The Intellectual Observer, Volumen 7Groombridge and Sons, 1865 |
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... RESEARCH AND RECREATIVE SCIENCE VOLUME VII ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES IN COLOURS AND TINTS , AND NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD LONDON GROOM BRIDGE AND SONS PATERNOSTER ROW Sm MDCCCLXV CONTENTS , NOTICE TO Our Readers THE NILE AS A.
... RESEARCH AND RECREATIVE SCIENCE VOLUME VII ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES IN COLOURS AND TINTS , AND NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD LONDON GROOM BRIDGE AND SONS PATERNOSTER ROW Sm MDCCCLXV CONTENTS , NOTICE TO Our Readers THE NILE AS A.
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... Tinted Plate 349 OBJECTS VIEWed through the CORNEA OF THE INSECT EYE . BY THOMAS PRINCE . With Two Illustrations 356 VISIT TO MOUNT ETNA . - AGE of a Chestnut TREE . By Capt . R. SMITH , late H.M. 44th Regiment 357 ART SUBJECTS AND ...
... Tinted Plate 349 OBJECTS VIEWed through the CORNEA OF THE INSECT EYE . BY THOMAS PRINCE . With Two Illustrations 356 VISIT TO MOUNT ETNA . - AGE of a Chestnut TREE . By Capt . R. SMITH , late H.M. 44th Regiment 357 ART SUBJECTS AND ...
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... TINTED PLATES . 108 191 Eozoon Canadense 283 White - spored Agarics ...... 350 Cones , Seeds , etc. , of Araucaria ......... 419 ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD . Popular Microscope .. 66 , 67 Diagrams illustrative of Diffrac- Effects of Transmitted ...
... TINTED PLATES . 108 191 Eozoon Canadense 283 White - spored Agarics ...... 350 Cones , Seeds , etc. , of Araucaria ......... 419 ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD . Popular Microscope .. 66 , 67 Diagrams illustrative of Diffrac- Effects of Transmitted ...
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... tints of brightest rose - colour , those nearest the setting sun luminous as himself , so that the eye can scarcely dwell upon these flecks of burnished gold . When the sun has set , an after - glow of rosy light gleams over the entire ...
... tints of brightest rose - colour , those nearest the setting sun luminous as himself , so that the eye can scarcely dwell upon these flecks of burnished gold . When the sun has set , an after - glow of rosy light gleams over the entire ...
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... tints between the two . If a third generation is raised by artificially fecundating the second , still greater variations occur , and if the process is con- tinued monstrosities are obtained , which fashion decides to be perfection ...
... tints between the two . If a third generation is raised by artificially fecundating the second , still greater variations occur , and if the process is con- tinued monstrosities are obtained , which fashion decides to be perfection ...
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The Intellectual Observer: Review of Natural History, Microscopic ..., Volumen 6 Vista completa - 1865 |
Términos y frases comunes
acid action Admiral Smyth aërolites angle animal aperture appears Araucaria arch atmosphere bear beautiful birds body Cambrian centre Clovelly colour dark dervishes described diameter direction disc discovery Eozoon exhibited existence extremely feet fire-balls fish Foraminifera fossil glass Greenland Hawkhurst heat height inches INTELLECTUAL OBSERVER interesting kind larvæ latter Laurentian layer less light lower luminous means ment metal meteorites meteors microscope miles minute mode nature nearly nest North Nova Zembla objects obtained photosphere pileus plants plate Polar Pole portion possess pottery present prism probably produced rays remains remarkable rocks Roderick Murchison Roman Samian ware sarcodic seen side Silurian silver Sir William Logan Smith Sound species specimens spectroscope Spitzbergen spots stars stem stone substance supposed surface T. W. WEBB telescope temperature thick tint tion trees vapour vessel VII.-NO wood
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Página 410 - Tis the middle of night by the castle clock, And the owls have awakened the crowing cock ; Tu— whit ! Tu— whoo ! And hark, again ! the crowing cock, How drowsily it crew.
Página 207 - Exulting, rich beyond the wealth of kings, I felt a sense of pain when I beheld The silent trees, and saw the intruding sky. — Then, dearest Maiden, move along these shades In gentleness of heart; with gentle hand Touch — for there is a spirit in the woods.
Página 207 - ... dragged to earth both branch and bough, with crash And merciless ravage ; and the shady nook Of hazels, and the green and mossy bower, Deformed and sullied, patiently gave up Their quiet being : and, unless I now Confound my present feelings with the past...
Página 362 - O tell her, Swallow, that thy brood is flown : Say to her, I do but wanton in the South, But in the North long since my nest is made. 'O tell her, brief is life but love is long, And brief the sun of summer in the North, And brief the moon of beauty in the South. 'O Swallow, flying from the golden woods, Fly to her, and pipe and woo her, and make her mine, And tell her, tell her, that I follow thee.
Página 69 - COLLECTANEA ANTIQUA; Etchings and Notices of Ancient Remains, illustrative of the Habits, Customs, and History of Past Ages.
Página 403 - ... through the tussocks, or on the side of a grassy cliff, it moved so very quickly that it might readily have been mistaken for a quadruped. When at sea, and fishing, it comes to the surface, for the purpose of breathing, with such a spring, and dives again so instantaneously, that I defy any one at first sight to be sure that it is not a fish leaping for sport.
Página 329 - with very weighty and substantial reasons to set forth a discoverie even to the North Pole," which voyage, as would appear from the Chronicles of Hall and Grafton, actually took place; for they inform us that " King Henry VIII. sent two faire ships well manned and victualled, having in them divers cunning men to seek strange regions...
Página 416 - These trees shoot out their branches like all other pines; with this difference, that the branches of these are much smaller and shorter; so that the knots become nothing when the tree is wrought for use. I took notice, that the largest of them had the smallest and shortest branches, and were crowned, as it were, at the top, by a spreading branch like a bush. This was what led some on board into the extravagant notion of their being basaltes: Indeed no one could think of finding such trees here.
Página 110 - The philosophy of the present day negatives the question. It is the compounding, in the organic world, of forces belonging equally to the inorganic, that constitutes the mystery and the miracle of vitality. Every portion of every animal body may be reduced to purely inorganic matter. A perfect reversal of this process of reduction would carry us from the inorganic to the organic ; and such a reversal is at least conceivable.
Página 312 - When at home and in barracks, 6d. a day is deducted from this, for which the soldier receives three quarters of a pound of meat, and one pound of bread. The principal part of his clothes and accoutrements is furnished at the public expense ; his pay, however, is subject to a deduction of 2s.