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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... close to the Spanish frontier . state had little to do with the establishment of this laboratory : Professor de Lacaze - Duthiers preferred asking money right and left , of the municipal boards , of the towns of Perpignan , Banyuls ...
... close to the Spanish frontier . state had little to do with the establishment of this laboratory : Professor de Lacaze - Duthiers preferred asking money right and left , of the municipal boards , of the towns of Perpignan , Banyuls ...
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... close . It had been decided that it was better to anticipate the anniversary some weeks , because in August many members of the academy are out of Paris , taking some rest , or travelling , and be- cause postponing is rather dangerous ...
... close . It had been decided that it was better to anticipate the anniversary some weeks , because in August many members of the academy are out of Paris , taking some rest , or travelling , and be- cause postponing is rather dangerous ...
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... close proximity to the sun , and drawing closer all the time , should cool down and be- come solid and non - luminous , such as the earth , Mars , or the moon is at the present time , -is certainly some- thing on which Mr. Proctor's ...
... close proximity to the sun , and drawing closer all the time , should cool down and be- come solid and non - luminous , such as the earth , Mars , or the moon is at the present time , -is certainly some- thing on which Mr. Proctor's ...
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... close in 1783 , John Warren , a doctor of medicine . From that time on , there was no hesitation in the bestowal of degrees in other faculties than that of arts . I need not rehearse the steps by which the schools of medicine , law ...
... close in 1783 , John Warren , a doctor of medicine . From that time on , there was no hesitation in the bestowal of degrees in other faculties than that of arts . I need not rehearse the steps by which the schools of medicine , law ...
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... close of the civil war , presented a strong plea for the reference of international disputes to uni- versities . Reminding the secretary that their au- thority had been invoked upon internal controver- sies in France and Germany , he ...
... close of the civil war , presented a strong plea for the reference of international disputes to uni- versities . Reminding the secretary that their au- thority had been invoked upon internal controver- sies in France and Germany , he ...
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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.
Page 447 - Each voter has as many votes as there are members to be elected, and may give them all to one candidate.
Page 167 - And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth : and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
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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...