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... tion of Humboldt , ) when they are traced upon the map , are anything but true zones or circles . The line of the greatest mean warmth is not coincident with the equator , but falls to the north of it . This line at 160 ° W. Long . from ...
... tion of Humboldt , ) when they are traced upon the map , are anything but true zones or circles . The line of the greatest mean warmth is not coincident with the equator , but falls to the north of it . This line at 160 ° W. Long . from ...
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... - point by inspec- tion . It is an error to suppose that dew falls like rain from the air ; it forms on the body which is cooled down below the temperature of the air . It differs in quantity with 10 [ July , Meteorology .
... - point by inspec- tion . It is an error to suppose that dew falls like rain from the air ; it forms on the body which is cooled down below the temperature of the air . It differs in quantity with 10 [ July , Meteorology .
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... tion of vapor , the condition of our nervous system , and , according to Humboldt , with the circulation of the organic juices . At- mospheric electricity has heretofore been a great obstacle to the success of the Magnetic Telegraph ...
... tion of vapor , the condition of our nervous system , and , according to Humboldt , with the circulation of the organic juices . At- mospheric electricity has heretofore been a great obstacle to the success of the Magnetic Telegraph ...
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... tion in the phenomena of certain sci- ences , we may anticipate the revelation of new facts , whose importance will prob- ably be commensurate with the atten- tion directed to other branches of study . What we want is a larger class of ...
... tion in the phenomena of certain sci- ences , we may anticipate the revelation of new facts , whose importance will prob- ably be commensurate with the atten- tion directed to other branches of study . What we want is a larger class of ...
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... tion . But where was the search to be made ? No history that I was aware of , no sketch of our early time that I had ever seen , nothing in print was known to be in existence that could furnish a clue to the story of the Outlaw's Cave ...
... tion . But where was the search to be made ? No history that I was aware of , no sketch of our early time that I had ever seen , nothing in print was known to be in existence that could furnish a clue to the story of the Outlaw's Cave ...
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Página 479 - A GLACIER is AN IMPERFECT FLUID, OR A VISCOUS BODY. WHICH IS URGED DOWN SLOPES OF A CERTAIN INCLINATION BY THE MUTUAL PRESSURE OF ITS PARTS.
Página 207 - I can entertain no doubt, after the most deliberate study and dispassionate judgment of which I am capable, that the view which most naturalists until recently entertained, and which I formerly entertained, namely, that each species has been independently created, is erroneous. I am fully convinced that species are not immutable...
Página 207 - ... been stated that I attribute the modification of species exclusively to natural selection, I may be permitted to remark that in the first edition of this work, and subsequently, I placed in a most conspicuous position — namely, at the close of the Introduction the following words : "I am convinced that natural selection has been the main but not the exclusive means of modification.
Página 264 - He being thus lorded, Not only with what my revenue yielded. But what my power might else exact, — like one Who having unto truth, by telling of it, Made such a sinner of his memory, To credit his own lie...
Página 476 - Netherlands, at the end of the fifteenth century and the beginning of the sixteenth, we find the allegorical drama giving way to more definite and direct personations.
Página 165 - Tobacco, divine, rare, superexcellent Tobacco, which goes far beyond all their panaceas, potable gold, and philosopher's stones, a sovereign remedy to all diseases. A good vomit, I confess, a virtuous herb, if it be well qualified, opportunely taken, and medicinally used, but, as it is commonly abused by most men, which take it as Tinkers do Ale, 'tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, land, health, hellish, devilish, and damned Tobacco, the ruin and overthrow of body and soul.