Science, Volume 7John Michels (Journalist) American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1886 - Science Since Jan. 1901 the official proceedings and most of the papers of the American Association for the Advancement of Science have been included in Science. |
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... regard to future re - sur- veys hold here equally with the Atlantic coast : one re - survey of San Francisco Bay was made about twelve years ago , and a new one is now strongly urged . In the territory of Alaska , no minute or exact ...
... regard to future re - sur- veys hold here equally with the Atlantic coast : one re - survey of San Francisco Bay was made about twelve years ago , and a new one is now strongly urged . In the territory of Alaska , no minute or exact ...
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... regard to the limestone tablet indicates that it was a plant made to deceive the mem- bers of the Davenport academy , we are led to inquire whether the authenticity of the shale tablets rests on any better foundation . Accepting the ...
... regard to the limestone tablet indicates that it was a plant made to deceive the mem- bers of the Davenport academy , we are led to inquire whether the authenticity of the shale tablets rests on any better foundation . Accepting the ...
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... regard to the evolution of the horses have long been known , and the series of modifications in the limbs , skull , and molar teeth , so fully described , that little doubt remains as to the various links in the long chain . But , in ...
... regard to the evolution of the horses have long been known , and the series of modifications in the limbs , skull , and molar teeth , so fully described , that little doubt remains as to the various links in the long chain . But , in ...
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... regard to horses : we know that a race- horse is altogether different from a dray - horse , and we give him a totally different kind of life from the beginning . We have no trouble in recog- nizing him we simply inquire who were his an ...
... regard to horses : we know that a race- horse is altogether different from a dray - horse , and we give him a totally different kind of life from the beginning . We have no trouble in recog- nizing him we simply inquire who were his an ...
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... regard to his rule of inversion , ' when three or more propositions are involved , Mr. Halsted has fallen into a slight inaccuracy . In the first place , if the term ' contradictory ' is to be applied to three terms at all , it should ...
... regard to his rule of inversion , ' when three or more propositions are involved , Mr. Halsted has fallen into a slight inaccuracy . In the first place , if the term ' contradictory ' is to be applied to three terms at all , it should ...
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Page 432 - City had given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History.
Page 377 - Every man, as long as he does not violate the laws of justice, is left perfectly free to pursue his own interest his own way, and to bring both his industry and capital into competition with those of any other man or order of men.
Page 331 - ... that for the ordinary necessities of lighthouse illumination, mineral oil is the most suitable and economical illuminant, and that for salient headlands, important landfalls, and places where a very powerful light is required, electricity offers the greatest advantages.
Page 322 - THE PREVENTABLE CAUSES OF DISEASE, INJURY, AND DEATH IN AMERICAN MANUFACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS, AND THE BEST MEANS AND APPLIANCES FOR PREVENTING AND AVOIDING THEM.
Page 202 - ... permitting the holder thereof to collect birds, their nests or eggs, for strictly scientific purposes only. In order to obtain such...
Page 314 - Drainage for health ; or. Easy lessons in sanitary science. By JOSEPH WILSON . Philadelphia, Blakiston, 1888.
Page 318 - Pennsylvania, was invited to deliver the fifth course of the Cartwright lectures of the Alumni association of the College of physicians and surgeons of New York, and selected as his subject, ' Certain, problems in the physiology of the blood.
Page 372 - Now, the most important object of all educational schemes is to catch these exceptional people, and turn them to account for the good of society.
Page 115 - Provision shall be made by the proper local authorities for instructing all pupils in all schools supported by public money or under control of the State, in physiology and hygiene, with special reference to the effects of alcoholic drinks, stimulants, and narcotics upon the human system.
Page 202 - ... a properly executed bond in the sum of two hundred dollars, signed by two responsible citizens of the State as sureties. This bond shall be forfeited to the State and the...