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... PRESENT AND PAST . By T. G. BONNEY , D. Sc . , F. R. S. , F. S. A. , etc. , Professor of Geology at University College , London . $ 1.50 . 75. WHAT IS ELECTRICITY ? By JOHN TROWBRIDGE , S. D. , Rumford Pro- fessor and Lecturer on the ...
... PRESENT AND PAST . By T. G. BONNEY , D. Sc . , F. R. S. , F. S. A. , etc. , Professor of Geology at University College , London . $ 1.50 . 75. WHAT IS ELECTRICITY ? By JOHN TROWBRIDGE , S. D. , Rumford Pro- fessor and Lecturer on the ...
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... present age is the invention of labour and time saving appliances ; it is evident that time saved is time gained . In an age which is specially characterised by intellectual progress , much time must necessarily be expended in the ...
... present age is the invention of labour and time saving appliances ; it is evident that time saved is time gained . In an age which is specially characterised by intellectual progress , much time must necessarily be expended in the ...
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... present at a catastrophe in Scotland , in which many people lost their lives by the fall of the gallery of a church , escaped without any injury , but with complete loss of the recol- lection of any of the circumstances ; and this ...
... present at a catastrophe in Scotland , in which many people lost their lives by the fall of the gallery of a church , escaped without any injury , but with complete loss of the recol- lection of any of the circumstances ; and this ...
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... present time who would attempt to contravene that opinion . But , granted that the brain is the seat of the mind , there is still this point to be discussed , whether the brain be a single or a multiple organ . I shall endeavour to ...
... present time who would attempt to contravene that opinion . But , granted that the brain is the seat of the mind , there is still this point to be discussed , whether the brain be a single or a multiple organ . I shall endeavour to ...
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... present in his mind , with the aid of the perceptive centre for articulate sounds , will revive appropriate words from the sensory memory . The perceptive faculties are very similar , insomuch as each has to discriminate between ...
... present in his mind , with the aid of the perceptive centre for articulate sounds , will revive appropriate words from the sensory memory . The perceptive faculties are very similar , insomuch as each has to discriminate between ...
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