Report of the Annual MeetingJ. Murray., 1857 - Science |
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Page xix - To give a stronger impulse and a more systematic direction to scientific inquiry, — to promote the intercourse of those who cultivate Science in different parts of the British Empire, with one another, and with foreign philosophers, — to obtain a more general attention to the objects of Science, and a removal of any disadvantages of a public kind which impede its progress.
Page lxxiii - Go, wondrous creature! mount where Science guides, Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides; Instruct the planets in what orbs to run, Correct old Time, and regulate the sun; Go, soar with Plato to th...
Page xl - Palmerston , in the debate which took place in the House of Commons on the 23d of that month.
Page lxxiii - I exult. Casting reserve away, exult to see An intellectual mastery exercised O'er the blind elements ; a purpose given, A perseverance fed ; almost a soul Imparted — to brute matter.
Page lxxiii - Could he, whose rules the rapid comet bind, Describe or fix one movement of his mind ? Who saw its fires here rise, and there descend, Explain his own beginning or his end...
Page 268 - Catalogue of Shells collected at Panama ; with Notes on their Synonymy, Station, and Geographical Distribution- by CB Adams, Professor of Zoology, &c., in Amherst College, Mass. Reprinted from the ' Annals of Lyceum of Nat, Hist. NY,
Page xix - General Meeting. COMPOSITIONS, SUBSCRIPTIONS, AND PRIVILEGES. LIFE MEMBERS shall pay, on admission, the sum of Ten Pounds. They shall receive gratuitously the Reports of the Association which may be published after the date of such payment. They are eligible to all the offices of the Association. ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS shall pay, on admission, the sum of Two Pounds, and in each following year the sum of One Pound. They shall receive gratuitously the Reports of the Association for the year of their admission...