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... Liquids and Gases , by William Ramsay 289 299 303 Present Problems in Evolution and Heredity , by H. F. Osborn ... . Report on the Migration of Birds , by J. A. Palmén 313 375 The Empire of the Air , by L. P. Mouillard . Progress of ...
... Liquids and Gases , by William Ramsay 289 299 303 Present Problems in Evolution and Heredity , by H. F. Osborn ... . Report on the Migration of Birds , by J. A. Palmén 313 375 The Empire of the Air , by L. P. Mouillard . Progress of ...
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... liquids : Fig . 1 300 Molecular Process in Magnetic In- Fig . 2 308 duction : Present Problems in Evolution and Fig . 1 257 Heredity : Fig . 2 . 258 Fig . 1 336 Figs . 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 . 259 Figs . 2 , 3 312 Figs . 7 , 8 , 9 . 260 Figs . 4 ...
... liquids : Fig . 1 300 Molecular Process in Magnetic In- Fig . 2 308 duction : Present Problems in Evolution and Fig . 1 257 Heredity : Fig . 2 . 258 Fig . 1 336 Figs . 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 . 259 Figs . 2 , 3 312 Figs . 7 , 8 , 9 . 260 Figs . 4 ...
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... liquid , but under those of short duration it behaves like a hard and brittle solid . Thus it is possible to slowly alter the shape of a lens while polishing , in any desired direc- tion . It was only after the practical recognition of ...
... liquid , but under those of short duration it behaves like a hard and brittle solid . Thus it is possible to slowly alter the shape of a lens while polishing , in any desired direc- tion . It was only after the practical recognition of ...
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... liquid en- velope was for a long period confined to certain districts . In those districts successive crusts were formed , which sunk through the liquid envelope to the solid nucleus and by their accumulation built up the continental ...
... liquid en- velope was for a long period confined to certain districts . In those districts successive crusts were formed , which sunk through the liquid envelope to the solid nucleus and by their accumulation built up the continental ...
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... liquid sphere the only differentiation of surface condition we can readily conceive is that between equatorial and polar regions , and if such differentiation were sufficient to cause or localize continental elevations , then these ...
... liquid sphere the only differentiation of surface condition we can readily conceive is that between equatorial and polar regions , and if such differentiation were sufficient to cause or localize continental elevations , then these ...
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Side 586 - I hold every man a debtor to his profession ; from the which, as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavor themselves by way of amends to be a help and ornament thereunto.
Side 586 - Equally derogatory to professional character is it for a physician to hold a patent for any surgical instrument or medicine, or to dispense a secret nostrum, whether it be the composition or exclusive property of himself or of others.
Side xxi - Welling, and the Secretary. The reading of the minutes of the last meeting was dispensed with, and the Secretary read a telegram from Dr.
Side 3 - London, for the purpose of founding "at Washington an establishment under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.
Side 118 - He has not permitted, in his works, any symptom of infancy or of old age, or any sign by which we may estimate either their future or their past duration. He may put an end, as he no doubt gave a beginning, to the present system, at some determinate period...
Side xlvii - ... such rules and restrictions as the officers in charge of each collection may prescribe, subject to such authority as is now or may hereafter be permitted by law, to the scientific investigators and to students of any institution of higher education now incorporated or hereafter to be incorporated under the laws of Congress or of the District of Columbia, to wit: 1.
Side 568 - To this must be added the circumstance, that the lower the state of culture, the more similar are the occupations of the two sexes. Among the Australians, the Bushmen, and other low races, possessing no fixed habitations, the wife partakes of all her husband's toils, and has, in addition, the care of the progeny. The sphere of occupation is the same for both sexes ; whilst among the civilised nations, there is a division both in physical and mental labour.
Side 584 - ... of the world. A patent requires a full and unreserved disclosure of the recipe, and the mode of compounding the same, for the public benefit when the term of the patent shall have expired ; and the Commissioner of Patents may. if he chooses, require the applicant to furnish specimens of the composition and of its ingredients, sufficient in quantity for the purpose of experiment. The law, however, does not require the applicant to furnish patients to be experimented on, and this may be the reason...
Side xi - Secretary, the reading of the minutes of 'the last annual meeting was dispensed with, in view of the fact that they have been printed on pages 59-(J8 of volume 11, number 3, of the American Mineralogist. ELECTION...
Side 115 - ... comparatively feeble action as had been witnessed by man could alone be recognized in the evidence from which geological history must be compiled. Well do I remember in my own boyhood what a cardinal article of faith this prepossession had become. We were taught by our great and honored master, Lyell, to believe implicitly in gentle and uniform operations, extended over indefinite periods of time, though possibly some, with the zeal of partisans, carried this belief to an extreme which Lyell...