The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts, 11. köideA. and C. Black, 1860 |
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Page 40
... extended right across the valley ; but the impetuous mountain torrent has hewn a channel , and has levelled the ground for a breadth of 100 yards . This glacier , extending from Grisedale Tarn to the terminal moraine , was three miles ...
... extended right across the valley ; but the impetuous mountain torrent has hewn a channel , and has levelled the ground for a breadth of 100 yards . This glacier , extending from Grisedale Tarn to the terminal moraine , was three miles ...
Page 55
... extend , the principle is of immense importance , and deserves attention . The quantity of carbon consumed , either as coke , charcoal , cinder , & c . , does not affect the result . With a terminal temperature of 600 ° ( which is ...
... extend , the principle is of immense importance , and deserves attention . The quantity of carbon consumed , either as coke , charcoal , cinder , & c . , does not affect the result . With a terminal temperature of 600 ° ( which is ...
Page 70
... extended with a similar effect to the Asaphes and Volucellæ , seeing that the creative birthplace might probably be the same as that of the other , as their actual birthplace in point of fact is . My idea as to this , however , will be ...
... extended with a similar effect to the Asaphes and Volucellæ , seeing that the creative birthplace might probably be the same as that of the other , as their actual birthplace in point of fact is . My idea as to this , however , will be ...
Page 79
... extend it to the phenomena of life ( as in contradiction to the phenomena of creation ) . These are by no means the same thing . If applicable solely to the phenomena of crea- tion , my suggestion might apply to all such cases of per ...
... extend it to the phenomena of life ( as in contradiction to the phenomena of creation ) . These are by no means the same thing . If applicable solely to the phenomena of crea- tion , my suggestion might apply to all such cases of per ...
Page 83
... extend through the centre of the land . And , lastly , compare the fauna and flora of the Arctic regions of Europe , of Asia , and of America , where the conditions cease to be different , and we find that there there is no longer a ...
... extend through the centre of the land . And , lastly , compare the fauna and flora of the Arctic regions of Europe , of Asia , and of America , where the conditions cease to be different , and we find that there there is no longer a ...
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