Science from an Easy ChairMacmillan, 1911 - 423 էջ |
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... remains of whole series of animals and of plants ( simpler in character the older and deeper the rock in which they occur ) , which can be satisfactorily explained and interpreted as the ancestral forms from which present organisms have ...
... remains of whole series of animals and of plants ( simpler in character the older and deeper the rock in which they occur ) , which can be satisfactorily explained and interpreted as the ancestral forms from which present organisms have ...
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... remains whole and sound and con- vincing , in spite of every attempt to upset it . " I am not stating more than the simple truth when I say that , in the judgment of those who are best acquainted with living things in their actual ...
... remains whole and sound and con- vincing , in spite of every attempt to upset it . " I am not stating more than the simple truth when I say that , in the judgment of those who are best acquainted with living things in their actual ...
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... remains in London ) with important facts for comparison with the condition of persons who have not been deprived of this part of the digestive apparatus . I have given this sketch of what my friend is doing in order to furnish some ...
... remains in London ) with important facts for comparison with the condition of persons who have not been deprived of this part of the digestive apparatus . I have given this sketch of what my friend is doing in order to furnish some ...
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... remains ; the green cannot be preserved in spirit - specimens . It is not fully explained how such a uniform " dead " blue is produced by the reflection of light from fine particles , as that observed in the blue frog's skin . It ...
... remains ; the green cannot be preserved in spirit - specimens . It is not fully explained how such a uniform " dead " blue is produced by the reflection of light from fine particles , as that observed in the blue frog's skin . It ...
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... remains ( bones and teeth ) of the ancestors of living mammals are found in great abundance . These sands and clays are called " the Tertiaries , " and are divided into lower , middle , and upper - whilst we recognise as " Post ...
... remains ( bones and teeth ) of the ancestors of living mammals are found in great abundance . These sands and clays are called " the Tertiaries , " and are divided into lower , middle , and upper - whilst we recognise as " Post ...
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Էջ 156 - How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O Sleep, O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ! Why, rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs. Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfumed chambers of the great...
Էջ 155 - Methought I heard a voice cry "Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep," the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast, — Lady M.
Էջ 28 - There is no exception to the rule that every organic being naturally increases at so high a rate that, if not destroyed, the earth would soon be covered by the progeny of a single pair.
Էջ 156 - Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sound of sweetest melody ? O, thou dull god ! why liest thou with the vile, In loathsome beds...
Էջ 228 - Unterrified, and like a comet burn'd, That fires the length of Ophiuchus huge In the arctic sky, and from his horrid hair Shakes pestilence and war.
Էջ 28 - ... probable minimum rate of natural increase ; it will be safest to assume that it begins breeding when thirty years old, and goes on breeding till ninety years old, bringing forth six young in the interval, and surviving till one hundred years old ; if this be so, after a period of from 740 to 750 years there would be nearly nineteen million elephants alive, descended from the first pair.
Էջ 37 - As for myself, I believe that I have acted rightly in steadily following, and devoting my life to Science. I feel no remorse from having committed any great sin, but have often and often regretted that I have not done more direct good to my fellow creatures.
Էջ 228 - The sweepy crest hung floating in the wind: Like the red star, that from his flaming hair Shakes down diseases, pestilence, and war; So stream'd the golden honours from his head, Trembled the sparkling plumes, and the loose glories shed.
Էջ 188 - A molecule of water consists of two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen.
Էջ 220 - There is a size at which dignity begins," he exclaimed; "further on there is a size at which grandeur begins; further on there is a size at which solemnity begins; further on, a size at which awfulness begins; further on, a size at which ghastliness begins.