The Atlantic Monthly, Том 6Atlantic Monthly Company, 1860 |
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... appear near or distant , distinct or confused . Thus , we are often surprised at the apparent nearness and brightness of an opposite shore or neigh- boring island , in some conditions of the air , while at other times they seem dis ...
... appear near or distant , distinct or confused . Thus , we are often surprised at the apparent nearness and brightness of an opposite shore or neigh- boring island , in some conditions of the air , while at other times they seem dis ...
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... colors of light , absorbing none , and these , uniting before they reach the eye , appear white , which is the combination of all the col- ors . Wind , the atmosphere in action , though not picturesque 1860. ] 7 Meteorology .
... colors of light , absorbing none , and these , uniting before they reach the eye , appear white , which is the combination of all the col- ors . Wind , the atmosphere in action , though not picturesque 1860. ] 7 Meteorology .
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... appear to be influenced by any such general principle as the Trades or the Monsoons . The force of air in motion gives us the gentle breeze , the gale , or the whirl- wind . At one hundred miles an hour it prostrates forests . In the ...
... appear to be influenced by any such general principle as the Trades or the Monsoons . The force of air in motion gives us the gentle breeze , the gale , or the whirl- wind . At one hundred miles an hour it prostrates forests . In the ...
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... appears to absorb the other clouds , to be a union of their differently electrified particles , which are attracted to each other , form drops of water , and descend as rain . Of the first three forms we have three modifications or ...
... appears to absorb the other clouds , to be a union of their differently electrified particles , which are attracted to each other , form drops of water , and descend as rain . Of the first three forms we have three modifications or ...
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... appear to occupy but a limited sphere , upon a closer examination it will be found to embrace almost all the sci- ences , and to be commensurate with Na- ture itself . It is continually influencing us , by its agencies appealing to our ...
... appear to occupy but a limited sphere , upon a closer examination it will be found to embrace almost all the sci- ences , and to be commensurate with Na- ture itself . It is continually influencing us , by its agencies appealing to our ...
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Стр. 207 - ... been stated that I attribute the modification of species exclusively to natural selection, I may be permitted to remark that in the first edition of this work, and subsequently, I placed in a most conspicuous position — namely, at the close of the Introduction the following words : "I am convinced that natural selection has been the main but not the exclusive means of modification.
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