Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtGould and Lincoln, 1871 |
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Pagina xii
... lower forms of life . " Dr. Bastian , in three articles ( " Nature , " vol . II . , pp . 170 , 193 , 219 ) , gives his reasons for believing that spontaneous generation does occur . He criticises Professor Huxley's address before the ...
... lower forms of life . " Dr. Bastian , in three articles ( " Nature , " vol . II . , pp . 170 , 193 , 219 ) , gives his reasons for believing that spontaneous generation does occur . He criticises Professor Huxley's address before the ...
Pagina xix
... lower strata of the chromosphere ( Peirce , Sen. , Maclear , Abbay ) . " Professor Winlock found a faint , continuous spectrum without dark lines . 1474 , Kirchoff , was found all round the sun to a distance of 20 ′ from the disc , and ...
... lower strata of the chromosphere ( Peirce , Sen. , Maclear , Abbay ) . " Professor Winlock found a faint , continuous spectrum without dark lines . 1474 , Kirchoff , was found all round the sun to a distance of 20 ′ from the disc , and ...
Pagina 29
... lower than that of any of the more elaborate mechanical stokers , - little more than one - half ; but I believe the efficiency is higher . — C. E. Deacon , British As- sociation . - - MANUFACTURE OF RUSSIA SHEET IRON . Herbert Barry ...
... lower than that of any of the more elaborate mechanical stokers , - little more than one - half ; but I believe the efficiency is higher . — C. E. Deacon , British As- sociation . - - MANUFACTURE OF RUSSIA SHEET IRON . Herbert Barry ...
Pagina 44
... lower edge extending 20 inches below the edge of the shoe . The water inside of them rises and falls with the state of the tide outside . The material to be taken out is shoved under the edge into the water - shaft by the laborers ...
... lower edge extending 20 inches below the edge of the shoe . The water inside of them rises and falls with the state of the tide outside . The material to be taken out is shoved under the edge into the water - shaft by the laborers ...
Pagina 48
... lower terminus is intended to be at the South Ferry ; but the present operating section only ex- tends a little below the City Hall , near to the north end of the new post - office premises , a distance of some 300 feet . The bed of the ...
... lower terminus is intended to be at the South Ferry ; but the present operating section only ex- tends a little below the City Hall , near to the north end of the new post - office premises , a distance of some 300 feet . The bed of the ...
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Pagina 184 - Report of the Commissioners appointed in 1868 to inquire into the best means of preventing the pollution of Rivers (Mersey and Ribble basins).
Pagina 177 - USA, read a paper on this subject, of which the following is an abstract : — " Cast iron — the raw material from which the malleable metal is made — may be formulated approximately as follows : — Silicon (Si), 5 to 3 per cent. Phosphorus (P), 05 to 2 per cent. Manganese (Mn) , 0 to 20 per cent. Sulphur (S), 25 to 2 per cent. Carbon (C), 2 to 5 per cent. Iron (Fe), 90 to 9G.5 per cent.
Pagina 263 - There can be no reason, then, for doubting that, among insects, contagious and infectious diseases, of great malignity, are caused by minute organisms which are produced from preexisting germs, or by Homogenesis ; and there is no reason, that I know of, for believing that what happens in insects may not take place in the highest animals. Indeed there is already strong evidence that some diseases of an extremely malignant and fatal character to which man is subject are as much the work of minute organisms...
Pagina 129 - on partially liquefying carbonic acid by pressure alone, and gradually raising at the same time the temperature to 88° Fahrenheit, the surface of demarcation between the liquid and the gas became fainter, lost its curvature, and at last disappeared. The space was then occupied by a homogeneous fluid, which exhibited, when the pressure was suddenly diminished or the temperature slightly lowered, a peculiar appearance of moving or flickering strisa throughout its entire mass.