Nature's Teachings: Human Invention Anticipated by NatureRoberts, 1885 - 533 pagine |
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... obtained from means apparently the most insignificant . There are two inventions , for example , which have changed the face of the earth , and which yet sprang from sources that were despised by men , and thought only fit for the ...
... obtained from means apparently the most insignificant . There are two inventions , for example , which have changed the face of the earth , and which yet sprang from sources that were despised by men , and thought only fit for the ...
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... obtaining a change of locality without any personal exertion . In perfectly still water , where no current can waft the Limnæa on its easy voyage , it still is able to convey itself from one place to another . By means of extending and ...
... obtaining a change of locality without any personal exertion . In perfectly still water , where no current can waft the Limnæa on its easy voyage , it still is able to convey itself from one place to another . By means of extending and ...
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... obtained entirely by means of the tail , which is long , thick , and muscular , and can be swept from side to side with enormous force , considering the size of the animal . The legs have little or nothing to do with the act of swim ...
... obtained entirely by means of the tail , which is long , thick , and muscular , and can be swept from side to side with enormous force , considering the size of the animal . The legs have little or nothing to do with the act of swim ...
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... obtained had the beam been solid , but at the expense of weight , and consequent waste of power . Lightness is there- fore combined with strength by making the beam consist of a comparatively slight centre , but having four bold ridges ...
... obtained had the beam been solid , but at the expense of weight , and consequent waste of power . Lightness is there- fore combined with strength by making the beam consist of a comparatively slight centre , but having four bold ridges ...
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... , are not hollow , but filled with the sweet liquid from which sugar is obtained by boiling . Then there are many of our common English plants , like the STELLATE TISSUE . 33 ordinary rush or reed , which 32 NATURE'S TEACHINGS .
... , are not hollow , but filled with the sweet liquid from which sugar is obtained by boiling . Then there are many of our common English plants , like the STELLATE TISSUE . 33 ordinary rush or reed , which 32 NATURE'S TEACHINGS .
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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...