Nature, Том 33Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1886 |
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Сторінка 194 - ... .Then said he unto me, prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, Son of man, and say to the wind, thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
Сторінка 51 - Carll. — A TREATISE ON THE CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS. Arranged with the purpose of Introducing, as well as Illustrating, its Principles to the Reader by means of Problems, and Designed to present in all Important Particulars a Complete View of the Present State of the Science.
Сторінка 120 - Assistant Physician and Lecturer on Materia Medica at St. Bartholomew's Hospital ; Examiner in Materia Medica in the University of London, in the Victoria University, and in the Royal College of Physicians, London ; late Examiner in the University of Edinburgh. A TEXT-BOOK OF PHARMACOLOGY, THERAPEUTICS, AND MATERIA MEDICA. Adapted to the United States Pharmacopoeia, by FRANCIS H.
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Сторінка 172 - The few sounds of birds are of that pensive or mysterious character which intensifies the feeling of solitude rather than imparts a sense of life and cheerfulness.
Сторінка 242 - I know of scarcely anything so apt to impress the imagination as the wonderful form of cosmic order expressed by the " Law of Frequency of Error". The law would have been personified by the Greeks and deified, if they had known of it. It reigns with serenity and in complete self-effacement amidst the wildest confusion. The huger the mob, and the greater the apparent anarchy, the more perfect is its sway. It is the supreme...
Сторінка 93 - 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.
Сторінка 168 - ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA FOR SCHOOLS. By HS HALL, MA, formerly Scholar of Christ's College, Cambridge, Master of the Military and Engineering Side, Clifton College ; and SR KNIGHT, BA, formerly Scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge, late Assistant-Master at Marlborough College.
Сторінка 133 - that the function of forming polar cells has been acquired by the ovum for the express purpose of preventing parthenogenesis.