The Edinburgh New Philosophical JournalA. and C. Black, 1858 |
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action American animal appears blastostyle body bromine carbonic acid Carboniferous cavity cells character climate coal coast colour Coryne Craigleith crania cubic foot deer deposits diameter direction Dr Morton ectoderm Edinburgh effect electric electrodes endoderm Esquimaux evidence examined experiments fact fall of rain feet fibre galvanometer germinal vesicle gonophores greensand hair horns inches Indian iron John Herschel manubrium matter means medusoid miles mountain muscle muscular or nerve nearly nerve current North observations obtained occiput occur Old Red Old Red Sandstone ovum oxide oxygen paper peculiar phenomena Pikermi pints per cubic pith plants polarized condition polyp polypary portion present produced Professor race rein-deer remarkable river rocks rotatory theory sandstone SERIES.-VOL skull Society species specimens spermatozoa sporosac Sternbergia stone storms structure substance supposed surface temperature tentacles tetanic contractions tide tion tissue transverse tribes upper vapour vessels wind winter zoophyte
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Página 91 - I will say no more but, so let great authors have their due, as time which is the author of authors be not deprived of his due, which is further and further to discover truth.
Página 189 - Bay, in the north-west part of America, for the discovery of a new passage into the South Sea, and for finding some trade for furs, minerals, and other considerable commodities, and by such their undertaking, have already made such discoveries as do encourage them to proceed further in pursuance of the said design, by means' whereof there may probably arise very great advantage to us and our kingdom...
Página 189 - Sea, and for the finding of some trade for furs, minerals, and other considerable commodities, and by such, their undertaking, have already made such discoveries as do encourage them to proceed...
Página 202 - ... the sea-coast to graze upon the sprouting carices and withered grass or hay of the preceding year, which, at that period, is still standing, and retains part of its sap, in all the moist places covering the bottoms of the narrow valleys on the coasts and islands of the Arctic sea. Having dropped their young, they commence their return to the south in September, and reach the vicinity of the woods in October, at which time the males are in good condition, and there is a layer of fat deposited...
Página 144 - Williamson's specimen I suppose to be unique in its showing all the tissues of the branch or trunk in a good state of preservation. More frequently, only fragments of the wood remain, in such a condition as to evidence an advanced state of decay ; while the barklike medullary lining remains. In other specimens the coaly coating investing the cast, sends forth flat expansions on either side, as if the sternbergia had been the mid-rib of a long thick leaf. This appearance, at one time very perplexing...
Página 168 - Stream, the sounding from Lat. 31° 32', Long. 79° 35', depth 150 fathoms, is mentioned as " a mixture in about equal proportions of Globigerina and black sand, probably greensand, as it makes a green mark when crushed on paper.
Página 15 - This is, perhaps, the most admirably-formed head of the American race hitherto discovered. It possesses the national characteristics in perfection, as seen in the elevated vertex, flattened occiput, great interparietal diameter, ponderous bony structure, salient nose, large jaws and broad face. It is the perfect type of Indian conformation, to which the skulls of all the tribes from Cape Horn to Canada more or less approximate.
Página 336 - Antiar is a paralyzing poison. 2. It acts in the first instance and with great rapidity (in 5 to 10 minutes) upon the heart, and stops its action. 3. The consequences of this paralysis of the heart are the cessation of the voluntary and reflex movements in the first and second hour after the introduction of the poison. 4. The Antiar paralyzes in the second place the voluntary muscles.
Página 34 - ... presence of an atmosphere of permanent gases. In following the observations at the earlier stage, it was found that the size of the eduction-tube leading the gas from the hotter part of the mass of coal undergoing changes, exerted a most marked effect on the composition of the products. It was established as a fact, that in an ordinary coal-gas retort, the size of the conduit might be varied so as to allow the tar-like bodies to form, or to prevent their appearance at pleasure. But a more remarkable...
Página 142 - Artocarpaceae, a specimen of which was kindly presented to me by Professor Balfour of Edinburgh, and which I believe has been noticed by Dr Fleming, in a paper to which I have not had access. This recent stem is two inches in diameter. Its medullary cylinder is...