needle remains deflected at a constant angle for twenty or thirty ...
Pàgina 166
... animal , or by the excitation of the nerves of the organ . I shall not enter now into further details respecting my recent experiments on the torpedo , but I venture to think that we have really made a step towards clearing up the ...
... animal , or by the excitation of the nerves of the organ . I shall not enter now into further details respecting my recent experiments on the torpedo , but I venture to think that we have really made a step towards clearing up the ...
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Pàgina 243 - In the front of the crown, and in the centre of a diamond Maltese cross, is the famous ruby, said to have been given to Edward, Prince of Wales, son of...
Pàgina 287 - Tables for Land Valuers. THE LAND VALUER'S BEST ASSISTANT: being Tables, on a very much improved Plan, for Calculating the Value of Estates. With Tables for reducing Scotch, Irish, and Provincial Customary Acres to Statute Measure, &c. By R. HUDSON, CE New Edition, royal 32mo, leather, gilt edges, elastic band, 4^.
Pàgina 119 - It is also impossible to conceive either the beginning or the continuance of life without a creating and overruling power. The author's object was to lay before the Section an application of these general views to the discovery of probable limits to the periods of tune, past and future, during which the sun can be reckoned on as a source of heat and light.
Pàgina 285 - Maury's book will not hereafter be classed with the works of the great men who have taken the lead in extending and improving knowledge and art ; his book displays in a remarkable degree, like the ' Advancement of Learning,' and the ' Natural History* of Buffon, profound research and magnificent imagination.
Pàgina 243 - From the upper part of the arches are suspended four large pendant pear-shaped pearls, with rose diamond caps, containing twelve rose diamonds, and stems containing twenty-four very small rose diamonds. Above the arch stands the mound, containing in the lower hemisphere 304 brilliants, and in the upper 244 brilliants ; the zone and arc being composed of thirty-three rose diamonds.
Pàgina 285 - The Physical Geography of the Sea and its Meteorology ; or, the Economy of the Sea and its Adaptations, its Salts, its Waters, its Climates, its Inhabitants, and whatever there may be of general interest in its Commercial Uses or Industrial Pursuits.