The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtGould, Kendall, and Lincoln, 1855 |
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... according to Act of Congress , in the year 1855 , BY GOULD AND LINCOLN , In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts . WM . WHITE , Printer , 4 Spring Lane , Boston . NOTES BY THE EDITOR ON THE PROGRESS ...
... according to Act of Congress , in the year 1855 , BY GOULD AND LINCOLN , In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts . WM . WHITE , Printer , 4 Spring Lane , Boston . NOTES BY THE EDITOR ON THE PROGRESS ...
Pagina 10
... according to practice , a scientific address . The subject he had chosen was " On certain Portions and Modes of Considerations of Anthropology . " A better title , he observed , would perhaps have been , “ On the Crea- tion of Man and ...
... according to practice , a scientific address . The subject he had chosen was " On certain Portions and Modes of Considerations of Anthropology . " A better title , he observed , would perhaps have been , “ On the Crea- tion of Man and ...
Pagina 13
... according to the idolatrous mythology of Egypt , but re- lating to Jacob and his family and ancestry , and perhaps , also , relative to the countries of Egypt and Palestine . In reference to the coffins of the Hebrew patriarchs , he had ...
... according to the idolatrous mythology of Egypt , but re- lating to Jacob and his family and ancestry , and perhaps , also , relative to the countries of Egypt and Palestine . In reference to the coffins of the Hebrew patriarchs , he had ...
Pagina 14
... According to him , the position of Kuka is as follows : - 12 ° 55 ′ 14 ′′ latitude N. , 13 ° 22 ′ longitude E. , from Greenwich . Elevation above the level of the sea , 900 feet - 50 feet above Lake Tsad . This is a fact of no little ...
... According to him , the position of Kuka is as follows : - 12 ° 55 ′ 14 ′′ latitude N. , 13 ° 22 ′ longitude E. , from Greenwich . Elevation above the level of the sea , 900 feet - 50 feet above Lake Tsad . This is a fact of no little ...
Pagina 15
... according to some writers , with the Nile , or the Kowara , or Niger . Respecting the botanical features of the country , Dr. Vogel was surprised to find , among other plants , the Ficus elastica , the tree that furnishes the caoutchouc ...
... according to some writers , with the Nile , or the Kowara , or Niger . Respecting the botanical features of the country , Dr. Vogel was surprised to find , among other plants , the Ficus elastica , the tree that furnishes the caoutchouc ...
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Pagina 274 - ... consumed by a given weight of animal, within a given time, and the amount of increase obtained from a given weight of food. The results, which formed the subject of the present communication, afforded further illustration of some of the points brought forward in the former one ; but...
Pagina 377 - These astronomers are of opinion that this fluid ring is not of very recent formation, and that it is not subject to rapid change , and they have come to the extraordinary conclusion that the inner border of the ring has, since the time of Huygens, been gradually approaching the body of Saturn, and that we may expect, sooner or later, perhaps in some dozen of years, to see the rings united with the body of the planet.
Pagina 162 - A wire laid across from cither of the above-named places on this side will pass to the north of the Grand Banks, and rest on that beautiful plateau to which I have alluded, and where the waters of the sea appear to be as quiet and as completely at rest as it is at the bottom of a mill-pond.
Pagina 269 - It fully equalled the expectations of all ; so that solidified milk will hereafter rank among the necessary appendages to the sick room. In fine, this article makes paps, custards, puddings, and cakes, equal to the best milk ; and one may be sure it is an unadulterated article, obtained from well-pastured cattle, and not the produce of distillery slops ; neither can it be watered. For our steamships, our packets, for those travelling by land or by sea, for hotel purposes, or use in private families,...