The Fairy-land of ScienceD. Appleton and Company, 1903 - 252 страници |
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... rock , a drop of water , the foam of the sea , the spider on the wall , the flower underfoot or the stars overhead . And these interests are open to every- one who enters the fairy - land of science . Moreover , we learn from this study ...
... rock , a drop of water , the foam of the sea , the spider on the wall , the flower underfoot or the stars overhead . And these interests are open to every- one who enters the fairy - land of science . Moreover , we learn from this study ...
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... rock and strikes against a passing boat . Then , when they fell upon your eye , they entered it and ex- cited the retina and the nerves , and the image of the chair or the table was carried to your brain . Look around at all the things ...
... rock and strikes against a passing boat . Then , when they fell upon your eye , they entered it and ex- cited the retina and the nerves , and the image of the chair or the table was carried to your brain . Look around at all the things ...
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... rock ? If so , you know how tight they cling . The limpet clings to the rock just in the same way as this leather does to the stone ; the little animal exhausts the air inside * In fastening the string to the leather the hole must be ...
... rock ? If so , you know how tight they cling . The limpet clings to the rock just in the same way as this leather does to the stone ; the little animal exhausts the air inside * In fastening the string to the leather the hole must be ...
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Arabella Burton Buckley. its shell , and then it is pressed against the rock by the whole weight of the air above . Perhaps you will wonder how it is that if we have a weight of 15 lbs . pressing on every square inch of FIG . 14 ...
Arabella Burton Buckley. its shell , and then it is pressed against the rock by the whole weight of the air above . Perhaps you will wonder how it is that if we have a weight of 15 lbs . pressing on every square inch of FIG . 14 ...
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... rock ; and we can see it pressing up the mercury in the barometer and so enabling us to measure its weight . Lastly , every breath of wind that blows past us tells us how this aerial ocean is always moving to and fro on the face of the ...
... rock ; and we can see it pressing up the mercury in the barometer and so enabling us to measure its weight . Lastly , every breath of wind that blows past us tells us how this aerial ocean is always moving to and fro on the face of the ...
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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.