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Perhaps the most re- markable of the publications is the beautifully printed volume issued by the Cambridge University Press under the title of The Foundations of the Origin of Species . " This contains the brief abstract of the theory ...
Perhaps the most re- markable of the publications is the beautifully printed volume issued by the Cambridge University Press under the title of The Foundations of the Origin of Species . " This contains the brief abstract of the theory ...
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The essays are preceded by a full introduction by his son , Francis Darwin , and the volume contains also a portrait of Charles Darwin taken in 1854 , and a facsimile of a paragraph in the manuscript of 1842 Charles Darwin as Geologist ...
The essays are preceded by a full introduction by his son , Francis Darwin , and the volume contains also a portrait of Charles Darwin taken in 1854 , and a facsimile of a paragraph in the manuscript of 1842 Charles Darwin as Geologist ...
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The general geo- graphical and meteorological results of the expedition were given in one large volume at the close of 1908 ... In the two volumes under review , the geological and biological collections and observations of the Duke's ...
The general geo- graphical and meteorological results of the expedition were given in one large volume at the close of 1908 ... In the two volumes under review , the geological and biological collections and observations of the Duke's ...
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The volume concluded with the observations made in the year 1890 , including the first photographs of the disc of Mars made by Prof. W. H. Pickering at Mount Wilson , California , on April 9 . In Martian cartography the year 1890 seems ...
The volume concluded with the observations made in the year 1890 , including the first photographs of the disc of Mars made by Prof. W. H. Pickering at Mount Wilson , California , on April 9 . In Martian cartography the year 1890 seems ...
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IN N this admirable volume Prof. Timerding gives a systematic and original treatment of the geo- metry of forces and force - systems in which for the first time , so far as we are aware , an adequate know- ledge of modern geometrical ...
IN N this admirable volume Prof. Timerding gives a systematic and original treatment of the geo- metry of forces and force - systems in which for the first time , so far as we are aware , an adequate know- ledge of modern geometrical ...
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Page xxiii - Are God and Nature then at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life...
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Page 16 - ... among specialists, who will welcome a work of reasonable compass and handy form, containing a trustworthy treatment of the various departments of Natural History by men who are familiar with, and competent to deal with, the latest results of scientific research. Altogether to judge from this first volume, the Cambridge Natural History promises to fulfil all the expectations that its prospectus holds out
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Page xxiv - ... selection index numbers" in such work. The idea of such index numbers is to combine in a single numerical expression the values of a series of variable characters with regard to all of which the breeder wishes to practise selection at the same time. The analytical expression of this idea is discussed and its adaptability and usefulness are illustrated by examples drawn from poultry and maize breeding. It is shown that selection index numbers...
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| Title | Nature, Volume 81 |
| Editor | Sir Norman Lockyer |
| Publisher | Macmillan Journals Limited, 1909 |
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