The Popular Science Monthly, Volumen5D. Appleton, 1874 |
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... functions of the male , nor has any one else that I am aware of . The males in all plant - lice are quite rare , and , in the great majority of species , unknown . Where known , this sex bears about the same relation to the female as ...
... functions of the male , nor has any one else that I am aware of . The males in all plant - lice are quite rare , and , in the great majority of species , unknown . Where known , this sex bears about the same relation to the female as ...
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... functions of these problematic and gy- nandrous individuals , it would seem , from some exceedingly interesting observations lately made by Balbiani , ' that they cannot be males , if there be any such thing as unity of habit and ...
... functions of these problematic and gy- nandrous individuals , it would seem , from some exceedingly interesting observations lately made by Balbiani , ' that they cannot be males , if there be any such thing as unity of habit and ...
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... functions , from the crystal , is just this : in the crystal the matter is in stable equilibrium , while a stream of matter pours through the organic being , and its matter is in a state of more or less perfect dynamic equlibrium , the ...
... functions , from the crystal , is just this : in the crystal the matter is in stable equilibrium , while a stream of matter pours through the organic being , and its matter is in a state of more or less perfect dynamic equlibrium , the ...
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... functions of the brain ; or , to use a rather homely expression , thought is to the brain what the bile is to the liver , or the urine to the kidneys . " The unscientific world were shocked at the simile , considering it to be an ...
... functions of the brain ; or , to use a rather homely expression , thought is to the brain what the bile is to the liver , or the urine to the kidneys . " The unscientific world were shocked at the simile , considering it to be an ...
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... functions of living substance . The gulf which separates the artificial processes of synthetic chemistry from those really em- ployed by the plant or animal is a wide one , across which lies as yet no solid bridge of fact and theory ...
... functions of living substance . The gulf which separates the artificial processes of synthetic chemistry from those really em- ployed by the plant or animal is a wide one , across which lies as yet no solid bridge of fact and theory ...
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Página 771 - The Association contemplates no interference with the ground occupied by other institutions. Its objects are—to give a stronger impulse and a more systematic direction to scientific inquiry ; to promote the intercourse of those who cultivate science in différent parts of the British Empire, with one another, and with foreign
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Página 136 - the bud, Feed on her damask cheek ; she pined in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.'
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Página 228 - book on the subjection of women strike one with positive amazement. He calls upon us to own that what is now called the nature of women is an eminently artificial thing, the result of forced repression in some directions, of unnatural stimulation in others ; that their character
Página 112 - Philosophical Transactions ' of 1850, we have the results thus stated : 1. ' The quantity of heat produced by the friction of bodies, whether solid or liquid, is always proportional to the quantity of force expended ; ' 2. ' The quantity of heat capable of increasing the temperature of a pound of water by 1°
Página 771 - parts of the British Empire, with one another, and with foreign philosophers ; to obtain a more general attention to the objects of science, and the removal of any disadvantages of a public kind which impede its progress.
Página 650 - loveliness of perfect deeds, More strong than all poetic thought— " Which he may read that binds the sheaf, Or builds the house, or digs the grave, And those wild eyes that watch the wave, In roarings round the