Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, Τόμος 18J. Hughes, Printer, 1886 The proceedings or notices of the member institutes of the society form part of the section "Proceedings" in each volume; lists of members are included in v. 1-41, 43-60, 64- |
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Σελίδα 42
... dark matter , in shape something similar to the three fingers of a man's hand , but always of a more or less conical form , and at times bearing a striking resemblance to the Pinus pinaster and Pinus sylvester , thus forcibly calling to ...
... dark matter , in shape something similar to the three fingers of a man's hand , but always of a more or less conical form , and at times bearing a striking resemblance to the Pinus pinaster and Pinus sylvester , thus forcibly calling to ...
Σελίδα 71
... dark surface . Now it follows that any alteration in the position of the base , such as an upheaval , or the reverse , of the extremities , as would be caused by an earthquake , must result in a corresponding mark ' on one or both of ...
... dark surface . Now it follows that any alteration in the position of the base , such as an upheaval , or the reverse , of the extremities , as would be caused by an earthquake , must result in a corresponding mark ' on one or both of ...
Σελίδα 82
... dark purple brown on the outer margin of feather . They have probably all been duplicated , the duplicate feather being joined to the principal in what I may call a quill socket , which corresponds with the depth to which the feather ...
... dark purple brown on the outer margin of feather . They have probably all been duplicated , the duplicate feather being joined to the principal in what I may call a quill socket , which corresponds with the depth to which the feather ...
Σελίδα 82
... dark purple brown at tip , the colour lighter at base and along shaft . The second are shorter , wider , and more robust ; two - thirds , a thick down , colour darker . A third class , two to four inches long , are pro- bably neck ...
... dark purple brown at tip , the colour lighter at base and along shaft . The second are shorter , wider , and more robust ; two - thirds , a thick down , colour darker . A third class , two to four inches long , are pro- bably neck ...
Σελίδα 85
... dark before we finished mending the roof and preparing for a start the next day . On the morning of the 23rd , I first heard the whistle of the Stitch - bird : I was unable , however , to get a glimpse of it ; and though we cut tracks ...
... dark before we finished mending the roof and preparing for a start the next day . On the morning of the 23rd , I first heard the whistle of the Stitch - bird : I was unable , however , to get a glimpse of it ; and though we cut tracks ...
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Σελίδα 61 - If a straight line meets two straight lines, so as to make the two interior angles on the same side of it taken together less than two right angles...
Σελίδα 399 - The fundamental conditions are : — 1. That aqueous vapour and carbon compounds are present in stellar or interplanetary space. 2. That these gaseous compounds are capable of being dissociated by radiant solar energy while in a state of extreme attenuation. 3. That...
Σελίδα 14 - Approach thou now the lap of earth, thy mother, the wide-extending earth, the ever-kindly ; A maiden soft as wool to him who comes with gifts, she shall protect thee from destruction's bosom. Open thyself, O earth, and press not heavily, be easy of access and of approach to him ; As mother with her robe her child, so do thou cover him, O earth...
Σελίδα 397 - ... be furnished by a theory, according to which the radiant energy which is now supposed to be dissipated into space and irrecoverably lost to our solar system, could be arrested and brought back in another form to the sun himself, there to continue the work of solar radiation.
Σελίδα 67 - ... is just as well known, if the Euclidean assumptions are true, as the geometry of any portion of this room. ... So that here we have real knowledge of something at least that concerns the Cosmos; something that is true throughout the Immensities and the Eternities.
Σελίδα 67 - ... future eternity. He knows, indeed, that the laws assumed by Euclid are true with an accuracy that no direct experiment can approach, not only in this place where we are, but in places at a distance from us that no astronomer has conceived ; but he knows this as of Here and Now ; beyond his range is a There and Then of which he knows nothing at present, but may ultimately come to know more.
Σελίδα 63 - Now, suppose that three points are taken in space, distant from one another as far as the sun is from a Centauri, and that the shortest distances between these points are drawn so as to form a triangle. And suppose the angles of this triangle to be very accurately measured and added together ; this can at present be done so accurately that the error shall certainly be less than one minute, less therefore than the five-thousandth part of a right angle. Then I do not know that this sum would differ...
Σελίδα 171 - Antennae }, in male filiform, moderately ciliated (1), basal joint elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint thickened with dense scales, forming a short dense triangular projecting tuft towards apex beneath, terminal joint longer than second, slightly roughened anteriorly, acute.
Σελίδα 67 - ... properties as space and time everything was accurately known. The very constitution of those parts of it which are at an infinite distance from us, 'geometry upon the plane at infinity...
Σελίδα 67 - ... but he knows this as of Here and Now ; beyond his range is a There and Then of which he knows nothing at present, but may ultimately come to know more. So,, you see, there is a real parallel between the work of Copernicus and his successors on the one hand, and the work of Lobatchewsky and his successors on the other.