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 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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... ment , from questions under its patent laws up to questions of jurisdiction and constitutional law , - it will be seen what a field there is for the exhibition of the highest talents , and how few lawyers in the country can become ...
... ment , from questions under its patent laws up to questions of jurisdiction and constitutional law , - it will be seen what a field there is for the exhibition of the highest talents , and how few lawyers in the country can become ...
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Стр. 207 - 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...
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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