Science, Том 6Since Jan. 1901 the official proceedings and most of the papers of the American Association for the Advancement of Science have been included in Science. |
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The area already surveyed by the topographers is about eighty geographical miles square ; and the whole country is expected to be surveyed and mapped in about eight years more . The geological survey has reached about the same extent as ...
The area already surveyed by the topographers is about eighty geographical miles square ; and the whole country is expected to be surveyed and mapped in about eight years more . The geological survey has reached about the same extent as ...
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The descriptions here are minute rather than profound , many trivial points receiving more attention than they deserve . The frequent long quotations from other authors , too , give the whole treatment rather a patchwork char- acter .
The descriptions here are minute rather than profound , many trivial points receiving more attention than they deserve . The frequent long quotations from other authors , too , give the whole treatment rather a patchwork char- acter .
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-The Geological magazine of London attains its majority the present summer ; and as the present editor , Dr. Henry Woodward of the British museum , has been connected with it from the beginning , and during almost the whole time as its ...
-The Geological magazine of London attains its majority the present summer ; and as the present editor , Dr. Henry Woodward of the British museum , has been connected with it from the beginning , and during almost the whole time as its ...
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The whole line has been very carefully surveyed , and is practically located . Careful examinations have been made to as- certain the character of the foundations , both for the road - bed and for the masonry structures .
The whole line has been very carefully surveyed , and is practically located . Careful examinations have been made to as- certain the character of the foundations , both for the road - bed and for the masonry structures .
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... therefore , to determine the individual risk of con- sumption at any specified time of life , it is necessary to know the whole number of persons living at that age , and then compute the percentage of them who die of consumption .
... therefore , to determine the individual risk of con- sumption at any specified time of life , it is necessary to know the whole number of persons living at that age , and then compute the percentage of them who die of consumption .
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Стр. 340 - vision. In vain,—the blurred record was as blank as ever. The next night he saw the fish again, but with no more satisfactory result. When he awoke it disappeared from his memory as before. Hoping that the same experience might be repeated on the third night, he placed a pencil and
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Стр. 6 - communications concerning the proposed change in the time for beginning the astronomical day, as recommended by the recent International meridian conference at Washington, the lords of the committee of council on education requested the following committee to advise them as to what steps should be taken in the matter : Prof. JC Adams,
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Стр. 31 - the extent to which the strata above or below the gassand are cracked; (c) the dip of the gassand, and the position of the anticlines and synclines; (d) the relative proportions of water, oil, and gas contained in the sand; and (e) the pressure under which the gas exists before being tapped by wells.
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Стр. 266 - terms such as a competent mathematician could deal with, disentangled from all reference to heredity, and in that shape submitted it to Mr. J. Hamilton Dickson, of St. Peter's college, Cambridge. I asked him kindly to investigate for me the surface of frequency of error that would result from these three data, and the various
Стр. 265 - discountenances extravagant fears that they will inherit all their weaknesses and diseases. The converse of this law is very far from being its numerical opposite. Because the most probable deviate of the son is only twothirds that of his midparentage , it does not in the least follow that the most probable deviate of the midparentage is
Стр. 333 - and the tooth became the most efficient weapon of attack. Still later, armor was discarded, and flight or concealment became the main methods of escape, and swift pursuit the principle of attack, while claws were added to teeth as assailing weapons. Finally, mentality came into play, intelligence became the most efficient agent both in attack and