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Page 533
... living bird are more beautiful and durable than from the dead . The fashion spread to Europe with the Crusades , and in the 14th century knights began to wear enormous plumes on their helmets . During the next century they were a ...
... living bird are more beautiful and durable than from the dead . The fashion spread to Europe with the Crusades , and in the 14th century knights began to wear enormous plumes on their helmets . During the next century they were a ...
Page 537
... living cells . They cause chemical changes without being themselves altered in bulk or constitution . Examples are ptyalin , pepsin , rennet , trypsin . The organized ferments are the bacteria , yeasts and moulds . To some extent any ...
... living cells . They cause chemical changes without being themselves altered in bulk or constitution . Examples are ptyalin , pepsin , rennet , trypsin . The organized ferments are the bacteria , yeasts and moulds . To some extent any ...
Page 568
... living in communities . They have straight antennæ and long legs , the tibia of which are armed with spines . The females dig holes in the earth or in decayed wood , executed 1587. It was allowed to fall into decay after the ac- cession ...
... living in communities . They have straight antennæ and long legs , the tibia of which are armed with spines . The females dig holes in the earth or in decayed wood , executed 1587. It was allowed to fall into decay after the ac- cession ...
Page 569
... living in a district and group of build- ings which he called a Phalanstery . A society of his followers was formed , and several efforts to put his plans into practice have been made in Europe and America , but all so far have failed ...
... living in a district and group of build- ings which he called a Phalanstery . A society of his followers was formed , and several efforts to put his plans into practice have been made in Europe and America , but all so far have failed ...
Page 570
... living species of foxes . They differ from dogs in being of smaller size , muzzle more pointed , ears always erect , tail very bushy , pupil of eye a vertical slit . When domesticated they form no attachments . The common fox of Europe ...
... living species of foxes . They differ from dogs in being of smaller size , muzzle more pointed , ears always erect , tail very bushy , pupil of eye a vertical slit . When domesticated they form no attachments . The common fox of Europe ...
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Page 859 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 518 - To be returned in five weeks. A fine of one cent will be incurred for each day this volume is detained beyond that time.
Page 831 - The radius vector of each planet describes equal areas in equal times. (3) The squares of the periods of the planets are proportional to the cubes of their mean distances from the sun; ie, £,2 : fc,2 ::«!*: Oj8. This is the so-called "Harmonic Law.
Page 831 - The squares of the periods of revolution of any two planets are proportional to the cubes of their mean distances from the sun.
Page 863 - ... that the ratio of the sines of the angles of incidence and refraction is constant for refraction in the same medium, was effected by Snell and Descartes.
Page 684 - Or, four terms are in harmonical proportion, when the first is to the fourth as the difference of the first and second is to the difference of the third and fourth.
Page 727 - A body is called homogeneous when any two equal, similar parts of it, with corresponding lines parallel and turned towards the same parts, are undistinguishable from one another by any difference in quality.
Page 919 - The law of all mechanics is — The power multiplied by the distance through which it moves, is equal to the weight multiplied by the distance through which it moves. Thus 1 Ib.
Page 608 - He had previously stated, in another work, that he believed, " the whole terrestrial globe to have been taken to pieces and dissolved at the flood, and the strata to have settled down from this promiscuous mass.
Page 608 - The illustrations are thus consecutively adduced. 1. Solid land has been converted into sea. 2. Sea has been changed into land. Marine shells lie far distant from the deep, and the anchor has been found on the summit of hills.