The Popular Science Monthly, Volume 32D. Appleton, 1888 - Science |
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... regard as other natural forms . If new forms of dead matter are derived from old forms by modification , according to physical laws , there is no rea- son why new living forms should not also be derived from old forms by modification ...
... regard as other natural forms . If new forms of dead matter are derived from old forms by modification , according to physical laws , there is no rea- son why new living forms should not also be derived from old forms by modification ...
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... regard to the botany of the region bordering the Rio Grande , mentions several other species of cactus , of which the fruits are edible , viz . , Cereus dasyacanthus , ( Eng . ) , fruit sub - glo- bose one inch in diameter , green or ...
... regard to the botany of the region bordering the Rio Grande , mentions several other species of cactus , of which the fruits are edible , viz . , Cereus dasyacanthus , ( Eng . ) , fruit sub - glo- bose one inch in diameter , green or ...
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... regard the attraction of gravitation as the cause which keeps the planets in their orbits . But it may be said , What is the difference in the two cases ? Is not the law of gravitation merely a simpler mode of expressing the observed ...
... regard the attraction of gravitation as the cause which keeps the planets in their orbits . But it may be said , What is the difference in the two cases ? Is not the law of gravitation merely a simpler mode of expressing the observed ...
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... regard it as itself a consequence of the molecular constitution of bodies , and of the motions and mutual collisions of the ultimate molecules of a gas . Respecting the attraction of gravitation we have not at present made a similar ...
... regard it as itself a consequence of the molecular constitution of bodies , and of the motions and mutual collisions of the ultimate molecules of a gas . Respecting the attraction of gravitation we have not at present made a similar ...
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... regard as a dynamiter a fellow - workman who would remove a pole or two . That truth must be self - consistent , come from where it may , is an axiom which nobody would dispute ; the only question can be , What is truth ? Now , there ...
... regard as a dynamiter a fellow - workman who would remove a pole or two . That truth must be self - consistent , come from where it may , is an axiom which nobody would dispute ; the only question can be , What is truth ? Now , there ...
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