The Life and Letters of George John RomanesLongmans Breen and C, 1896 - 776 pages "In writing my husband's life I have tried, so far as it was possible, to let him, especially in matters scientific, speak for himself. The letters relating to his work will, I hope, interest any one who cares for biological science"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
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... important , as the facts threw light , as Professor Sanderson has said , on ele- mentary questions of physiology relating to excita- bility and conduction , and it was a characteristic of Mr. Romanes that in all his work , of whatever ...
... important , as the facts threw light , as Professor Sanderson has said , on ele- mentary questions of physiology relating to excita- bility and conduction , and it was a characteristic of Mr. Romanes that in all his work , of whatever ...
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... the polypite to sway about from side to side trying to find the offending body . And here it is important to observe that wherever a portion of one of the radial tubes occurs in the course of the 24 1875- GEORGE JOHN ROMANES.
... the polypite to sway about from side to side trying to find the offending body . And here it is important to observe that wherever a portion of one of the radial tubes occurs in the course of the 24 1875- GEORGE JOHN ROMANES.
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... important . The following is a summary of the principal . All genera of naked - eyed yet examined become immediately and permanently paralysed ( except polypite ) upon excision of margin , but not so with the covered - eyed . The ...
... important . The following is a summary of the principal . All genera of naked - eyed yet examined become immediately and permanently paralysed ( except polypite ) upon excision of margin , but not so with the covered - eyed . The ...
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... importance of the problem . ' Yesterday I dug up all my potatoes . The experiments in graft - hybridisation were to prove that formative material ( or gemmules ) was actually present in the general tissues of plants and was capable of ...
... importance of the problem . ' Yesterday I dug up all my potatoes . The experiments in graft - hybridisation were to prove that formative material ( or gemmules ) was actually present in the general tissues of plants and was capable of ...
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... important ; for they prove that some struc- tural modification there must be ; whether or not this modification is visible is of subordinate interest . Besides , I do not , of course , intend to abandon the microscopical part of the ...
... important ; for they prove that some struc- tural modification there must be ; whether or not this modification is visible is of subordinate interest . Besides , I do not , of course , intend to abandon the microscopical part of the ...
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