Hardwicke's Science-gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, 24. köideMordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Ellor Taylor Robert Hardwicke, 1888 |
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... becomes blue ; from silver , yellow . Another remarkable feature about metallic re- flection , is the amount of light reflected ; whereas white paper only reflects 40 per cent . , polished silver reflects 92 per cent . of the incident ...
... becomes blue ; from silver , yellow . Another remarkable feature about metallic re- flection , is the amount of light reflected ; whereas white paper only reflects 40 per cent . , polished silver reflects 92 per cent . of the incident ...
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... becoming converted into a mixed or complex sensation . " In this respect the eye differs strikingly from the ear ; for two notes , when sounded together , do not give rise to an intermediate note . The ear is able to analyse such ...
... becoming converted into a mixed or complex sensation . " In this respect the eye differs strikingly from the ear ; for two notes , when sounded together , do not give rise to an intermediate note . The ear is able to analyse such ...
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... becomes very transparent , so that the details of the internal organs can be traced with less difficulty . The slender tortuous vessels can be observed leading down to the contracting bladder , situated near the junction of the foot ...
... becomes very transparent , so that the details of the internal organs can be traced with less difficulty . The slender tortuous vessels can be observed leading down to the contracting bladder , situated near the junction of the foot ...
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... become modified . An examination of the very young scales will reveal the fact , that they have apparently started life as ordinary leaves ; instead , however , of develop- ing a flat blade , as in an ordinary leaf , the young leaf ...
... become modified . An examination of the very young scales will reveal the fact , that they have apparently started life as ordinary leaves ; instead , however , of develop- ing a flat blade , as in an ordinary leaf , the young leaf ...
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... become aborted as leaves , and developed into Fig . 6. - Transverse section of a fully - developed scale , showing arrangeinent of cavities and vascular tissue . X 4 . Fig . 7. - Longitudinal section of scale , illustrating the method ...
... become aborted as leaves , and developed into Fig . 6. - Transverse section of a fully - developed scale , showing arrangeinent of cavities and vascular tissue . X 4 . Fig . 7. - Longitudinal section of scale , illustrating the method ...
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