My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 31
... side of the house , and there we occasionally found what I here first heard called " thunder- bolts " -worn specimens of belemnites - fossils of the chalk formation . We all believed that they fell down during thunderstorms . One rather ...
... side of the house , and there we occasionally found what I here first heard called " thunder- bolts " -worn specimens of belemnites - fossils of the chalk formation . We all believed that they fell down during thunderstorms . One rather ...
Page 32
... side by side and talk , or get over the wall and play together when we liked . Thus began the friendship of George Silk and Alfred Wallace , which , with long intervals of absence at various periods , has continued to this day . The way ...
... side by side and talk , or get over the wall and play together when we liked . Thus began the friendship of George Silk and Alfred Wallace , which , with long intervals of absence at various periods , has continued to this day . The way ...
Page 34
... side by side , though not parallel , which I remember used to puzzle me very much as to their origin . In addition to these there was another quite distinct river , the Beane , which came from the north - west till it was only a furlong ...
... side by side , though not parallel , which I remember used to puzzle me very much as to their origin . In addition to these there was another quite distinct river , the Beane , which came from the north - west till it was only a furlong ...
Page 35
... side of Ware Park , but this also was quite unexplored by us . Just out of the town , to the south - west , the river Mimram joined the Lea . This came through the village of Herting- fordbury , about a mile off , and then through the ...
... side of Ware Park , but this also was quite unexplored by us . Just out of the town , to the south - west , the river Mimram joined the Lea . This came through the village of Herting- fordbury , about a mile off , and then through the ...
Page 36
... side of a massive vertical wooden axis on a central iron axle , revolving slowly and silently , and crushing the linseed into a fine oily meal . A curved fender or scoop continually swept the meal back under the rollers with an ...
... side of a massive vertical wooden axis on a central iron axle , revolving slowly and silently , and crushing the linseed into a fine oily meal . A curved fender or scoop continually swept the meal back under the rollers with an ...
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