Hardwicke's Science-gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, 27. köideMordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Ellor Taylor Robert Hardwicke, 1891 |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 62
Page 13
... length . Of Government cables the greatest number is owned by Norway with two hundred and thirty- six , averaging however less than a mile each in length . eighty - nine cables ; and Germany third with 1579 miles , and forty - three ...
... length . Of Government cables the greatest number is owned by Norway with two hundred and thirty- six , averaging however less than a mile each in length . eighty - nine cables ; and Germany third with 1579 miles , and forty - three ...
Page 14
... length of fourteen and a half miles ; and the River Plate Telegraph Company with one cable from Monte Video to Buenos Ayres , thirty- two miles long . The smallest Government telegraph organisation is that of New Caledonia with its one ...
... length of fourteen and a half miles ; and the River Plate Telegraph Company with one cable from Monte Video to Buenos Ayres , thirty- two miles long . The smallest Government telegraph organisation is that of New Caledonia with its one ...
Page 15
... length of nearly twenty - two thousand miles . The Direct Spanish Telegraph Company has a cable , laid in 1884. from Kennach Cove , Cornwall , to Bilbao , Spain , 486 miles in length ( 14 ) . Coming now to shorter cables connecting ...
... length of nearly twenty - two thousand miles . The Direct Spanish Telegraph Company has a cable , laid in 1884. from Kennach Cove , Cornwall , to Bilbao , Spain , 486 miles in length ( 14 ) . Coming now to shorter cables connecting ...
Page 20
... length the great Darwinian , Dr. A. R. Wallace , has received recognition at the hands of our Royal Society . He has obtained the first Darwinian gold medal . But why is he not an F.R.S. ? DR . HENRY WOODWARD figures and describes in ...
... length the great Darwinian , Dr. A. R. Wallace , has received recognition at the hands of our Royal Society . He has obtained the first Darwinian gold medal . But why is he not an F.R.S. ? DR . HENRY WOODWARD figures and describes in ...
Page 27
... length of a degree of latitude on the earth's surface , which had to be corrected before theory and facts could agree . Many of the theories . of this illustrious Englishman " were left in an im- perfect state , for it is not in matters ...
... length of a degree of latitude on the earth's surface , which had to be corrected before theory and facts could agree . Many of the theories . of this illustrious Englishman " were left in an im- perfect state , for it is not in matters ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abdomen abundant Algæ Allurus animal antennæ appear barnacle goose beautiful birds botanical British brown cables Carbolic Smoke Ball carboniferous cell chlorophyll collection colour common Conchology containing Cured Darwin diatoms Difflugia Diptera district dorsal eggs Eocene exchange eyes fact feet fish flies flowers fossils frequently freshwater shells garden gemmules genera genus geological give grey Hay Fever head Helix inches insect interesting Journal land and freshwater larva larvæ legs lepidoptera limestone London London Clay matter microscope miles mosses natural history Naturalist nest noticed observed offers organism Pangenesis paper plants pond present Professor pseudopodia pubescence pupa rare readers Rhizopods Road rocks rotifers round SCIENCE-GOSSIP scientific seen side Society species specimens spot Street theory thorax tibiæ tion tree variety vein WANTED wings wood worm yellow