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The Doctrine of Evolution: Its Basis and Its ScopeThe Doctrine of Evolution: Its Basis and Its ScopeThe present volume consists of a series of eight addresses delivered as the Hewitt Lectures of Columbia University at Cooper Union in New York City during the months of February and March, 1907. The purpose of...
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The Life-Story of InsectsThe Life-Story of InsectsAmong the manifold operations of living creatures few have more strongly impressed the casual observer or more deeply interested the thoughtful student than the transformations of insects. The schoolboy watches the tiny green caterpillars hatched from eggs laid on a cabbage...
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Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886In a hydraulic packing press, the work done by the ram during one stroke may be roughly divided into two periods, in the first of which the resistance, although gradually increasing, may be called light, while in...
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Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 Chester And The Dee. For Another. Among The Kabyles. "For Percival." Abbeys And Castles. Little Lizay. The Bass Of The Potomac. The Chrysalis Of A Bookworm. A Law Unto Herself....
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Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887The Azor was built by Yarrow & Co., London, is of the larger class, having a displacement of 120 tons, and is one of the fastest boats afloat. Her speed is 24 miles per hour. She has two...
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Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884Apparatus for use in laboratories and cabinets of physics were quite numerous at the Munich Exhibition of Electricity, and very naturally a large number was to be seen there that presented little difference with present models. Several...
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Science in ArcadyScience in Arcady These essays deal for the most part with Science in Arcady. 'Tis my native country: for I am not of those who 'praise the busy town.' On the contrary, in the words of the great poet who has just departed to...
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Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887The hot air engine, although theoretically recognized for some time past as the most economical means of converting heat into motive power, has up to the present met with little success. This is due to the fact...
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Dickey Downy: The Autobiography of a BirdDickey Downy: The Autobiography of a Bird This beautiful volume has been written for a good purpose. I had the pleasure of reading the proof-sheets of the book while in the Yellowstone National Park, where no gun may be lawfully fired at any of...
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The Uses of AstronomyThe Uses of Astronomy - An Oration Delivered at Albany on the 28th of July, 1856The undersigned ventures to put forth this report of Mr. Everett's Oration, in connection with a condensed account of the Inauguration of the Dudley Observatory, and the Dedication of...
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American Addresses, with a Lecture on the Study of BiologyAmerican Addresses, with a Lecture on the Study of BiologyWe live in and form part of a system of things of immense diversity and perplexity, which we call Nature; and it is a matter of the deepest interest to all of us that we...
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Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1880, by J.B. LIPPINCOTT & Co., in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. AN HISTORICAL ROCKY-MOUNTAIN OUTPOST. LOST. ADAM AND EVE. CHAPTER...
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Studies of TreesStudies of Trees A good many popular books on trees have been published in the United States in recent years. The continually increasing demand for books of this character indicates the growing public interest not only in the trees that we pass in our...
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Children of the WildChildren of the WildIn the brown, balsam-smelling log cabin on the shores of Silverwater, loveliest and loneliest of wilderness lakes, the Babe's great thirst for information seemed in a fair way to be satisfied. Young as he was, and city-born, the lure of the...
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Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2Transcriber's Note: The index at the end of this document is for both this volume and volume one. As such, the hyperlinks in the HTML version all point to this document only. The publication in 1859 of...
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Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1In Westminster Abbey there repose, almost side by side, by no conscious design yet with deep significance, the mortal remains of Isaac Newton and of Charles Darwin. "'The Origin of Species,'" said Wallace, "will live as long...
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Suomen maan Meripedot: maalikuvilla selitetytSuomen maan Meripedot: maalikuvilla selitetytHylkeill on etuhampaita ylisess leuassa 6 ja alisessa 4, eli ylisest 4 ja alisessa 2. Kulmahampaat ovat pitkt ja puikkomaiset, mutta huulet peitt ne tydellisesti. Sivuhampaita on ylhll ja alhaalla kummallakin puolella 5, ainoasti yhdell suvulla on 4. Raatohammasta ja...
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Wilderness WaysWilderness Ways[1] Megaleep is the big woodland caribou of the northern wilderness. His Milicete name means The Wandering One, but it ought to mean the Mysterious and the Changeful as well. If you hear that he is bold and fearless, that is true; and...
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Collected Essays, Volume VCollected Essays, Volume V - Science and Christian Tradition: Essays"For close upon forty years I have been writing with one purpose; from time to time, I have fought for that which seemed to me the truth, perhaps still more, against that which I have...
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Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887The fifty-seventh annual meeting of the British Association was opened on Wednesday evening, Aug. 31, 1887, at Manchester, by an address from the president, Sir H.E. Roscoe, M.P. This was delivered in the Free Trade Hall. The...
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