The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 2Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 - Nature study |
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... motions . The males are of an inter- mediate size between that of the females and neu- ters . From these differences in size , it is easy to distinguish the different kinds of those wasps which build their nests below the ground . In ...
... motions . The males are of an inter- mediate size between that of the females and neu- ters . From these differences in size , it is easy to distinguish the different kinds of those wasps which build their nests below the ground . In ...
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... motions as it does when ca- ressing its young . A single aphis is sufficient to supply , in this way , many ants with a plentiful meal . Most insects become torpid when their tempera- ture approaches the NO . XL . On the Ingenuity of ...
... motions as it does when ca- ressing its young . A single aphis is sufficient to supply , in this way , many ants with a plentiful meal . Most insects become torpid when their tempera- ture approaches the NO . XL . On the Ingenuity of ...
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... motion of the macula is from east to west , and as they are observed to move quicker when they are near the central regions , than when they are near the limb , it follows that the sun must be spherical body , and that he revolves on ...
... motion of the macula is from east to west , and as they are observed to move quicker when they are near the central regions , than when they are near the limb , it follows that the sun must be spherical body , and that he revolves on ...
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... motions . MALLET . WE experience , every moment , the utility of that light which invests our globe ; but there is not a subject , concerning the nature of which such a variety of opinions have been formed . Light is defined to be that ...
... motions . MALLET . WE experience , every moment , the utility of that light which invests our globe ; but there is not a subject , concerning the nature of which such a variety of opinions have been formed . Light is defined to be that ...
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... motion of light is not instanta- neous , but progressive , or such as would carry it through a space equal to the radius , or semi - dia- meter of the earth's annual orbit in about eight mi- nutes of time : so that if the sun were ...
... motion of light is not instanta- neous , but progressive , or such as would carry it through a space equal to the radius , or semi - dia- meter of the earth's annual orbit in about eight mi- nutes of time : so that if the sun were ...
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