The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art, Volume 13Gould, Kendall, and Lincoln, 1862 |
Vanuit het boek
Resultaten 1-5 van 54
Pagina xiii
... species , re- corded in 1830 , to 350 species in 1860. We should also , says Profes- sor Owen , greatly over - estimate our present knowledge , were we to rest upon it a conclusion that there remained but very few more forms of Mammalia ...
... species , re- corded in 1830 , to 350 species in 1860. We should also , says Profes- sor Owen , greatly over - estimate our present knowledge , were we to rest upon it a conclusion that there remained but very few more forms of Mammalia ...
Pagina xiv
... species : two new and hardy varieties of the silk - worm ; ten species of ornamental birds ; and five species of domestic mammalia , namely : the lama , which already counts three generations at the Jardin des Plantes ; the yak , or ...
... species : two new and hardy varieties of the silk - worm ; ten species of ornamental birds ; and five species of domestic mammalia , namely : the lama , which already counts three generations at the Jardin des Plantes ; the yak , or ...
Pagina xvii
... Species , chiefly from specimens in the Museum of the Smithsonian In- stitution . By S. F. Baird , with the co - operation of John Cassin and George N. Laurence ; one vol . 4to , with an atlas of one hundred plates , from original ...
... Species , chiefly from specimens in the Museum of the Smithsonian In- stitution . By S. F. Baird , with the co - operation of John Cassin and George N. Laurence ; one vol . 4to , with an atlas of one hundred plates , from original ...
Pagina xviii
... species given in the present work , being 221 more than are contained in the works of that celebrated author . In the present work , also , the birds of the United States for the first time are arranged in the genera and families ...
... species given in the present work , being 221 more than are contained in the works of that celebrated author . In the present work , also , the birds of the United States for the first time are arranged in the genera and families ...
Pagina 69
... species which we have of any kind of plant ; thus , if the leaves of the black , red , American , and golden currant be printed together with that of the gooseberry , all of which belong to one bo- tanical genus or group , the variation ...
... species which we have of any kind of plant ; thus , if the leaves of the black , red , American , and golden currant be printed together with that of the gooseberry , all of which belong to one bo- tanical genus or group , the variation ...
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in ..., Volume 5 Volledige weergave - 1854 |
The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in ..., Volume 5 Volledige weergave - 1854 |
The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art Volledige weergave - 1857 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
action alkali American ammonia animal apparatus appears atmosphere bitumen body butyric acid carbonic acid chemical cloth coal colloid color comet condition contains crystalline deposits depth Diluvian discovery earth effect electricity engines existence experiments fact feet formation gases geological glass gutta percha heat hundred hydrogen inches increase iron known less light lignite liquid magnetic manufacture mass matter ment metal meteors miles mineral nature nitric acid nitrogen North observed obtained ordinary organic oxide oxygen ozone paper passed phenomena phosphoric acid plants plate portion pounds present pressure produced Prof Professor quantity R. I. Murchison rays recently remarkable rocks shells shot side silica Silurian soil solution species specimens spectrum steel strata substances sulphuric sulphuric acid surface temperature thickness tion tube vapor vegetable vessel weight wire wrought iron
Populaire passages
Pagina ix - I first entered this city, the whole of the machinery was executed by hand. There were neither planing, slotting, nor shaping machines, and, with the exception of very imperfect lathes and a few drills, the preparatory operations of construction were effected entirely by the hands of the workmen.
Pagina 150 - The result of this would be a state of universal rest and death, if the universe were finite and left to obey existing laws. But as no limit is known to the extent of matter, science points rather to an endless progress through an endless space, of action involving the transformation of potential energy through palpable motion into heat, than to a single finite mechanism, running down like a clock and stopping for ever. It is also impossible to conceive either the beginning or the continuance of...
Pagina 201 - The colloidal is, in fact, a dynamical state of matter; the crystalloidal being the statical condition. The colloid possesses Energia. It may be looked upon as the probable primary source of the force appearing in the phenomena of vitality.