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A. A. A. S. VOL acid Agriculture algebra Allegrippus American analogy Association atoms axis beds Born Boston Bradford county Carboniferous Catskill character chemical Chemung Cincinnati College Committee Conglomerate Conn Cosigüina D. C. ABSTRACT denotes deposits Devonian Died direction division driftless driftless area elements engineering ether experiments F. W. Putnam fact feet fossils Fulton county gold gulf of Fonseca Huntingdon county James John Lackawaxen Lake Nicaragua limestone lower Mass material matter means metals method miles Montrose mountain nature Nicaragua observed obtained Ohio paper Pennsylvania Phenol Philadelphia plants Pocono present President Prof Professor quantity quaternion ridges river rocks sand sandstone schools scientific Secretary shales Silurian species surface taxation tests theory tion Univ upper valleys vector volcanic Washington William York
Populaire passages
Pagina 346 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake : Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog...
Pagina 433 - An act to provide for celebrating the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, by holding an international exhibition of arts, industries, manufactures, and the products of the soil, mine, and sea, in the city of Chicago, in the State of Illinois...
Pagina 433 - Association are, by periodical and migratory meetings, to promote intercourse between those who are cultivating science In different parts of America, to give a stronger and more general impulse and more systematic direction to scientific research, and to procure for the labors of scientific men increased facilities and a wider usefulness.
Pagina 347 - Witches' mummy , maw and gulf Of the ravin'd salt-sea shark, Root of hemlock digg'd i' the dark, Liver of blaspheming Jew, Gall of goat, and slips of yew Sliver'd in the moon's eclipse, Nose of Turk and Tartar's lips, Finger of birth-strangled babe...
Pagina 426 - It appears to me that the only defense against this tendency to the degeneration of scientific workers lies in the organization and extension of scientific education in such a manner as to secure breadth of culture without superficiality ; and, on the other hand, depth and precision of knowledge without narrowness.
Pagina 426 - I neeJ hardly remind my present hearers, that which the investigator perceives depends much more on that which lies behind his sense-organs than on the object in front of them.
Pagina 36 - This last shrub (shepperdia,) which may be said to be the most beautiful ornament that decks out the wild prairies, forms a striking contrast to the rest of the foliage, from the "blue appearance of its leaves, by which it can be distinguished for miles in distance. The fruit which it produces in such incredible profusion, hanging in clusters to every limb and to every twig, is about the size of ordinary currants, and not unlike them in...
Pagina 27 - Japan" and China also, we are indebted for many of the choicest plants of our gardens, but the supply of species is by no means exhausted. By far the larger number of the desirable plants have already found their way into the hands of cultivators, but often under conditions which have restricted their dissemination through the flower-loving community. There are many which ought to be widely known, especially the fascinating dwarf shrubs and dwarf trees of the far East, which are sure to find sooner...
Pagina 15 - Stachys, is now cultivated on a large scale at Crosnes, in France, for the Paris market. Its name in Paris is taken from the locality where it is now grown for use. Although its native country is Japan, it is called by some seedsmen Chinese artichoke. At the present stage of cultivation the tubers are small and are rather hard to keep, but it is thought " that both of these defects can be overcome or evaded."* Experiments indicate that we have in this species a valuable addition to our vegetables.
Pagina 426 - We are in the case of Tarpeia, who opened the gates of the Roman citadel to the Sabines, and was crushed under the weight of the reward bestowed upon her. It has become impossible for any man to keep pace with the progress of the whole of any important branch of science.