The Popular Science Monthly, Volume 38D. Appleton, 1891 |
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... known as men of science . Only a rough approximation may be reached by an examination of the membership of scientific societies . The American Association for the Advancement of Science includes in its membership about two thousand ...
... known as men of science . Only a rough approximation may be reached by an examination of the membership of scientific societies . The American Association for the Advancement of Science includes in its membership about two thousand ...
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... known as the " genius , " for whose existence we are always thankful , even though his in- terpretation is difficult and laborious . Concerning those who , although able , are unwilling to take the trouble to write for their readers or ...
... known as the " genius , " for whose existence we are always thankful , even though his in- terpretation is difficult and laborious . Concerning those who , although able , are unwilling to take the trouble to write for their readers or ...
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... known that this tendency to assume the vertical can not be explained as a response to differ- ences in illumination , warmth , or moisture , since the organs be- have just the same when seedlings are grown under conditions where these ...
... known that this tendency to assume the vertical can not be explained as a response to differ- ences in illumination , warmth , or moisture , since the organs be- have just the same when seedlings are grown under conditions where these ...
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... known and some unknown ? But as to what particular cause the effect is mainly due , and to what degree others influ- enced the result , we have no better means of knowing than the astronomer has of understanding the cause of the ...
... known and some unknown ? But as to what particular cause the effect is mainly due , and to what degree others influ- enced the result , we have no better means of knowing than the astronomer has of understanding the cause of the ...
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... known movement of these swarms of dust through space . If we take note of the known movements of the star which forms the center of our own system , we can learn that these movements may be gigantic . We know that the sun is traveling ...
... known movement of these swarms of dust through space . If we take note of the known movements of the star which forms the center of our own system , we can learn that these movements may be gigantic . We know that the sun is traveling ...
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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...
Page 20 - The objects of the Association are, by periodical and migratory meetings, to promote intercourse between those who are cultivating science in different parts of the United States ; to give a stronger and more general impulse, and a more systematic direction, to scientific research in our country ; and to procure for the labors of scientific men increased facilities and a wider usefulness.
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.