Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Հատոր 37,Մաս 1888 |
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... causes of sudden variations of atmospheric pressure . By M. A. VEEDER ( Title ) Description of apparatus for making a light - wave the standard of length . By A. A. MICHELSON and EDWARD E. MORLEY ( Title ) Two strokes of lightning . By ...
... causes of sudden variations of atmospheric pressure . By M. A. VEEDER ( Title ) Description of apparatus for making a light - wave the standard of length . By A. A. MICHELSON and EDWARD E. MORLEY ( Title ) Two strokes of lightning . By ...
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... cause and significance of dichogamy in flowers . By THOS . MEEHAN Adaptation in the honeysuckle and insect visitors . By THOMAS MEEHAN Notes on the inflorescence of Callitriche . By JOSEPH SCHRENK Hygroscopic movements in the cone ...
... cause and significance of dichogamy in flowers . By THOS . MEEHAN Adaptation in the honeysuckle and insect visitors . By THOMAS MEEHAN Notes on the inflorescence of Callitriche . By JOSEPH SCHRENK Hygroscopic movements in the cone ...
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... cause of light and radiant heat we may expect to find something quite dif- ferent from the sense of vision or of warmth ; and he expresses himself with the aid of the same simile of sound employed by Dra- per over two hundred years ...
... cause of light and radiant heat we may expect to find something quite dif- ferent from the sense of vision or of warmth ; and he expresses himself with the aid of the same simile of sound employed by Dra- per over two hundred years ...
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... cause of such phenomena . A piece of dry wood has in it the power of giving out heat and light when set on fire ; but after it is consumed there is left of it only inert ashes , which can give neither . Something , then , has left the ...
... cause of such phenomena . A piece of dry wood has in it the power of giving out heat and light when set on fire ; but after it is consumed there is left of it only inert ashes , which can give neither . Something , then , has left the ...
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... cause of the sensation heat , without any implication as to its na- ture . But words , we know , though but wise men's counters , are the money of fools ; and this one very soon came to commit its users to an idea which was more likely ...
... cause of the sensation heat , without any implication as to its na- ture . But words , we know , though but wise men's counters , are the money of fools ; and this one very soon came to commit its users to an idea which was more likely ...
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Էջ 405 - PREVENT us, O Lord, in all our doings with thy most gracious favour, and further us with thy continual help ; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life, through, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Էջ 405 - DIRECT us, O LORD, in all our doings, with thy most gracious favor, and further us with thy continual help; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name; and finally, by thy mercy, obtain everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our LORD. Amen.
Էջ 246 - I had not formerly sufficiently considered the existence of many structures which appear to be, as far as we can judge, neither beneficial nor injurious; and this I believe to be one of the greatest oversights as yet detected in my work.
Էջ 6 - Do not all fixed bodies, when heated beyond a certain degree, emit light and shine, and is not this emission performed by the vibrating motions of their parts?
Էջ xxix - The objects of the Association are, by periodical and migratory meetings, to promote intercourse between those who are cultivating science In different parts of America, to give a stronger and more general impulse and more systematic direction to scientific research, and to procure for the labors of scientific men increased facilities and a wider usefulness.
Էջ 15 - ... observation, but, having a smattering of everything books could teach about every branch of knowledge, was judged by himself and by the public to be the fittest interpreter to it, of the physical science of this day. I mean Henry Brougham, the universal critic, the future Lord-chancellor of England, of whom it was observed, that, "if he had but known a little law, he would have known a little of everything.
Էջ 39 - Sec. 2. That said public park shall be under the exclusive control of the Secretary of the Interior, whose duty it shall be, as soon as practicable, to make and publish such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary or proper for the care and management of the same. Such regulations shall provide for the preservation from injury or spoliation of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities or wonders within said Park, and their retention in their natural condition.
Էջ 300 - In the light of the exposition just given, these implements will at once be recognized as among the most important archaeological discoveries yet made in America, ranking on a par with those of Dr. Abbott, at Trenton, NJ They show that in Ohio, as well as on the Atlantic coast, man was an inhabitant before the close of the glacial period.
Էջ 3 - MAN, being the servant and interpreter of Nature, can do and understand so much and so much only as he has observed in fact or in thought of the course of nature: beyond this he neither knows anything nor can do anything.
Էջ 54 - Vols. xxvm and xxix of the Memoirs of the French Academy. The method there adopted is so elegant that in Mr. Hill's opinion it cannot fail to become in the future the classic method of treating all problems of celestial mechanics. This theory, however, is limited to a determination of the inequalities in the motion of the moon due to the action of the sun on the hypothesis that the orbit of the earth is a pure ellipse. Mr. Hill has since determined the inequalities due to the ellipticity of the earth's...