The Popular Science Monthly, Volumen37D. Appleton, 1890 |
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... regions . Mercury presents itself to the sun in different phases of its cycle in a similar manner . It constantly directs one of its diameters , not toward the focus of its elliptical orbit which is occupied by the sun , but toward the ...
... regions . Mercury presents itself to the sun in different phases of its cycle in a similar manner . It constantly directs one of its diameters , not toward the focus of its elliptical orbit which is occupied by the sun , but toward the ...
Página 67
... regions , cov- ering a quarter of the planet , in which the arc of oscillation is partly above and partly below the horizon , there will be alterna- tions of light and darkness . In these privileged regions the pe- riod of eighty ...
... regions , cov- ering a quarter of the planet , in which the arc of oscillation is partly above and partly below the horizon , there will be alterna- tions of light and darkness . In these privileged regions the pe- riod of eighty ...
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... regions that remain in sight several days in succession , but are generally changeable , and show themselves sometimes in ... region , sometimes in another . An observer , looking from the depths of space upon the countries of our earth ...
... regions that remain in sight several days in succession , but are generally changeable , and show themselves sometimes in ... region , sometimes in another . An observer , looking from the depths of space upon the countries of our earth ...
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... region of mind , beyond mechanical sequence to purpose , beyond all veræ causæ to the causa causarum , beyond Nature to God . I will close this paper by recording an incident which was communicated to me some years ago in the course of ...
... region of mind , beyond mechanical sequence to purpose , beyond all veræ causæ to the causa causarum , beyond Nature to God . I will close this paper by recording an incident which was communicated to me some years ago in the course of ...
Página 90
... region lower than that which may , with all reverence , be described as the mind , or as the imagination of God . - Nineteenth Century . I CATS AND THEIR FRIENDSHIPS . By W. H. LARRABEE 90 . THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY .
... region lower than that which may , with all reverence , be described as the mind , or as the imagination of God . - Nineteenth Century . I CATS AND THEIR FRIENDSHIPS . By W. H. LARRABEE 90 . THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY .
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Página 606 - Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark : and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged ; the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained...
Página 144 - Ancient History, containing the Political History, Geographical Position, and Social State of the Principal Nations of Antiquity, carefully digested from the Ancient Writers and illustrated by the discoveries of Modern Scholars and Travellers.
Página 261 - It seems hard that widows and orphans should be left to struggle for life or death. Nevertheless, when regarded not separately, but in connection with the interests of universal humanity, these harsh fatalities are seen to be full of the highest beneficence — the same beneficence which brings to early graves the children of diseased parents, and singles out the low-spirited, the intemperate, and the debilitated as the victims of an epidemic.
Página 76 - I am fully convinced that species are not immutable ; but that those belonging to what are called the same genera are lineal descendants of some other and generally extinct species, in the same manner as the acknowledged varieties of any one species are the descendants of that species. Furthermore, I am convinced that Natural Selection has been the most important, but not the exclusive, means of modification.
Página 599 - But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark. And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Página 288 - Principles of Monocular and Binocular Vision, By JOSEPH LE CONTE, LL. D. With 132 Illustrations.
Página 480 - ... the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of His indignation : and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb : and the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever : and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
Página 242 - ... it is supposed that a shrew-mouse is of so baneful and deleterious a nature, that wherever it creeps over a beast, be it horse, cow, or sheep, the suffering animal is afflicted with cruel anguish, and threatened with the loss of the use of the limb.
Página 480 - And if thy hand cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed, rather than having thy two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.
Página 288 - It has often been vaguely asserted that plants are distinguished from animals by not having the power of movement. It should rather be said that plants acquire and display this power only when it is of some advantage to them...