The Popular Science Review: A Quarterly Miscellany of Entertaining and Instructive Articles on Scientific Subjects, Volumen9James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas Robert Hardwicke, 1870 |
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... course we can know nothing of the capacity of the lunar surface matter for receiving and radiating dark heat , but upon the premise that bad reflectors are good radiators , we may base a conjecture that this capacity is rather great ...
... course we can know nothing of the capacity of the lunar surface matter for receiving and radiating dark heat , but upon the premise that bad reflectors are good radiators , we may base a conjecture that this capacity is rather great ...
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... course of disease . The reference to mandragora so often made in classical works of old , and in some of our earliest English poets , bears on the employment of an agent of this kind . Mandragora , or mandrake , belongs to the natural ...
... course of disease . The reference to mandragora so often made in classical works of old , and in some of our earliest English poets , bears on the employment of an agent of this kind . Mandragora , or mandrake , belongs to the natural ...
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... course of his enquiries he tells us that he had a very good oppor- tunity of ascertaining the power of the immediate operation of the gas in removing intense physical pain . In cutting one of the unlucky teeth called dentes sapientiæ ...
... course of his enquiries he tells us that he had a very good oppor- tunity of ascertaining the power of the immediate operation of the gas in removing intense physical pain . In cutting one of the unlucky teeth called dentes sapientiæ ...
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... course of exploration pursued by Lieutenant Berryman in the United States steamer Arctic , was systematically employed to take deep soundings and determine the nature of the sea bottom , that the real material at the bottom of deep ...
... course of exploration pursued by Lieutenant Berryman in the United States steamer Arctic , was systematically employed to take deep soundings and determine the nature of the sea bottom , that the real material at the bottom of deep ...
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... course to- wards the north - east between Iceland and the Hebrides would at once check or cause to cease the accumulation of foraminife- rous mud throughout the temperate latitudes of the north Atlantic . The depression of central ...
... course to- wards the north - east between Iceland and the Hebrides would at once check or cause to cease the accumulation of foraminife- rous mud throughout the temperate latitudes of the north Atlantic . The depression of central ...
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Página 374 - As it does not generally break up before it is raised above the surface of the sea, cautiously and anxiously I sank my bucket to a level with the dredge's mouth, and proceeded in the most gentle manner to introduce Luidia to the purer element. Whether the cold air was too much for him, or the sight of the bucket too terrific, I know not, but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve his corporation, and at every mesh of the dredge his fragments were seen escaping.
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Página 21 - In cutting one of the unlucky teeth called denies sapientiae, I experienced an extensive inflammation of the gum, accompanied with great pain, which equally destroyed the power of repose, and of consistent action. On the day when the inflammation was most troublesome, I breathed three large doses of nitrous oxide. The pain always diminished after the first four or five inspirations ; the thrilling came on as usual, and uneasiness was for a few minutes swallowed up in pleasure. As the former state...
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Página 95 - ... and I believe a little earth was plastered over the whole, so as to make the surface of the grave smooth and compact.
Página 167 - It would thus appear that the habit is not an instinct, belonging by inheritance to the whole species, but is in each case the result of individual experience. As with the same experience some bees have acquired the habit and others have not, we must admit not only that these insects are intelligent, but that they differ from each other in their degrees of intelligence, some being slow in acquiring knowledge, others quicker.
Página 209 - In all of them epithelium in different stages of deterioration was abundantly present, but very few spores were found in any fresh specimen. On the other hand, after the fluid had been kept for a few hours, myriads of vibriones and many spores were found. In a case of diphtheria, confervoid filaments were noticed, and in two other cases...