Nature, Volume 11Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1874 - Electronic journals |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 79
Page 1
... position of a subject to- wards which we have always been ready to devote much of our space . We propose to show that the important evidence given before the Royal Commission on the Advancement of Science , and the Reports which that ...
... position of a subject to- wards which we have always been ready to devote much of our space . We propose to show that the important evidence given before the Royal Commission on the Advancement of Science , and the Reports which that ...
Page 7
... position is soon found where the cone of blue flame burning on the gauze above possesses a very high degree of sensibility . The use of smoke - jets instead of flames in this arrangement would perhaps give more positive proofs than may ...
... position is soon found where the cone of blue flame burning on the gauze above possesses a very high degree of sensibility . The use of smoke - jets instead of flames in this arrangement would perhaps give more positive proofs than may ...
Page 21
... position in our schools and universities , for the teaching of science , is a position of , at least , equality with all the other old - fashioned means of education . The only principle on which a satisfactory course of education can ...
... position in our schools and universities , for the teaching of science , is a position of , at least , equality with all the other old - fashioned means of education . The only principle on which a satisfactory course of education can ...
Page 41
... position , which enabled him for so many years in great measure to control the progress of physical geology in his native country . This eminent geologist was born in the year 1798. In 1817 he entered the Ecole Polytechnique , where he ...
... position , which enabled him for so many years in great measure to control the progress of physical geology in his native country . This eminent geologist was born in the year 1798. In 1817 he entered the Ecole Polytechnique , where he ...
Page 44
... position , he gives facts within his own knowledge which we do not feel to be in the least inimical to the doctrine against which they are arrayed . Mr. Sully is more consistent ; he thinks it proveable that the eye has no instinctive ...
... position , he gives facts within his own knowledge which we do not feel to be in the least inimical to the doctrine against which they are arrayed . Mr. Sully is more consistent ; he thinks it proveable that the eye has no instinctive ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Academy acid Amú animals appears Arctic astronomical atmosphere birds botany Capt carbon carbonic acid centimetres chemical chromosphere coast College colour comet contains deposits depth described discovery doubt effect English existence expedition experiments fact Fallow Deer fathoms favourable fish flame flowers foraminifera fossil geological given gives Globigerina Globigerina ooze Greenland heat hydrogen important insects interest investigation Islands lectures Lepidoptera lines magnetic matter means memoir ment metalloids method motion Museum Natural History Novaya Zemlya object observations Observatory obtained paper Paris Paris Observatory passed perihelion Phylloxera plane plants portion present president probably produced Prof question recent reference regard region remarks researches river Royal Society scientific seen sound species specimens spectrum Spitzbergen stars Stigmaria surface taken temperature theory tion Transit of Venus Zealand