Nature, Volume 90Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1913 - Electronic journals |
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... living . ' Dastre , following Claude Bernard , defines it as the sum total of the phenomena common to all living beings . " 1 Both of these definitions are , however , of the same character as Sydney Smith's definition of an archdeacon ...
... living . ' Dastre , following Claude Bernard , defines it as the sum total of the phenomena common to all living beings . " 1 Both of these definitions are , however , of the same character as Sydney Smith's definition of an archdeacon ...
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... living organisms , has doubtless led to a belief in the identity of life with soul . But unless the use of the expression " soul " is extended to a degree which would deprive it of all special significance , the distinction between ...
... living organisms , has doubtless led to a belief in the identity of life with soul . But unless the use of the expression " soul " is extended to a degree which would deprive it of all special significance , the distinction between ...
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... Living and Non - living Matter . Somewhat more than half a century ago Thomas Graham published his epoch - making observations relating to the properties of matter in the colloidal state : observations which are proving all - important ...
... Living and Non - living Matter . Somewhat more than half a century ago Thomas Graham published his epoch - making observations relating to the properties of matter in the colloidal state : observations which are proving all - important ...
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... Living Substance . More- The elements composing living substance are few in number . Those which are constantly present are carbon , hydrogen , oxygen , and nitrogen . With these , both in nuclear matter and also , but to a less degree ...
... Living Substance . More- The elements composing living substance are few in number . Those which are constantly present are carbon , hydrogen , oxygen , and nitrogen . With these , both in nuclear matter and also , but to a less degree ...
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... living germs were carried through the ether by luminous and other radiations the time necessary for their transportation from our globe to the nearest stellar system would be only nine thousand years , and to Mars only twenty days ! But ...
... living germs were carried through the ether by luminous and other radiations the time necessary for their transportation from our globe to the nearest stellar system would be only nine thousand years , and to Mars only twenty days ! But ...
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Page 19 - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Page 95 - ... the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man, as the means of production and of traffic in states.
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Page 145 - THE OFFICIAL YEAR-BOOK OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND LEARNED SOCIETIES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. COMPILED FROM OFFICIAL SOURCES. Comprising (together with other Official Information) LISTS of...
Page 10 - I must carefully guard myself against the supposition that I intend to suggest that no such thing as Abiogenesis ever has taken place in the past or ever will take place in the future. With organic chemistry, molecular physics, and physiology yet in their infancy, and every day making prodigious strides, I think it would be the height of presumption for any man to say that the conditions under which matter assumes the properties we call " vital " may not, some day, be artificially brought together.
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Page 120 - The professor had even got up at the British Association and declared that apes had hippopotamus majors in their brains, just as men have. Which was a shocking thing to say ; for, if it were so, what would become of the faith, hope, and charity of immortal millions ? You may think that there are other more important differences between you and an ape, such as being able to speak, and make machines, and know right from wrong, and say your prayers, and other little matters of that kind ; but that is...
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