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... taken up for discussion , acceptance , or rejection . The election of officers for the succeeding year resulted in the unanimous choice of the following : -For President , Prof. John Tor- rey , of New York ; for General Secretary , Dr ...
... taken up for discussion , acceptance , or rejection . The election of officers for the succeeding year resulted in the unanimous choice of the following : -For President , Prof. John Tor- rey , of New York ; for General Secretary , Dr ...
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... the organic kingdom . Another for 1856. - The determination through the study of the development of the embryo in two species , one taken from the class of vertebrata , and the other either from the Mollucca ON THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE . 15.
... the organic kingdom . Another for 1856. - The determination through the study of the development of the embryo in two species , one taken from the class of vertebrata , and the other either from the Mollucca ON THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE . 15.
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... taken the spawn from the female shad and impregnated it with the male shad , and that the eggs pro- duced shad in great numbers . He has numerous fish ponds , in which there are forty - five varieties of foreign and native fish ...
... taken the spawn from the female shad and impregnated it with the male shad , and that the eggs pro- duced shad in great numbers . He has numerous fish ponds , in which there are forty - five varieties of foreign and native fish ...
Pagina 27
... taken to organize a new branch department at the Board of Trade . On the first of August , Captain Fitzroy was appointed to execute the duties of this new office , referring to Dr. Lyon Playfair , of the Department of Science and Art ...
... taken to organize a new branch department at the Board of Trade . On the first of August , Captain Fitzroy was appointed to execute the duties of this new office , referring to Dr. Lyon Playfair , of the Department of Science and Art ...
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... taken place during the last twenty years . Whereas formerly the broadest part of the vessel was only a third part from the bow , the broadest part was now nearer to the stern than to the bow in the proportion of two to three , so that ...
... taken place during the last twenty years . Whereas formerly the broadest part of the vessel was only a third part from the bow , the broadest part was now nearer to the stern than to the bow in the proportion of two to three , so that ...
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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,...