Nature's Teachings: Human Invention Anticipated by NatureRoberts, 1885 - 533 pagine |
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Pagina 10
... constructed by the legs of an insect , without even the aid of eyes . Push the Gnat - boat under water , and it shoots to the surface like a cork , righting itself as it rises . Pour water on it , and exactly the same result occurs , so ...
... constructed by the legs of an insect , without even the aid of eyes . Push the Gnat - boat under water , and it shoots to the surface like a cork , righting itself as it rises . Pour water on it , and exactly the same result occurs , so ...
Pagina 13
... constructed fringe of stiff hairs . The body is shaped in a manner that greatly resembles a boat turned upside down , the edge of the elytra forming a sort of ridge very much like the keel of the boat . When the creature is engaged in ...
... constructed fringe of stiff hairs . The body is shaped in a manner that greatly resembles a boat turned upside down , the edge of the elytra forming a sort of ridge very much like the keel of the boat . When the creature is engaged in ...
Pagina 21
... constructed on exactly the same principle as the blades of the nautical screw . Only , as they are pressed by the wind , and the mill cannot move , they are forced to revolve by the pressure of the wind , just as the screw of a steamer ...
... constructed on exactly the same principle as the blades of the nautical screw . Only , as they are pressed by the wind , and the mill cannot move , they are forced to revolve by the pressure of the wind , just as the screw of a steamer ...
Pagina 28
... constructed in much the same manner , and possessing almost the same constituents of vegetable matter and silex . Perhaps the most extraordinary of the tubal system is to be found in the remarkable plant of Guiana called by the natives ...
... constructed in much the same manner , and possessing almost the same constituents of vegetable matter and silex . Perhaps the most extraordinary of the tubal system is to be found in the remarkable plant of Guiana called by the natives ...
Pagina 36
... constructed by the common Water - snail ( Limnæa stagnalis ) , which has already been mentioned in its capacity of a boat . This creature has a way of attaching itself to some fixed object , such as a water - lily leaf , by means of a ...
... constructed by the common Water - snail ( Limnæa stagnalis ) , which has already been mentioned in its capacity of a boat . This creature has a way of attaching itself to some fixed object , such as a water - lily leaf , by means of a ...
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Pagina 326 - And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Pagina 512 - Heedless he heard them; but disdain'd reply; The bow perusing with exactest eye. Then as some heavenly minstrel, taught to sing High notes responsive to the trembling string, To some new strain when he adapts the lyre, Or the dumb lute refits with vocal wire, Relaxes, strains, and draws them to and fro; So the great master drew the mighty bow: • And drew with ease. One hand aloft display'd The bending horns, and one the string essay'd.
Pagina 2 - Light as a flake of foam upon the wind, Keel upward from the deep emerged a shell, Shaped like the moon ere half her horn is filled ; Fraught writh young life, it righted as it rose, And moved at will along the yielding water. The native pilot of this little bark Put out a tier of oars on either side, Spread to the wafting breeze a twofold sail, And mounted up and glided down the billow In happy freedom, pleased to feel...
Pagina 512 - Then, as some heavenly minstrel, taught to sing High notes responsive to the trembling string, To some new strain when he adapts the lyre, Or the dumb lute refits with vocal wire, Relaxes, strains, and draws them to and fro; So the great master drew the mighty bow, And drew with ease. One hand aloft display'd The bending horns, and one the string essay'd. From his essaying hand the string, let fly, Twang'd short and sharp like the shrill swallow's cry.
Pagina 315 - It is true that the serpent has no limbs, yet it can outclimb the monkey, outswim the fish, outleap the jerboa, and, suddenly loosing the close coils of its crouching spiral, it can spring into the air and seize the bird upon the wing: all these creatures have been observed to fall its prey.
Pagina 68 - ... fingers with a hot iron. Nevertheless, there was no remarkable appearance ; neither swelling, nor pustule, nor inflammation. The pain rapidly spread along the arm, as far as the armpit. I was then seized with frequent sneezing and with a copious running at the nose, as if I had caught a violent cold in the head. About noon...
Pagina 93 - ... uncouth and venomous beast, avoid a paroxysm of horror at the sight of the common house-spider. At all events, whether we were intruding or not, in turning this stone, we must pay a fine for having done so ; for there lies an animal as foul and monstrous to the eye as "hydra, gorgon, or...
Pagina 257 - He had mounted along the side of thu window, nearly as high as the ceiling, a little below which he had begun to break through. The bed was covered with large pieces of plaster, the lath was exposed for at least fifteen inches...
Pagina 327 - In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened. And the doors shall be shut in the streets when the sound of the grinding is low...