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Page 57 - The remark that I shall make on these cobweb-like appearances, called gossamer, is, that strange and superstitious as the notions about them were formerly, nobody in these days doubts but that they are the real production of small spiders, which swarm in the fields in fine weather in autumn, and have a power of shooting out webs from their tails, so as to render themselves buoyant and lighter than air.
Page 155 - THE MOON: CONSIDERED AS A PLANET, A WORLD, AND A SATELLITE. BY JAMES NASMYTH, CE, AND JAMES CARPENTER, FRAS Late of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
Page 249 - A bibliography of British ornithology, from the earliest times to the end of 1912, including biographical accounts of the principal writers and bibliographies of their published works.
Page 42 - Jackson accepted an appointment as head of the department of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a position that he retained until his retirement in 1935.
Page 123 - to inquire into the prevalence of venereal diseases in the United Kingdom, their effects upon the health of the community, and the means by which these effects can be alleviated or prevented, it being understood that no return to the policy or provisions of the Contagious Diseases Acts of 1864, 1866, or 1869 is to be regarded as falling within the scope of the inquiry.
Page 241 - ... tides? Do we not feel that he who is totally ignorant of these things, let him be ever so skilled in a special profession, is not an educated man, but an ignoramus ? It is surely no small part of education to put us in intelligent possession of the most important and most universally interesting facts of the universe, so that the world which surrounds us may not be a sealed book to us, uninteresting because unintelligible.
Page 27 - Out of print. No. 3. Bacteriological Studies in the Pathology and Preventive Control of Cerebro-spinal Fever among the Forces during 1915 and 1916. By MH Gordon, Martin Flack, PW Bassett-Smith, TGM Hine, and WJ Tulloch.
Page 241 - The most obvious part of the value of scientific instruction, the mere information that it gives, speaks for itself. We are born into a world which we have not made ; a world whose phenomena take place according to fixed laws, of which we do not bring any knowledge into the world with us. In such a world we are appointed to live, and in it all our work is to be done. Our whole working power depends on knowing the laws of the world — in other words, the properties of the things which we have to...
Page 345 - to investigate the principal causes which have led to the increase of prices of commodities of general consumption since the beginning of the war, and to recommend such steps, if any, with a view to ameliorating the situation as appear practicable and expedient, having regard to the necessity of maintaining adequate supplies.
Page 12 - The Bruce Gold Medal of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific has been awarded to Professor Ernest W.