My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 29
... tion of pain does not , probably , reach its maximum till the whole organism is fully developed in the adult individual . This is rather a comforting conclusion in view of the suffer- ings of so many infants needlessly massacred through ...
... tion of pain does not , probably , reach its maximum till the whole organism is fully developed in the adult individual . This is rather a comforting conclusion in view of the suffer- ings of so many infants needlessly massacred through ...
Page 72
... tion in the year 1832 , a little before she attained her twenty- second year . This was a severe loss to my father and mother , though I was not of an age to feel it much . I think it was soon afterwards that my remaining sister went to ...
... tion in the year 1832 , a little before she attained her twenty- second year . This was a severe loss to my father and mother , though I was not of an age to feel it much . I think it was soon afterwards that my remaining sister went to ...
Page 99
... tion or amusement till they were fatigued , and were taken much into the open air and into the surrounding country , where they were taught something about every natural object . Here we see all the essential features of the educa ...
... tion or amusement till they were fatigued , and were taken much into the open air and into the surrounding country , where they were taught something about every natural object . Here we see all the essential features of the educa ...
Page 109
... which were found to differ only by about an inch , so that the mean of all the measurements was probably correct to less than half that amount . These bases were connected by the system of triangula- tion VII ] 109 BEDFORDSHIRE : SURVEYING.
... which were found to differ only by about an inch , so that the mean of all the measurements was probably correct to less than half that amount . These bases were connected by the system of triangula- tion VII ] 109 BEDFORDSHIRE : SURVEYING.
Page 110
... tion already referred to , the angles at all the stations being taken with the best available instruments and often repeated by different observers , while allowance had also to be made for height above the sea - level , to which all ...
... tion already referred to , the angles at all the stations being taken with the best available instruments and often repeated by different observers , while allowance had also to be made for height above the sea - level , to which all ...
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