Science, Volume 6Since Jan. 1901 the official proceedings and most of the papers of the American Association for the Advancement of Science have been included in Science. |
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What it took European nations hundreds of years to find out, the shrewdest of our public benefactors are fully aware of, ... the observatory of which has just received a bequest of nearly three hundred thousand dollars ...
What it took European nations hundreds of years to find out, the shrewdest of our public benefactors are fully aware of, ... the observatory of which has just received a bequest of nearly three hundred thousand dollars ...
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What it took European nations hundreds ... three hundred thousand dollars from the will of the late Mr. Robert Treat Paine of Brookline , Mass . The observatory receives one - half of this amount at once , -a sum large enough to enable ...
What it took European nations hundreds ... three hundred thousand dollars from the will of the late Mr. Robert Treat Paine of Brookline , Mass . The observatory receives one - half of this amount at once , -a sum large enough to enable ...
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... it took European nations hundreds of years to find out , the shrewdest of our public benefactors are fully aware of ... nearly three hundred thousand dollars from the will of the late Mr. Robert Treat Paine of Brookline , Mass .
... it took European nations hundreds of years to find out , the shrewdest of our public benefactors are fully aware of ... nearly three hundred thousand dollars from the will of the late Mr. Robert Treat Paine of Brookline , Mass .
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The first of these rivers to the east is the Yang-Tze-Kiang, which may be easily ascended for seven hundred kilometres. Junks can proceed above that as far as Sion-Choo, in Se-Chuen; but it is impossible to go higher, and consequently ...
The first of these rivers to the east is the Yang-Tze-Kiang, which may be easily ascended for seven hundred kilometres. Junks can proceed above that as far as Sion-Choo, in Se-Chuen; but it is impossible to go higher, and consequently ...
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What it took European nations hundreds ... The more one has , the more one receives , ' seems to be exemplified in the finances of our greatest university , the observatory of which has just received a bequest of nearly three hundred ...
What it took European nations hundreds ... The more one has , the more one receives , ' seems to be exemplified in the finances of our greatest university , the observatory of which has just received a bequest of nearly three hundred ...
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Page 340 - vision. In vain,—the blurred record was as blank as ever. The next night he saw the fish again, but with no more satisfactory result. When he awoke it disappeared from his memory as before. Hoping that the same experience might be repeated on the third night, he placed a pencil and
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Page 266 - terms such as a competent mathematician could deal with, disentangled from all reference to heredity, and in that shape submitted it to Mr. J. Hamilton Dickson, of St. Peter's college, Cambridge. I asked him kindly to investigate for me the surface of frequency of error that would result from these three data, and the various
Page 265 - discountenances extravagant fears that they will inherit all their weaknesses and diseases. The converse of this law is very far from being its numerical opposite. Because the most probable deviate of the son is only twothirds that of his midparentage , it does not in the least follow that the most probable deviate of the midparentage is
Page 333 - and the tooth became the most efficient weapon of attack. Still later, armor was discarded, and flight or concealment became the main methods of escape, and swift pursuit the principle of attack, while claws were added to teeth as assailing weapons. Finally, mentality came into play, intelligence became the most efficient agent both in attack and
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| Title | Science, Volume 6 |
| Editor | John Michels (Journalist) |
| Contributor | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Publisher | American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1885 |
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