The Popular Science Review: A Quarterly Miscellany of Entertaining and Instructive Articles on Scientific Subjects, Volume 2James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas Robert Hardwicke, 1863 |
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... Evidences of the volcanic character of the moun- tain are abundant . Numerous specimens of lava , pumice , and other volcanic products , have been discovered on the sides and base of the mountain . Columnar crystals of basalt are ...
... Evidences of the volcanic character of the moun- tain are abundant . Numerous specimens of lava , pumice , and other volcanic products , have been discovered on the sides and base of the mountain . Columnar crystals of basalt are ...
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... evidence , tending to show that the drift was no rapid denudation but a slowly - formed deposit , is the occurrence in it of shells which lived at the time . These have been found in various parts of our islands , but few lists are more ...
... evidence , tending to show that the drift was no rapid denudation but a slowly - formed deposit , is the occurrence in it of shells which lived at the time . These have been found in various parts of our islands , but few lists are more ...
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... evidence , that it could not be less than 800 miles ; and , now , Professor W. Thompson has pointed out a means by which a more exact measurement may be made . His argument appears to be that the earth is extremely rigid , for were its ...
... evidence , that it could not be less than 800 miles ; and , now , Professor W. Thompson has pointed out a means by which a more exact measurement may be made . His argument appears to be that the earth is extremely rigid , for were its ...
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... evidence of a damp atmosphere , and considerable fluctuations in tem- perature , as being paramount among the causes that have occasioned so much destruction . The glass - plate in front of the pictures is frequently bedimmed with a ...
... evidence of a damp atmosphere , and considerable fluctuations in tem- perature , as being paramount among the causes that have occasioned so much destruction . The glass - plate in front of the pictures is frequently bedimmed with a ...
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... evidence of their existence in quite recent times , though now only three , or perhaps four , remain . The wings are reduced to the merest rudiments ; the feathers have no accessory plume , and their shafts are prolonged beyond the back ...
... evidence of their existence in quite recent times , though now only three , or perhaps four , remain . The wings are reduced to the merest rudiments ; the feathers have no accessory plume , and their shafts are prolonged beyond the back ...
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Página 393 - 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, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.
Página 343 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up...
Página 392 - Authors of the highest eminence seem to be fully satisfied with the view that each species has been independently created. To my mind it accords better with what we know of the laws impressed on matter by the Creator, that the production and extinction of the past and present inhabitants of the world should have been due to secondary causes, like those determining the birth and death of the individual.
Página 350 - And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and...
Página 392 - I believe that animals are descended from at most only four or five progenitors, and plants from an equal or lesser number.
Página 21 - As nitrous oxide in its extensive operation appears capable of destroying physical pain, it may probably be used with advantage during surgical operations in which no great effusion of blood takes place.
Página 496 - That, for instance, in acquiring the sensation of redness, our eyes are affected four hundred and eighty-two millions of millions of times ; of yellowness, five hundred and forty-two millions of millions of times ; and of violet, seven hundred and seven millions of millions of times per second...
Página 348 - Trees having this character of wood are rare, and do not exist in the proportion of one to a hundred. The serpentine direction of the fibre, which renders them difficult to split and to work, produces, in the hands of a skilful mechanic, the most beautiful effects of light and shade. These effects are rendered more striking, if, after smoothing the surface of the wood with a double-ironed plane, it is rubbed with a little sulphuric acid, and afterwards anointed with linseed oil.
Página 259 - Ag. fusipes to pickle, in clusters under them ; Puffballs, which some of our friends have not inaptly compared to sweet-bread for the rich delicacy of their unassisted flavour ; Hydna as good as oysters, which they somewhat resemble in taste ; Agaricus deliciosus, reminding us of tender lamb-kidneys ; the beautiful yellow Chantarelle, that kalon kagathon of diet, growing by the bushel...
Página 544 - Stopped the horses to clear a way, whilst I advanced a few yards on to the beach, and was gratified and delighted to behold the water of the Indian Ocean in Van Diemen's Gulf, before the party with the horses knew anything of its proximity. Thring, who rode in advance of me, called out "The Sea!