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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... inches ( fig . b ) . This is the typical British oak , the pride of our sailors , when men fought bravely , and did not care to vie with each other as to who should make the most secure skulking - places . The tree , - Whose roots ...
... inches ( fig . b ) . This is the typical British oak , the pride of our sailors , when men fought bravely , and did not care to vie with each other as to who should make the most secure skulking - places . The tree , - Whose roots ...
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... of the chestnut would appear to deteriorate . Quercus Robur intermedia , having a petiole intermediate in length between the other two varieties described , and a peduncle varying from a quarter to one inch in length , THE BRITISH OAK .
... of the chestnut would appear to deteriorate . Quercus Robur intermedia , having a petiole intermediate in length between the other two varieties described , and a peduncle varying from a quarter to one inch in length , THE BRITISH OAK .
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... inch to an inch and a half long ( Plate III . fig . 13 ) , and is attenuated at each end . Owing to its various modes of reproduction it increases very rapidly , and its numbers cause patches of red on the surface of the mud on which it ...
... inch to an inch and a half long ( Plate III . fig . 13 ) , and is attenuated at each end . Owing to its various modes of reproduction it increases very rapidly , and its numbers cause patches of red on the surface of the mud on which it ...
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... inches aperture , nor any other of the splendid list of his scientific instruments given in the catalogue , arrived , although they had been eagerly expected , at the International Exhibition . Still , however , enough has been ...
... inches aperture , nor any other of the splendid list of his scientific instruments given in the catalogue , arrived , although they had been eagerly expected , at the International Exhibition . Still , however , enough has been ...
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... inches aperture is the largest successful attempt that has hitherto been effected . It is the work of Wray , and has been ground and polished to the true curves by his improved methods ; speaking admirably for the perfection of the ...
... inches aperture is the largest successful attempt that has hitherto been effected . It is the work of Wray , and has been ground and polished to the true curves by his improved methods ; speaking admirably for the perfection of the ...
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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!