Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical Society of Great Britain, 40. köideVictoria Institute., 1908 |
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... Lord Kelvin . ( Resolution of Council , June 1st , 1908. ) The present Secretary on retiring from office to be Vice- President ( Resolution of Council , May 25th , 1908 ) , and Mr. W. E. Thompson Sharpe has retired from the Council ...
... Lord Kelvin . ( Resolution of Council , June 1st , 1908. ) The present Secretary on retiring from office to be Vice- President ( Resolution of Council , May 25th , 1908 ) , and Mr. W. E. Thompson Sharpe has retired from the Council ...
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... Lord our God is one Lord " ; and the practical application of that creed to conduct , requires neither recon- struction nor restatement : " Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart , and with all thy soul , and with all thy ...
... Lord our God is one Lord " ; and the practical application of that creed to conduct , requires neither recon- struction nor restatement : " Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart , and with all thy soul , and with all thy ...
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... Lord Avebury , 6th Edition , pp . 89 , 90 . i.e. , the Paleolithic Period . Early Man in Britain , p . 211 . ** Bulletins de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris , Novembre - Décembre , 1894 . that traders were in the habit of conveying ...
... Lord Avebury , 6th Edition , pp . 89 , 90 . i.e. , the Paleolithic Period . Early Man in Britain , p . 211 . ** Bulletins de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris , Novembre - Décembre , 1894 . that traders were in the habit of conveying ...
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... Lord Avebury . An extensive depression and submergence of the land took place after the " Glacial Period " in Britain and parts of Western Europe , and it is to this period the formation of the " high - level " gravels is , in all ...
... Lord Avebury . An extensive depression and submergence of the land took place after the " Glacial Period " in Britain and parts of Western Europe , and it is to this period the formation of the " high - level " gravels is , in all ...
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... Lord Kelvin has voiced the pretty general belief of his associates in maintaining that * See pp . 250-252 . + See Lord Kelvin's Annual Address at the Victoria Institute , 1897 . wenty - four million years is all the time which 52 REV ...
... Lord Kelvin has voiced the pretty general belief of his associates in maintaining that * See pp . 250-252 . + See Lord Kelvin's Annual Address at the Victoria Institute , 1897 . wenty - four million years is all the time which 52 REV ...
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Page 133 - There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.
Page 11 - And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Page 128 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Page 85 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, 11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.