Talks about science, with a biogr. sketch by C. Welsh1882 |
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... going fibres . Other fibres will only convey impressions from a nerve - centre to the muscles , and these are termed motor or efferent , that is , out- going . Another class of fibres convey impressions to the brain which result in ...
... going fibres . Other fibres will only convey impressions from a nerve - centre to the muscles , and these are termed motor or efferent , that is , out- going . Another class of fibres convey impressions to the brain which result in ...
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... going to use is that proceeding from incan- descent sodium vapour , and you see upon the screen , in place of the brilliant band of colours produced from white light , a single bright yellow band , occupying the same position as the ...
... going to use is that proceeding from incan- descent sodium vapour , and you see upon the screen , in place of the brilliant band of colours produced from white light , a single bright yellow band , occupying the same position as the ...
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... Going still lower , that is still further back in time , we come to the oldest deposits in which any traces of man have , in these bogs , been found ; and here we find that the vegetable remains include neither oaks nor beech , but are ...
... Going still lower , that is still further back in time , we come to the oldest deposits in which any traces of man have , in these bogs , been found ; and here we find that the vegetable remains include neither oaks nor beech , but are ...
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... going on month after month , year after year , century after century , each little crystal grows , the pendant growing downwards from the roof , while a boss rises up to meet it from the floor , and in some cases the two meet to form a ...
... going on month after month , year after year , century after century , each little crystal grows , the pendant growing downwards from the roof , while a boss rises up to meet it from the floor , and in some cases the two meet to form a ...
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... going on in the cavern at the present time , and we have evidence that it always has gone on , for most of the objects found in the Cave Earth are covered with a film of stalagmite , which further shows us that the deposit of the Cave ...
... going on in the cavern at the present time , and we have evidence that it always has gone on , for most of the objects found in the Cave Earth are covered with a film of stalagmite , which further shows us that the deposit of the Cave ...
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acid gas animal atomic weight atoms BARBARA HUTTON beautiful beneath the surface blood body Book bottom brain called carbonic acid carbonic acid gas cavern cells chalk cloth cloud coal colours consists constantly contains coral course Crown 8vo cubic foot Davy Lamp deposited depth distance earth enormous exist fact Fcap feet fibres French Morocco frog gilt edges give glaciers going gradually heat inches Kent's Cavern kind known large number lava layers lecture limbs limestone limp little tiny living lobster lungs mass material matter miles molecules Morocco motion mountain nature nerve nervous ocean oxygen particles pass photosphere piece plant present quantity reef result rocks round shell side skeleton snow spectrum stalagmite stars stones stream substance suppose tell temperature termed thermometer thing THOMAS DUNMAN thousand trees vapour vegetable vessels vibrations volcanoes weight
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