The Journal of Science, and Annals of Astronomy, Biology, Geology, Industrial Arts, Manufactures, and Technology, Volume 21James Samuelson, Sir William Crookes J. Churchill and Sons., 1884 |
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... less and the melting greater in the west . This view I find supported by the grouping of the distances travelled with the ascents , which are not only due to the elevation of the land below , but to the unknown thickness of the ice ...
... less and the melting greater in the west . This view I find supported by the grouping of the distances travelled with the ascents , which are not only due to the elevation of the land below , but to the unknown thickness of the ice ...
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... less than about plants or inor- ganic matter . To this " mania " we owe our physics and our chemistry . If animals are to be exempted from research , the organic sciences , with their practical applications , can never be fully ...
... less than about plants or inor- ganic matter . To this " mania " we owe our physics and our chemistry . If animals are to be exempted from research , the organic sciences , with their practical applications , can never be fully ...
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... less and whose ova are more adapted to hybridisation than those of R. esculenta . The same is the case with R. arvalis , also in accordance with the same hypothesis . Herr Pflüger points out , however , that the experiments on ...
... less and whose ova are more adapted to hybridisation than those of R. esculenta . The same is the case with R. arvalis , also in accordance with the same hypothesis . Herr Pflüger points out , however , that the experiments on ...
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... less certain that the half - breeds between the American bison and the common cattle are prolific . These instances alone are sufficient to refute the objection cited . In the chapter on Homology we find notice of one of the errors ...
... less certain that the half - breeds between the American bison and the common cattle are prolific . These instances alone are sufficient to refute the objection cited . In the chapter on Homology we find notice of one of the errors ...
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... less than ourselves ? I believe that we , and especially our girls of the middle and upper classes , are growing taller . I wish some- one would compare the height of 200 or 300 girls , between 16 and 26 , with the height of their ...
... less than ourselves ? I believe that we , and especially our girls of the middle and upper classes , are growing taller . I wish some- one would compare the height of 200 or 300 girls , between 16 and 26 , with the height of their ...
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Page 730 - But as my conclusions have lately been much misrepresented, and it has been stated that I attribute the modification of species exclusively to natural selection, I may be permitted to remark that in the first edition of this work, and subsequently, I placed in a most conspicuous position — namely, at the close of the Introduction — the following words : " I am convinced that natural selection has been the main but not the exclusive means of modification.
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