Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Volume 29, Part 1880 |
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... seen from the vertical distance necessary to make a wide survey , that small portion of it which is familiar to any one individual is scarcely visible . In consequence , to use a mechanical figure , the solid contents of a man's ...
... seen from the vertical distance necessary to make a wide survey , that small portion of it which is familiar to any one individual is scarcely visible . In consequence , to use a mechanical figure , the solid contents of a man's ...
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... seen only to be a special case of a general law , a view to which the well - known Peltier effect gives support . In this phenomenon , when two metals are joined to- gether in the form of a ring and one junction is heated , a current is ...
... seen only to be a special case of a general law , a view to which the well - known Peltier effect gives support . In this phenomenon , when two metals are joined to- gether in the form of a ring and one junction is heated , a current is ...
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... seen to be reached in the animal . While the assimilative function characterizes the plant , the destructive function distinguishes the animal . Hence it is the function of the plant to store up energy , to produce the highly complex ...
... seen to be reached in the animal . While the assimilative function characterizes the plant , the destructive function distinguishes the animal . Hence it is the function of the plant to store up energy , to produce the highly complex ...
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... seen , science may not penetrate . But religion , more hopeful , seeks there for the new heavens and the new earth , wherein shall be solved the problems of a higher life . NOTES . 1 H. Bence Jones , Croonian Lectures on Matter and ...
... seen , science may not penetrate . But religion , more hopeful , seeks there for the new heavens and the new earth , wherein shall be solved the problems of a higher life . NOTES . 1 H. Bence Jones , Croonian Lectures on Matter and ...
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... seen even with the aid of very high powers . There are creatures of exqui site tenuity which are capable of climbing through fluids and probably through the air itself - creatures which climb without muscles , nerves , or limbs ...
... seen even with the aid of very high powers . There are creatures of exqui site tenuity which are capable of climbing through fluids and probably through the air itself - creatures which climb without muscles , nerves , or limbs ...
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