The Canadian Journal of Industry, Science and Art, 2. köide,5. number;5. köideCanadian Institute., 1860 |
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... respect to the vari- able . Thus , c being constant , and p variable , the former of the ex- pressions , cp , √c + p , is surd or irrational ; and the latter , rational . Def . 2. Surds may be distinguished as of different orders . The ...
... respect to the vari- able . Thus , c being constant , and p variable , the former of the ex- pressions , cp , √c + p , is surd or irrational ; and the latter , rational . Def . 2. Surds may be distinguished as of different orders . The ...
Page 46
... respects with Stenopora , and to be thus an unnecessary addition to the list of Favositian genera . Calamopora of Goldfuss ( including amongst others , Favosites , Stenopora and Chatetes ) can scarcely be employed without risk of ...
... respects with Stenopora , and to be thus an unnecessary addition to the list of Favositian genera . Calamopora of Goldfuss ( including amongst others , Favosites , Stenopora and Chatetes ) can scarcely be employed without risk of ...
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... respecting points of interest to be visited , and for the presentation of many fossils obtained in the neighbourhood . REVIEWS . Galbraith and Haughton's Scientific Manuals . Experimental and Natural Science Series : Manual of the ...
... respecting points of interest to be visited , and for the presentation of many fossils obtained in the neighbourhood . REVIEWS . Galbraith and Haughton's Scientific Manuals . Experimental and Natural Science Series : Manual of the ...
Page 49
... respecting at least some typical species as seem to be established by sufficient authority . For prac- tical usefulness we should have preferred some attempt , even if con- fessedly only provisional , to harmonise what we seem to have ...
... respecting at least some typical species as seem to be established by sufficient authority . For prac- tical usefulness we should have preferred some attempt , even if con- fessedly only provisional , to harmonise what we seem to have ...
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... respecting their nature . Sponges for which we may adopt the name of Amorphozoa , form a third distinct class . Since no protrusion of pseudopodia is attributed to Thalassicollida and in some of them at least , cell¿form bodies ...
... respecting their nature . Sponges for which we may adopt the name of Amorphozoa , form a third distinct class . Since no protrusion of pseudopodia is attributed to Thalassicollida and in some of them at least , cell¿form bodies ...
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Page 192 - A sight most horrible and disgusting broke upon us as we ascended a sand dune overhanging the little dell in which the pound was built. Within a circular fence 120 feet broad, constructed of the trunks of trees, laced with withes together, and braced by outside supports, lay tossed in every conceivable position over two hundred dead buffalo. From old bulls to calves of three months old, animals of every age were huddled together in all the forced attitudes of violent death.
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Page 193 - ... climb to the top of the fence, and, with the hunters who have followed closely in the rear of the buffalo, spear or shoot with bows and arrows or fire-arms at the bewildered animals, rapidly becoming frantic with rage and terror, within the narrow limits of the pound.