The American Journal of Science and ArtsS. Converse, 1872 |
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acid angle apatite appears articular face atom basin beds belong body cañon carboniferous character chloride chloritic Clidastes color corals Cretaceous crystalline crystals deposits described distal end distance dorsal eclipse envelope ether fact Favre feet fork fossils genera genus Geological geysers gneiss granite hornblende humerus Huronian inch Journal labradorite Lake Laurentian length less Lestosaurus limestone lobes lower magnetic magnifying power margin mass maxillæ miles mineral molecular molecules Mountain nearly observed ocelli operculum orthoclase plates portion posterior Poughquag present probably Prof Professor pseudomorphs pygidium pyroxene quartz quartzite region remarkable Report ridge river rocks rounded S. I. Smith sandstone schists seen segments septa shell side siliceous Silurian slender species specimens springs strata striæ structure surface Taconic temperature thickness tion Transverse diameter tube upper valley veins ventral Verrill vertical Vineyard Sound
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Página 295 - Gardiner's rivers ; thence east to the place of beginning ; is hereby reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United States, and dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasuring-ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people...
Página 209 - First annual report of the trustees of the Peabody academy of science, January, 1869.
Página 295 - He shall provide against the wanton destruction of the fish and game found within said park, and against their capture or destruction for the purposes of merchandise or profit. He shall also cause all persons trespassing upon the same after the passage of this act to be removed therefrom, and generally shall be authorized to take all such measures as shall be necessary or proper to fully carry out the objects and purposes of this act.
Página 295 - Such regulations shall provide for the preservation, from injury or spoliation, of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonders within said park, and their retention in their natural conditions.
Página 338 - Sugg's steatite pin-hole burner, and lighting the gas above the gauze. " The flame is a slender cone about four inches high, the upper portion giving a bright yellow light, the base being a non-luminous blue flame. At the least noise this flame roars, sinking down to the surface of the gauze, becoming at the same time almost invisible. It is very active in its responses, and being rather a noisy flame, its sympathy is apparent to the ear as well as to the eye.
Página 381 - Previous to that period, naturalists were wont to indicate species not by a name comprised in one word, but by a definition which occupied a sentence, the extreme verbosity of which method was productive of great inconvenience.
Página 317 - When the annual report of the department of public instruction of the State of New York was made this year, this question was considered somewhat carefully, and treated at length.
Página 106 - ... baffle any attempt to portray them, either with pen or pencil. And then, too, around the borders of these springs, especially those of rather low temperature, and on the sides and bottoms of the numerous little channels of the streams that flow from these springs, there is a striking variety of the most vivid colors.
Página 181 - J miles from east to west, and half a mile from north to south : it has not been fortified ; but I believe that all the passes into the valley have been defended by lines. I thought that I could trace a very high rampart and wide ditch running in a straight line from the great mass of hills to the detached hill east from Bhagawanpur, and...
Página 359 - ... proximal end has a moderately developed cnemial process, with an obtuse apex. The epi-cnemial ridge is prominent, and continued distally about one-half the length of the shaft. The distal end of the tibia has on its anterior face no ossified supratendinal bridge, differing in this respect from nearly all known aquatic birds. The fibula is well developed, and resembles that of the Divers. The patella is large, as in Podiceps, and in position extends far above the elevated rotular process of the...