Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Հատոր 37,Մաս 1888 |
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... bodies , when heated beyond a certain degree , emit light and shine , and is not this emission performed by the vibrating motions of their parts ? " And again : Do not several sorts of rays make vibrations of several bignesses ? " And ...
... bodies , when heated beyond a certain degree , emit light and shine , and is not this emission performed by the vibrating motions of their parts ? " And again : Do not several sorts of rays make vibrations of several bignesses ? " And ...
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... bodies , or different effects in other bodies , are merely effects of this mysterious thing we call radiant energy , without do- ing more in this than give a name to the ignorance which still hangs over the ultimate cause . I am coming ...
... bodies , or different effects in other bodies , are merely effects of this mysterious thing we call radiant energy , without do- ing more in this than give a name to the ignorance which still hangs over the ultimate cause . I am coming ...
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... bodies has thus far been obtained in finite terms , in any analytical discus- sion of the motions of any dynamic system , it is necessary to resort to the use of infinite converging series . Now , it is a peculiarity of such series ...
... bodies has thus far been obtained in finite terms , in any analytical discus- sion of the motions of any dynamic system , it is necessary to resort to the use of infinite converging series . Now , it is a peculiarity of such series ...
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... bodies , it has always been in vain . The objects seen by Watson and Swift during the eclipse of 1878 were undoubtedly fixed stars . The claim has , indeed , been made that such bodies had been observed crossing the sun's disc , but no ...
... bodies , it has always been in vain . The objects seen by Watson and Swift during the eclipse of 1878 were undoubtedly fixed stars . The claim has , indeed , been made that such bodies had been observed crossing the sun's disc , but no ...
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... bodies has reached two hundred and seventy - eight , and is now increasing at the rate of nearly one hundred to every decade . The asteroids individually possess little interest of their own ; but , on account of their motions , and on ...
... bodies has reached two hundred and seventy - eight , and is now increasing at the rate of nearly one hundred to every decade . The asteroids individually possess little interest of their own ; but , on account of their motions , and on ...
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Էջ 336 - Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Էջ 401 - 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 401 - 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 xxvii - 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 usefuiness.
Էջ 242 - 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 366 - to memorialize Congress and the several State legislatures upon the importance of promoting the cultivation of timber and the preservation of forests and to recommend proper legislation for securing these objects;
Էջ 4 - 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 341 - He maketh His sun to shine on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain upon the just and upon the unjust" — he contends only for the displacement of prayer, not for its extinction.
Էջ 118 - Should any one be skeptical as to the sufficiency of these laws to account for the present state of things, science can furnish no evidence strong enough to overthrow his doubts until the sun shall be found growing smaller by actual measurement, or the nebulae be actually seen to condense into stars and systems.
Էջ 264 - ... no shadow of reason can be assigned for the belief that variations, alike in nature and the result of the same general laws, which have been the groundwork through natural selection of the formation of the most perfectly adapted animals in the world, man included, were intentionally and specially guided.