Monthly Journal of Science, and Annals of Biology, Astronomy, Geology, Industrial Arts, Manufactures, and Technology, Volumen7James Samuelson, William Crookes J. Churchill and Sons., 1870 |
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... become evident as we see laws obeyed in like manner by light and sound ; by undula- tions , one set of which are millions of times the size of the other . Another strong point in this analogy is presented by the phe- nomena of ...
... become evident as we see laws obeyed in like manner by light and sound ; by undula- tions , one set of which are millions of times the size of the other . Another strong point in this analogy is presented by the phe- nomena of ...
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... become conscious what note has been sung . A similar arrangement to the foregoing is fitted within each of our ears . In the inner ear there is a con- trivance known as Corti's organ , which consists of no less than 3000 differently ...
... become conscious what note has been sung . A similar arrangement to the foregoing is fitted within each of our ears . In the inner ear there is a con- trivance known as Corti's organ , which consists of no less than 3000 differently ...
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... become directly visible . Now it is highly im- probable that the retina of every animal in creation should be , as it were , tuned to the same pitch as ours ; and if this be so , then forces unrecognized by our senses are perceptible ...
... become directly visible . Now it is highly im- probable that the retina of every animal in creation should be , as it were , tuned to the same pitch as ours ; and if this be so , then forces unrecognized by our senses are perceptible ...
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... becomes remarkably clear . This clearness has by an eminent physicist been attributed to the fact that on ordinary ... become heavier and sink to the ground ; thus the atmosphere is cleared from these solid particles which at the same ...
... becomes remarkably clear . This clearness has by an eminent physicist been attributed to the fact that on ordinary ... become heavier and sink to the ground ; thus the atmosphere is cleared from these solid particles which at the same ...
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... becomes both a representative picture , and an acoustic painting , whilst the musical scale is literally a rainbow of ... become victims of the " idola tribus , ' lest we strive to impose on nature a greater degree of simplicity than her ...
... becomes both a representative picture , and an acoustic painting , whilst the musical scale is literally a rainbow of ... become victims of the " idola tribus , ' lest we strive to impose on nature a greater degree of simplicity than her ...
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Página 202 - CONTRIBUTIONS RELATING TO THE CAUSATION AND PREVENTION OF DISEASE, AND TO CAMP DISEASES; TOGETHER WITH A REPORT OF THE DISEASES, ETC., AMONG THE PRISONERS AT ANDERSONVILLE, GA.
Página 333 - ... forfeit and pay a sum of not more than five pounds nor less than forty shillings, and upon a second conviction for such offence the sum of ten pounds, and for each subsequent conviction a sum double the amount of the penalty imposed for the last preceding conviction, but the highest amount of such penalty shall not in any case exceed the sum of two hundred pounds...
Página 28 - First Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the best means of preventing the pollution of Rivers (River Thames).
Página 318 - Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of Nature ; and in such things as these experiment is the best test of consistency.
Página 295 - The CLIMATE of the SOUTH of FRANCE as SUITED to INVALIDS; with Notices of Mediterranean and other Winter Stations. By CT WILLIAMS, MAMD Oxon. Assistant-Physician to the Hospital for Consumption at Brompton. Second Edition. Crown Svo. 6s. REPORTS on the PROGRESS of PRACTICAL and SCIENTIFIC MEDICINE in Different Parts of the World.
Página 338 - ... amended, that it might be well to give some account of it here. The plaintiff proved he had received damage from smoke coming from the direction of the defendant's works, and alleged that the damage he had sustained was wholly done by them, intimating that if he gained a verdict in the present suit he should apply to the Court of Chancery for an injunction to restrain the carrying on of the works altogether, as he believed he would then be free from all damage. In defence it was pointed out that...
Página 506 - I therefore wrote the board full from top to bottom on both sides ; and my landlord, to be certain of having the whole force of the charm, washed the writing from the board into a calabash with a little water, and having said a few prayers over it, drank this powerful draught: after which, lest a single word should escape, he licked the board until it was quite dry.
Página 319 - The spiritualist tells of flowers with the fresh dew on them, of fruit and living objects being carried through closed windows, and even solid brick walls. The scientific investigator naturally asks that an additional weight (if it be only the thousandth part of a grain) be deposited on one pan of his balance when the case is locked.