The Popular Science Review: A Quarterly Miscellany of Entertaining and Instructive Articles on Scientific Subjects, Volumen14James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas Robert Hardwicke, 1875 |
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... feet 19 10 63 85 10 " " 97 12 / " " 6698 6 25 0 29 33 10 99 45 10 80000 £ S. d . 21 10 27 0 200 £ 8. d . ... 43 5 0 36 10 0 64 0 0 29 72 10 0 49 10 0 76 10 0 89 0 0 108 10 0 CALVER'S SILVERED - GLASS SPECULA ( unmounted ) , Performance ...
... feet 19 10 63 85 10 " " 97 12 / " " 6698 6 25 0 29 33 10 99 45 10 80000 £ S. d . 21 10 27 0 200 £ 8. d . ... 43 5 0 36 10 0 64 0 0 29 72 10 0 49 10 0 76 10 0 89 0 0 108 10 0 CALVER'S SILVERED - GLASS SPECULA ( unmounted ) , Performance ...
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... feet from the anthers . During this process the maxillæ and the labium are commonly bent beneath the breast as when at rest ; the jaws are opened , and a drop of honey is spit out upon the pollen . The dry pollen of Plantago lanceolata ...
... feet from the anthers . During this process the maxillæ and the labium are commonly bent beneath the breast as when at rest ; the jaws are opened , and a drop of honey is spit out upon the pollen . The dry pollen of Plantago lanceolata ...
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... feet above mean sea level ; but occasionally they rise to 60 or 70 feet . At the mouth of the little river Lyne there is a hill 87 feet high . Where these links occur , the adjacent ground is mostly flat , and the 50 - feet contour line ...
... feet above mean sea level ; but occasionally they rise to 60 or 70 feet . At the mouth of the little river Lyne there is a hill 87 feet high . Where these links occur , the adjacent ground is mostly flat , and the 50 - feet contour line ...
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... feet ; and towards Bournemouth blown sand caps the cliffs up to a height of 200 feet . There is some sand at the north end of the Isle of Portland , which , with the extremity of the Chesil Beach , would join the island to the main land ...
... feet ; and towards Bournemouth blown sand caps the cliffs up to a height of 200 feet . There is some sand at the north end of the Isle of Portland , which , with the extremity of the Chesil Beach , would join the island to the main land ...
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... feet , but elsewhere they are lower . Near Formby they cover a belt of ground nearly three miles wide ; here they have made serious inroads during historic times . Southport lies amongst the dunes ; and here the blowing sand frequently ...
... feet , but elsewhere they are lower . Near Formby they cover a belt of ground nearly three miles wide ; here they have made serious inroads during historic times . Southport lies amongst the dunes ; and here the blowing sand frequently ...
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Página 441 - It is caused by everything which weakens the system in general, or the stomach in particular. From it proceed nearly all the diseases to which we are liable ; for it is very certain that if we could always keep the stomach right we should only die by old age or accident. Indigestion produces a great variety of unpleasant sensations; amongst the...
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Página 443 - ... quantities of noxious matter, which are introduced into our food, either by accident or wilful adulteration, which we find so often upset the stomach, and not unfrequently lay the foundation of illness, and perhaps final ruination to health. To preserve the constitution, it should be our constant care, if possible, to counteract the effect of these small quantities of unwholesome matter; and whenever, in that way, an enemy to the constitution finds its...
Página 443 - Pills, which will so promptly assist in carrying off the burden thus imposed upon it that all will soon be right again. It is most certainly true that every person in his lifetime consumes a quantity of noxious matter, which if taken at one meal would be fatal; it is these small quantities of noxious matter, which are introduced into our food, either by accident or wilful adulteration, which we find BO often upset the stomach, and not unfrequently lay the foundation of illness, and perhaps final...
Página 442 - ... and which must be taken with it into the stomach. It requires a quarter of a pint of boiling water to dissolve the soluble portion of one drachm of Camomile flowers; and when one or even two ounces may be taken with advantage, it must at once be seen how impossible it is to take a proper dose of this wholesome herb in the form of tea : and the only reason why it has not long since been placed the very first in rank of all...
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