The Atlantic Monthly, Том 6Atlantic Monthly Company, 1860 |
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... ment . As compared with water , the air ( the barometer indicating 30 ° , and the ther- mometer 55 ° ) is 833 times lighter . It is this weight of the atmosphere which counterbalances that of a column of mercury 29 inches in height ...
... ment . As compared with water , the air ( the barometer indicating 30 ° , and the ther- mometer 55 ° ) is 833 times lighter . It is this weight of the atmosphere which counterbalances that of a column of mercury 29 inches in height ...
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... ment could be made of the changes which have taken place in vegetation in Green- land , and throughout certain northern parts of Europe , also in Palestine , Greece , and other southern countries , — while we know that the earth's ...
... ment could be made of the changes which have taken place in vegetation in Green- land , and throughout certain northern parts of Europe , also in Palestine , Greece , and other southern countries , — while we know that the earth's ...
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... ment prevents our rivers being frozen up and our lakes becoming solid . Ice thickens because it is porous , and allows the heat of the water to pass up and the cold to descend ; but this is happily a slow process , as ice is a bad ...
... ment prevents our rivers being frozen up and our lakes becoming solid . Ice thickens because it is porous , and allows the heat of the water to pass up and the cold to descend ; but this is happily a slow process , as ice is a bad ...
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... ment of the present age , says the same authority , that there should be an equal appreciation of all branches of mathemat- ical and physical science ; for the mate- rial wealth and the growing prosperity of nations are principally ...
... ment of the present age , says the same authority , that there should be an equal appreciation of all branches of mathemat- ical and physical science ; for the mate- rial wealth and the growing prosperity of nations are principally ...
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... ment in Honduras , " which I am allowed to copy for the information of travellers . -- " Distances here are computed by what may be called Long Measure . League is a vague term , and , like x in an algebraic equation , stands for an un ...
... ment in Honduras , " which I am allowed to copy for the information of travellers . -- " Distances here are computed by what may be called Long Measure . League is a vague term , and , like x in an algebraic equation , stands for an un ...
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Стр. 355 - They climb up into my turret O'er the arms and back of my chair; If I' try to escape, they surround me; They seem to be everywhere.
Стр. 355 - HOUR. BETWEEN the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the day's occupations, That is known as the Children's Hour.
Стр. 69 - Sit, worthy friends : — my lord is often thus, And hath been from his youth : pray you, keep seat ; The fit is momentary ; upon a...
Стр. 291 - With those that I saw suffer: a brave vessel, Who had, no doubt, some noble creature in her, Dash'd all to pieces.
Стр. 389 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Стр. 355 - I have you fast in my fortress, And will not let you depart, But put you down into the dungeon In the round-tower of my heart. And there will I keep you forever, Yes, forever and a day, Till the walls shall crumble to ruin, And moulder in dust away...
Стр. 491 - THE GLACIERS OF THE ALPS : being a Narrative of Excursions and Ascents. An Account of the Origin and Phenomena of Glaciers, and an Exposition of the Physical Principles to which they are related.
Стр. 137 - She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love : A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye! Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky.
Стр. 355 - I hear in the chamber above me • The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet. From my study I see in the lamplight, Descending the broad hall stair, Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair. A whisper, and then a silence: Yet I know by their merry eyes They are plotting and planning together To take me by surprise.
Стр. 230 - I can entertain no doubt, after the most deliberate study and dispassionate judgment of which I am capable, that the view which most naturalists until recently entertained, and which I formerly entertained, namely, that each species has been independently created, is erroneous. I am fully convinced that species are not immutable...