My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 2. köideDodd, Mead, 1906 |
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... EXPERIMENTS TO SHOW CON- VEXITY OF THE EARTH . Pages 383 and 385 The portraits of the Author illustrating this work show him at the following ages : - AGE 25 . Before going to the Amazon . 66 46. At publication of " Maylay Archipelago ...
... EXPERIMENTS TO SHOW CON- VEXITY OF THE EARTH . Pages 383 and 385 The portraits of the Author illustrating this work show him at the following ages : - AGE 25 . Before going to the Amazon . 66 46. At publication of " Maylay Archipelago ...
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... experiments lasting for months , and often for years , seem to have been beneficial . On the other hand , writing his books and correcting the MSS . and the proofs in the very careful manner he always practised was most wearying and ...
... experiments lasting for months , and often for years , seem to have been beneficial . On the other hand , writing his books and correcting the MSS . and the proofs in the very careful manner he always practised was most wearying and ...
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... experiments dur- ing the summer in accordance with Mr. Darwin's suggestion . I also wrote a letter to The Field newspaper , which , as it explains my hypothesis in simple language , I here give entire : — 66 SIR , CATERPILLARS AND BIRDS ...
... experiments dur- ing the summer in accordance with Mr. Darwin's suggestion . I also wrote a letter to The Field newspaper , which , as it explains my hypothesis in simple language , I here give entire : — 66 SIR , CATERPILLARS AND BIRDS ...
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... experiment would be still more complete . A third set of observations might be made on young fowls , turkeys , guinea - fowls , pheasants , etc. , in exactly the same manner . " Now the purport of these observations is to ascertain the ...
... experiment would be still more complete . A third set of observations might be made on young fowls , turkeys , guinea - fowls , pheasants , etc. , in exactly the same manner . " Now the purport of these observations is to ascertain the ...
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... experiments and observations with several of our most gaily - coloured caterpillars , and with a considerable variety of birds , and also with lizards , frogs , and spiders , con- firming my explanation in a most remarkable manner . An ...
... experiments and observations with several of our most gaily - coloured caterpillars , and with a considerable variety of birds , and also with lizards , frogs , and spiders , con- firming my explanation in a most remarkable manner . An ...
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