The Fairy-land of ScienceD. Appleton and Company, 1903 - 252 страници |
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... how to see . They fret and worry over their own little work and their own petty troubles , and do not know how to rest and refresh themselves , by letting the fairies open their eyes and show them 6 THE FAIRY - LAND OF SCIENCE .
... how to see . They fret and worry over their own little work and their own petty troubles , and do not know how to rest and refresh themselves , by letting the fairies open their eyes and show them 6 THE FAIRY - LAND OF SCIENCE .
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... rest , why you will say the sun has dried them up . Yes , but how ? The sun is more than ninety - two millions of miles away ; how has he touched the rain - drops ? Have you ever heard that invisible waves are travelling every second ...
... rest , why you will say the sun has dried them up . Yes , but how ? The sun is more than ninety - two millions of miles away ; how has he touched the rain - drops ? Have you ever heard that invisible waves are travelling every second ...
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... rest satisfied with the sound of the words . But if you hold a wet handkerchief before the fire and see the damp rising out of it , then you have some real idea how moisture may be drawn up by heat from the earth . A little foreign ...
... rest satisfied with the sound of the words . But if you hold a wet handkerchief before the fire and see the damp rising out of it , then you have some real idea how moisture may be drawn up by heat from the earth . A little foreign ...
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... rest was left out in the cold . No , not in the cold ! for the potassium and oxygen made such a great heat in clashing together that the rest of the hydrogen became very hot indeed , and sprang into the air to find some other companion ...
... rest was left out in the cold . No , not in the cold ! for the potassium and oxygen made such a great heat in clashing together that the rest of the hydrogen became very hot indeed , and sprang into the air to find some other companion ...
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... rest till you know all their history . Look at that curious circular island in the picture ( Fig . 3 ) , covered with palm trees ; it has a large smooth lake in the mid- dle , and the bottom of this lake is covered with blue , red , and ...
... rest till you know all their history . Look at that curious circular island in the picture ( Fig . 3 ) , covered with palm trees ; it has a large smooth lake in the mid- dle , and the bottom of this lake is covered with blue , red , and ...
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air-atoms ammonia animal anthers atoms beautiful become bees blow body bottom Botzen called carbon carbonic acid carried cells clouds coal cold colours comes coral corolla crystals curious drop dust earth fairy fall flow flower glacier glass goes green grow hear heat heat-waves hive hole honey imagine inch insects invisible invisible waves John Herschel knob land leaves lecture Lepidodendrons light living look melt mercury miles move nature nitrogen ovule oxygen particles pass phosphorus picture piece plantlet plants pollen pollen-dust pollen-grain pollinia primrose protoplasm rain rain-drops rays rise river rock round seeds side Sigillaria sound sound-waves space stamens stars stem sticky stigma stones substance sun-waves sunbeams surface tell things tiny trees tube underclay valleys vapour violently wall waves weight wind wonderful
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Страница 154 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Страница 197 - That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Страница 3 - Where the bee sucks, there suck I; In a cowslip's bell I lie: There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back I do fly, After summer, merrily : Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.