The Canadian Journal of Industry, Science and Art, 2. köide,5. number;5. köideCanadian Institute., 1860 |
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... mass . Gold and platinum are not attacked by strong nitric acid , which dissolves copper , silver , & c . , very readily . Cupreous acid - solutions have always a green or blue colour . Red copper ore dissolves with effervescence in ...
... mass . Gold and platinum are not attacked by strong nitric acid , which dissolves copper , silver , & c . , very readily . Cupreous acid - solutions have always a green or blue colour . Red copper ore dissolves with effervescence in ...
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... mass , with numerous dichotomous branchings . CORALS and CRINOIDS : Stromatocerium rugosum ( Shannonville ) . Stenopora fibrosa ( the Chatetes lycoperdon of Hall , & c . ) : Variety 1 , ramosa , the branched form , most abundant on the ...
... mass , with numerous dichotomous branchings . CORALS and CRINOIDS : Stromatocerium rugosum ( Shannonville ) . Stenopora fibrosa ( the Chatetes lycoperdon of Hall , & c . ) : Variety 1 , ramosa , the branched form , most abundant on the ...
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... mass . This rock is apparently an abnormal form of the Potsdam sandstone , or , perhaps a bed of passage between the Potsdam sandstone and the Calcareous sand rock , as it contains from 40 to 50 per cent . of dolomitic carbonate of lime ...
... mass . This rock is apparently an abnormal form of the Potsdam sandstone , or , perhaps a bed of passage between the Potsdam sandstone and the Calcareous sand rock , as it contains from 40 to 50 per cent . of dolomitic carbonate of lime ...
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... mass of the body , char- acterise Infusoria ( in the now received limited sense , ) as the highest class of Protozoa . From them , Rhizopoda are distinguished , by having no difference , so far as is known , or only a slight difference ...
... mass of the body , char- acterise Infusoria ( in the now received limited sense , ) as the highest class of Protozoa . From them , Rhizopoda are distinguished , by having no difference , so far as is known , or only a slight difference ...
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... mass , and their inexhaustible supply for the use of man , made available by the application of new mechanical powers . On this primitive soil the botanist and zoologist will be attracted only by a limited range of plants and animals ...
... mass , and their inexhaustible supply for the use of man , made available by the application of new mechanical powers . On this primitive soil the botanist and zoologist will be attracted only by a limited range of plants and animals ...
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Page 119 - Refrain from: these men* and let them alone : for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought : But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it...
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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.
Page 119 - ... been led to the conclusion that those powers of nature which give rise to races and permanent varieties in animals and plants, are the same as those which in much longer periods produce species, and in a still longer series of ages give rise to differences of generic rank. He appears to me to have succeeded by his investigations and reasonings in throwing a flood of light on many classes of phenomena connected with the affinities, geographical distribution, and geological succession of organic...
Page 370 - Therefore I should infer from analogy that probably all the organic beings which have ever lived on this earth, have descended from some one primordial form, into which life was first breathed.
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.