Science, Volume 8John Michels (Journalist) Moses King, 1886 Since 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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... able addition to our educational literature by its recent publication of a paper by Dr. E. M. Hart- well of the Johns Hopkins university , on physical training in American colleges and universities . Mens sana in corpore sano , ' is ...
... able addition to our educational literature by its recent publication of a paper by Dr. E. M. Hart- well of the Johns Hopkins university , on physical training in American colleges and universities . Mens sana in corpore sano , ' is ...
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... able articles both of Dr. Seligman and of Professor James . How- ever familiar the views so well set forth in these articles may be to Professor Newcomb , there is no evidence of an acquaintance with them on the part of what might be ...
... able articles both of Dr. Seligman and of Professor James . How- ever familiar the views so well set forth in these articles may be to Professor Newcomb , there is no evidence of an acquaintance with them on the part of what might be ...
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... able to cite Professor Newcomb as an authority against such dogmatism . Again the article by Dr. James is criticised be- cause there is so little to object to in it . This is another concession which must give satisfaction to many ...
... able to cite Professor Newcomb as an authority against such dogmatism . Again the article by Dr. James is criticised be- cause there is so little to object to in it . This is another concession which must give satisfaction to many ...
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... able paper was read by Dr. Meymolt Tidy on the chemical treatment of sewage . Premising that The above is simply a general account of the experi- ments . For a detailed account , the reader is referred to the full paper on the subject ...
... able paper was read by Dr. Meymolt Tidy on the chemical treatment of sewage . Premising that The above is simply a general account of the experi- ments . For a detailed account , the reader is referred to the full paper on the subject ...
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... able to find out the essential facts for himself ; while the other man will never be able to make any really valuable use of his knowledge . Hence I prefer a system of instruction which is more concerned in teach- ing the student how to ...
... able to find out the essential facts for himself ; while the other man will never be able to make any really valuable use of his knowledge . Hence I prefer a system of instruction which is more concerned in teach- ing the student how to ...
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Page 199 - The Court agree to give Four Hundred Pounds towards a School or College, whereof Two Hundred Pounds shall be paid the next year, and Two Hundred Pounds when the work is finished, and the next Court to appoint where and what building.
Page 167 - ... and the stars of the heaven fell unto the earth, as a fig tree casteth her unripe figs, when she is shaken of a great wind.
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Page 172 - For a long time it was accepted without hesitation that these bodies required great heat for their first consolidation. Their resemblance to the earth's volcanic rocks was insisted on by mineralogists. Professor J. Lawrence Smith in 1855 asserted without reserve that " they have all been subject to a more or less prolonged igneous action corresponding to that of terrestrial volcanoes.
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Page 179 - In the light of the facts which have now been set forth, it becomes evident that, to insure the creation of a speech which shall be the parent of a new linguistic stock, all that is needed is that two or more young children should be placed by themselves in a condition where they will be entirely, or in a large degree, free from the presence and influence of their elders. They must, of course, continue in this condition long enough to grow up, to form a household, and to have descendants to whom...