Appleton's Popular Science Monthly, Հատոր 57D. Appleton and Company, 1900 |
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... animal who had not yet come to the careful stage of life . The women of this group are well made , but commonly less so than the men . In general form the two sexes of the group are much alike , a feature which also indicates an essen ...
... animal who had not yet come to the careful stage of life . The women of this group are well made , but commonly less so than the men . In general form the two sexes of the group are much alike , a feature which also indicates an essen ...
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... animals . The lynchings for assaults on white women appear at first sight to give some color to this view . It is , how- ever , evidently a difficult matter on which to form an opinion . It may be fairly said that these instances of ...
... animals . The lynchings for assaults on white women appear at first sight to give some color to this view . It is , how- ever , evidently a difficult matter on which to form an opinion . It may be fairly said that these instances of ...
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... animals . He is fond of blackberries , and sportsmen often visit blackberry patches when looking for him in the early fall , but I have been surprised to find that when feeding in a blackberry patch he appar- ently shows no preference ...
... animals . He is fond of blackberries , and sportsmen often visit blackberry patches when looking for him in the early fall , but I have been surprised to find that when feeding in a blackberry patch he appar- ently shows no preference ...
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... animals to develop con- ditions suitable to their environment , and it is surprising to see for how long a time an acquired habit will sometimes survive after its usefulness has ceased . The common chimney swallows always build their ...
... animals to develop con- ditions suitable to their environment , and it is surprising to see for how long a time an acquired habit will sometimes survive after its usefulness has ceased . The common chimney swallows always build their ...
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... animals . Birds that build in inaccessible places seem to rely upon that for security , and apparently make little effort to conceal their nests , while those building on or near the ground are generally careful to hide them , and they ...
... animals . Birds that build in inaccessible places seem to rely upon that for security , and apparently make little effort to conceal their nests , while those building on or near the ground are generally careful to hide them , and they ...
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Էջ 221 - The custody, maintenance, and development of the national standards of measurement, and the provision of means and methods for making measurements consistent with those standards, including the comparison of standards used in scientific investigations, engineering, manufacturing, commerce, and educational institutions with the standards adopted or recognized by the Government.
Էջ 587 - Tears and lamentations were seen almost in every house, especially in the first part of the visitation; for towards the latter end men's hearts were hardened, and death was so always before their eyes, that they did not so much concern themselves for the loss of their friends, expecting that themselves should be summoned the next hour.
Էջ 159 - Every river appears to consist of a main trunk, fed from a variety of branches, each running in a valley proportioned to its size, and all of them together forming a system of valleys, communicating with one another, and having such a nice adjustment of their declivities, that none of them join the principal valley, either on too high or too low a level...
Էջ 560 - The scientific results of the expedition were reported at a joint meeting of the Royal Society and the Royal Astronomical Society on November 6, 1919 with Sir JJ Thomson, President of the Royal Society, in the Chair.
Էջ 335 - Hall, the American Museum of Natural History, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon R.
Էջ 468 - Our reason is quite satisfied, in nine hundred and ninety-nine cases out of every thousand of us, if it can find a few arguments that will do to recite in case our credulity is criticised by some one else. Our faith is faith in some one else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.
Էջ 98 - Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, These three alone lead life to sovereign power. Yet not for power (power of herself Would come uncall'd for) but to live by law, Acting the law we live by without fear; And, because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence.
Էջ 531 - Lowe propounded the question: "What are the more important results which have followed from the publication of the 'Wealth of Nations' just one hundred years ago?" Some of the most enthusiastic admirers of Adam Smith were present, Mr. Gladstone and M. Leon Say among the number; and Mr.
Էջ 204 - When five and a half months old, he uttered an articulate sound 'da' but without any meaning attached to it. When a little over a year old, he used gestures to explain his wishes; to give a simple instance, he picked up a bit of paper and giving it to me pointed to the fire, as he had often seen and liked to see paper burnt. At exactly the age of a year, he made the great step of inventing a word for food, namely, mum, but what led him to it I did not discover. And now instead of beginning to cry...
Էջ 661 - red blood is a traditionary sign of courage" derives support from our English Pliny , Bartholomew Glantville, who says, after Isidorus, " Reed clothes ben layed upon deed men in remembrance of theyr hardynes and boldnes, whyle they were in theyr bloudde." On which his commentator Batman remarks : " It appereth in the time of the Saxons that the manner over their dead was a red cloath, as we now use black. The red of valiauncie, and that was over kings, lords, knights and valyaunt souldiours.