The Popular Science Monthly, Volume 38D. Appleton, 1891 |
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... hundred years ago was but a spark , a faint spark , exhibited on rare occasions by the scientific man of that time . With this spark , thanks to science , the whole world is now aflame . Time and space are practically annihilated ...
... hundred years ago was but a spark , a faint spark , exhibited on rare occasions by the scientific man of that time . With this spark , thanks to science , the whole world is now aflame . Time and space are practically annihilated ...
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... hundred and fifty revolutions a minute . After a few days , the parts of the seedlings were found to be in the position shown in 4 B FIG . 4. - DIAGRAMS ILLUSTRATING KNIGHT'S EXPERIMENTS . A , wheel rotating horizontally ; the plants ...
... hundred and fifty revolutions a minute . After a few days , the parts of the seedlings were found to be in the position shown in 4 B FIG . 4. - DIAGRAMS ILLUSTRATING KNIGHT'S EXPERIMENTS . A , wheel rotating horizontally ; the plants ...
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... hundreds of millions of human arms , and the former increased by supplies drawn from the Old World to the extent ... hundred millions of men in the pro- duction and transmission of commodities . These , bear in mind , are men of iron ...
... hundreds of millions of human arms , and the former increased by supplies drawn from the Old World to the extent ... hundred millions of men in the pro- duction and transmission of commodities . These , bear in mind , are men of iron ...
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... hundred years , as the growth of the shell and the constant friction would probably obliterate it . The tenacity of life in all tortoises is remarkable . The heart will continue to pulsate for over three quarters of an hour after being ...
... hundred years , as the growth of the shell and the constant friction would probably obliterate it . The tenacity of life in all tortoises is remarkable . The heart will continue to pulsate for over three quarters of an hour after being ...
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... hundred and eighty - six thousand miles in a second . In the case of the nearest stars the time thus required is about three and a half years . With regard to the twelfth - magnitude stars , we find that in all probability the dis ...
... hundred and eighty - six thousand miles in a second . In the case of the nearest stars the time thus required is about three and a half years . With regard to the twelfth - magnitude stars , we find that in all probability the dis ...
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Page 206 - The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept. Were toiling upward in the night.
Page 277 - No one shall read common prayer, keep Christmas or Saints' days, make mince pies, dance, play cards or play on any instrument of music except the drum, trumpet and Jew's harp.
Page 291 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 773 - By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Page 291 - And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do : and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of the earth: and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all...
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Page 291 - So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth : and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel ; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth : and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Page 279 - Report on Medical Education, Medical Colleges, and the Regulation of the Practice of Medicine in the United States and Canada, 1765-1891.
Page 22 - ART. 4. Fellows shall be elected by the Council from such of the members as are professionally engaged in science, or have by their labors aided in advancing science.
Page 46 - The area of a parallelogram is the product of its base and its altitude ; ie, a=bh.