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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Proceeding in his effort to throw the Login - Eads notion overboard , Mr. Harrod cites facts concerning erosion below Cairo to show that the more heavily silt - laden water on the west side of the river is also more active as an agent ...
Proceeding in his effort to throw the Login - Eads notion overboard , Mr. Harrod cites facts concerning erosion below Cairo to show that the more heavily silt - laden water on the west side of the river is also more active as an agent ...
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The fact is evident , that the water on the west side is more heavily laden because erosion on that side is most active . This , of course , directs the search for the cause of erosion in another direction than the one which those who ...
The fact is evident , that the water on the west side is more heavily laden because erosion on that side is most active . This , of course , directs the search for the cause of erosion in another direction than the one which those who ...
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The second difficulty is called induction , and is noticed when two or more wires are run side by side and near together , as they neces- sarily are in an underground cable . If the signals on one wire of such a cable be sharp and quick ...
The second difficulty is called induction , and is noticed when two or more wires are run side by side and near together , as they neces- sarily are in an underground cable . If the signals on one wire of such a cable be sharp and quick ...
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... an undetermined spe- cies of Scyllaea , a nudibranch characterized by a pair of tentacle shields , and two pairs of elongate narrow processes of the skin upon the back , on the inner side of which white delicate gills are placed .
... an undetermined spe- cies of Scyllaea , a nudibranch characterized by a pair of tentacle shields , and two pairs of elongate narrow processes of the skin upon the back , on the inner side of which white delicate gills are placed .
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Even in minor points , mod- ern innovations have been resisted : silica still appears in all the formulas as SiO3 , water as HO ; and so on . The portion of the work which is devoted to the practical side of the subject contains ...
Even in minor points , mod- ern innovations have been resisted : silica still appears in all the formulas as SiO3 , water as HO ; and so on . The portion of the work which is devoted to the practical side of the subject contains ...
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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,
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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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