A Manual of Anthropology, Or Science of Man Based on Modern Research by Charles BrayLongmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1871 - 358 pages |
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... living " germs , " always ready to fructify under favourable con- ditions . From experiments , aided by the microscope , Dr. Angus Smith , of Manchester , and Mr. J. B. Dancer found that in the quantity of the air of Manchester that a ...
... living " germs , " always ready to fructify under favourable con- ditions . From experiments , aided by the microscope , Dr. Angus Smith , of Manchester , and Mr. J. B. Dancer found that in the quantity of the air of Manchester that a ...
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... living beings which inhabit the land put together . " * The earliest inhabitants of the earth appear to have lived in shells , and to have carried their houses about with them . A cubic inch of chalk contains * " On the Physical Basis ...
... living beings which inhabit the land put together . " * The earliest inhabitants of the earth appear to have lived in shells , and to have carried their houses about with them . A cubic inch of chalk contains * " On the Physical Basis ...
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... living creatures . M. Ehrenberg ascer- tained that at least 57 species are still existent in different parts of the earth , and if we take into consideration their numbers , and even their capability of enjoyment , they are probably of ...
... living creatures . M. Ehrenberg ascer- tained that at least 57 species are still existent in different parts of the earth , and if we take into consideration their numbers , and even their capability of enjoyment , they are probably of ...
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... living , flying , and eating at the universal board . " The musca carnaria , or blow - fly , in 24 hours becomes 200 times as heavy as at first . 66 The raisers of silkworms have proved that the cater- pillars hatched from one ounce of ...
... living , flying , and eating at the universal board . " The musca carnaria , or blow - fly , in 24 hours becomes 200 times as heavy as at first . 66 The raisers of silkworms have proved that the cater- pillars hatched from one ounce of ...
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... living things in zones is the result of a gradual lowering of the general temperature , which first began to be felt at the poles . * * There are two hundred known orders of plants ; of these not one is certainly known to exist ...
... living things in zones is the result of a gradual lowering of the general temperature , which first began to be felt at the poles . * * There are two hundred known orders of plants ; of these not one is certainly known to exist ...
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