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... Collection , 277 Huntington ( Prof. E. ) , Guatemala and Native Civilisation , 386 Hupka ( Dr. E. ) , Phenomena of Reflected X - Rays , 267 ; ( and W. Steinhaus ) , 10 Hurd ( W. E. ) , North Pacific Storms , 278 ; Cyclones , 616 Hurry ...
... Collection , 277 Huntington ( Prof. E. ) , Guatemala and Native Civilisation , 386 Hupka ( Dr. E. ) , Phenomena of Reflected X - Rays , 267 ; ( and W. Steinhaus ) , 10 Hurd ( W. E. ) , North Pacific Storms , 278 ; Cyclones , 616 Hurry ...
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... Collection of Biographies , 264 Ollivier ( H. ) , Course of General Physics , 631 O'Meara ( Major W. J. A. , C.M.G. ) , Economics of Engineering , 303 Omori ( Prof. F. ) , Earthquake Frequency , 65 ; Recent Sea- level Variation in Japan ...
... Collection of Biographies , 264 Ollivier ( H. ) , Course of General Physics , 631 O'Meara ( Major W. J. A. , C.M.G. ) , Economics of Engineering , 303 Omori ( Prof. F. ) , Earthquake Frequency , 65 ; Recent Sea- level Variation in Japan ...
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... Collection of Indian Big- game Heads , 277 ; Sikes Shell Collection , 300 Natural Selection , Dr. Lloyd , 81 Nature Protection : Bird Protection and the Collector , Miss L. Gardiner , 268 Nature Reserve at Blakeney , Norfolk , Prof ...
... Collection of Indian Big- game Heads , 277 ; Sikes Shell Collection , 300 Natural Selection , Dr. Lloyd , 81 Nature Protection : Bird Protection and the Collector , Miss L. Gardiner , 268 Nature Reserve at Blakeney , Norfolk , Prof ...
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... collection of examples , answers to which are given at the end of the book . We would suggest that an index should be added in future editions . ( 4 ) During the last ten years a number of valu- able reports on the teaching of ...
... collection of examples , answers to which are given at the end of the book . We would suggest that an index should be added in future editions . ( 4 ) During the last ten years a number of valu- able reports on the teaching of ...
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... collected as a labour of love , and constitutes a corpus of in- formation concerning the his- tory , sociology , or ... collection of facts such as this , put in the hands of an intelligent newcomer and pro- perly used , must reduce the ...
... collected as a labour of love , and constitutes a corpus of in- formation concerning the his- tory , sociology , or ... collection of facts such as this , put in the hands of an intelligent newcomer and pro- perly used , must reduce the ...
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Page xxix - AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE PROTOZOA. With special reference to the Parasitic Forms. By the late EA MINCHIN, MA, Ph.D., FRS' xii + 520 pages, 194 diagrams.
Page 126 - Institution, the following documents: 1. The Annual Report of the Secretary, giving an account of the operations of the Institution during the year 1859.
Page 300 - The Birds of Ireland An Account of the Distribution, Migrations, and Habits of Birds, as observed in Ireland, with all additions to the Irish List, including an Introduction and Tables showing the Distribution of Birds in the Breeding Season. By RICHARD J. USSHER and ROBERT WARREN. With a Coloured Plate, Maps, and other Illustrations. 450 pp.
Page 279 - The Institution of Electrical Engineers. The Institution of Gas Engineers. The Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland.
Page 288 - The Conception of a Kingdom of Ends in Augustine, Aquinas, and Leibniz.
Page 334 - I have two photographs of the discharge through helium in which there is a strong line, 6, which could be explained by the compound HeH2, but, as I have never again been able to get these lines, I do not wish to lay much stress on this point. There is, however, the possibility that we may be interpreting Mendeleef's law too rigidly, and that in the neighbourhood of the atomic weight of neon there may be a group of two or more elements with similar properties, just as in another part of the table...
Page 45 - Sheffield, which is one of the foulest towns in England in the most charming situation ; there are two-and-twenty thousand inhabitants making knives and scissors; they remit eleven thousand pounds a-week to London. One man there has discovered the art of plating copper with silver ; I bought a pair of candlesticks for two guineas that are quite pretty.
Page 300 - The Albert medal was established in 1862 as a memorial of HRH the Prince Consort, who had been president of the society for eighteen years. It is awarded annually for "distinguished merit in promoting arts, manufactures, or commerce.
Page 142 - Economic Series No. 1 : The House-Fly as a Danger to Health. Its Life-History and how to deal with it.
Page 45 - And as when armourers temper in the ford The keen-edged pole-axe, or the shining sword, The red-hot metal hisses in the lake, Thus in his eye-ball hiss'd the plunging stake.