Nature, Volume 37Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1888 |
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Página 170 - Go, and search diligently for the young child ; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also. 9 When they had heard the king, they departed ; and lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
Página 43 - Thus, when less than half a century ago, Continental countries began to construct railways and to erect modern mills and mechanical workshops, they found themselves face to face with a full-grown industrial organization in this country, which was almost a sealed book to those who could not obtain access to our factories.
Página 35 - General Report on the operations of the Survey of India Department, administered under the Government of India, during 1885-86.
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Página 44 - ... instruction in the branches of science and art, with respect to which grants are for the time being made by the Department of Science and Art, and any other form of instruction (including modern languages and commercial and agricultural subjects) which may for the time being be sanctioned by that Department...
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Página 187 - Report published fur the year 1886 by the Surveyor-General of Ceylon shows that rainfall observations are now taken at eighty-three stations. General observations are made at sixteen' stations. The Report contains a map showing the mean annual rainfall of the island, and a diagram of the mean monthly fall at the principal stations. An important discussion of the Ceylon rainfall observations will be found in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society for October last. THE Russian Government...
Página 161 - On the upper side these nodules are coated in spots with a black crust similar to that found on the mass, but on the lower side the crust extends completely around the side of the nodules, showing the fusion very plainly. The troilite is very bright and fresh, like a newly broken mineral, and on the upper side one of...