My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 2. köideDodd, Mead, 1905 |
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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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... experiments upon living plants , which constituted his relaxa- tion and delight , and resulted in that series of volumes which are of the greatest value and interest to all students of the marvels and mysteries of vegetable life . And ...
... experiments upon living plants , which constituted his relaxa- tion and delight , and resulted in that series of volumes which are of the greatest value and interest to all students of the marvels and mysteries of vegetable life . And ...
Page 22
... experiments of transfusing a large quantity of the blood of rabbits into other individuals of quite different breeds , and afterwards finding that the progeny was not in the slightest degree altered , did seem to me to be very nearly a ...
... experiments of transfusing a large quantity of the blood of rabbits into other individuals of quite different breeds , and afterwards finding that the progeny was not in the slightest degree altered , did seem to me to be very nearly a ...
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... experiments and photographs , showed that while the whole upward motion of the wing is very gradual , the downward stroke , though equally gradual at the beginning and the end , is two or three times as rapid in the middle , thus giving ...
... experiments and photographs , showed that while the whole upward motion of the wing is very gradual , the downward stroke , though equally gradual at the beginning and the end , is two or three times as rapid in the middle , thus giving ...
Page 47
... Experiment has proved that the juice of three or four lemons , and three - quarters of a pound of loaf - sugar dissolved in about three pints of boiling water , give saporous waves which strike the palate at such intervals that the ...
... Experiment has proved that the juice of three or four lemons , and three - quarters of a pound of loaf - sugar dissolved in about three pints of boiling water , give saporous waves which strike the palate at such intervals that the ...
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