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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regarded Mr. Darwin's career or the requirements of a work of art, no site could be so appropriate as this great hall; and they applied to the trustees of the British museum for permission to erect it in it* present position.
regarded Mr. Darwin's career or the requirements of a work of art, no site could be so appropriate as this great hall; and they applied to the trustees of the British museum for permission to erect it in it* present position.
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He has probably been misled by the abnormal con- dition of things the present year in the District of Columbia , where the English sparrow has so pre- vented the full maturity of the males , and so deci- mated their ranks , that the ...
He has probably been misled by the abnormal con- dition of things the present year in the District of Columbia , where the English sparrow has so pre- vented the full maturity of the males , and so deci- mated their ranks , that the ...
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This portion of the work is not only in no sense an original contribution , but it is not even a satisfactorily competent presentation of the present condition of the science . The author is evidently a faithful student of Haüy and ...
This portion of the work is not only in no sense an original contribution , but it is not even a satisfactorily competent presentation of the present condition of the science . The author is evidently a faithful student of Haüy and ...
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-The Geological magazine of London attains its majority the present summer ; and as the present editor , Dr. Henry Woodward of the British museum , has been connected with it from the beginning , and during almost the whole time as its ...
-The Geological magazine of London attains its majority the present summer ; and as the present editor , Dr. Henry Woodward of the British museum , has been connected with it from the beginning , and during almost the whole time as its ...
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We understand that a laboratory and its appliances , sufficient for the present , will be supplied at once at the university in the city . But eventually the principal work of the school will probably be carried on at the garden at ...
We understand that a laboratory and its appliances , sufficient for the present , will be supplied at once at the university in the city . But eventually the principal work of the school will probably be carried on at the garden at ...
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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
Page 99 - quite like the French academy, — a sovereign organ of the highest literary opinion, a recognized authority in matters of intellectual tone and taste, we shall hardly have, and perhaps we ought not to wish to have it."
Page 6 - communications concerning the proposed change in the time for beginning the astronomical day, as recommended by the recent International meridian conference at Washington, the lords of the committee of council on education requested the following committee to advise them as to what steps should be taken in the matter : Prof. JC Adams,
Page 382 - Helmholtz, HLF The sensations of tone as a physiological basis for the theory of music. 2d
Page 31 - the extent to which the strata above or below the gassand are cracked; (c) the dip of the gassand, and the position of the anticlines and synclines; (d) the relative proportions of water, oil, and gas contained in the sand; and (e) the pressure under which the gas exists before being tapped by wells.
Page 433 - and The preventable causes of disease, injury, and death in American manufactories and workshops, and the best means and appliances for preventing and avoiding them. The
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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