Talks about science, with a biogr. sketch by C. Welsh1882 |
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... instance . You are about , we will suppose , to cross a busy thoroughfare , and just as you are stepping off the kerb a cab dashes round the corner . You draw back instantly , there is no time for thought , the action is entirely reflex ...
... instance . You are about , we will suppose , to cross a busy thoroughfare , and just as you are stepping off the kerb a cab dashes round the corner . You draw back instantly , there is no time for thought , the action is entirely reflex ...
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... changed in direction , but undergoes profound modification . For instance , when a crumb of bread or particle of salt goes , as we say , " the wrong way , " the result is , as you know , a violent MECHANISM OF SENSATION . 9.
... changed in direction , but undergoes profound modification . For instance , when a crumb of bread or particle of salt goes , as we say , " the wrong way , " the result is , as you know , a violent MECHANISM OF SENSATION . 9.
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... instance of this class of reflex movements is to be found in the art of writing . Doubtless , everyone here re- members , more or less distinctly , the sad trial it was in our early school - days when we were first set to ΤΟ MECHANISM ...
... instance of this class of reflex movements is to be found in the art of writing . Doubtless , everyone here re- members , more or less distinctly , the sad trial it was in our early school - days when we were first set to ΤΟ MECHANISM ...
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... instances rude attempts at ornamenta- tion have been made . In the stone age bone implements were also used , such lighter tools as pins , needles , fish- hooks , and such weapons as harpoons being made from this material ; in fact ...
... instances rude attempts at ornamenta- tion have been made . In the stone age bone implements were also used , such lighter tools as pins , needles , fish- hooks , and such weapons as harpoons being made from this material ; in fact ...
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... instance are the stone implements paleolithic . A most interesting series of pre - historic remains are the lake villages which are found most abundantly in the Swiss lakes . It appears to have been the custom of the ancient inhabitants ...
... instance are the stone implements paleolithic . A most interesting series of pre - historic remains are the lake villages which are found most abundantly in the Swiss lakes . It appears to have been the custom of the ancient inhabitants ...
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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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