Nature: International Journal of Science, Volumen35

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Sir Norman Lockyer
Macmillan Journals Limited, 1887

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Página 92 - And instead of this there is not a moment of any day of our lives when nature is not producing scene after scene, picture after picture, glory after glory, and working still upon such exquisite and constant principles of the most perfect beauty that it is quite certain it is all done for us and intended for our perpetual pleasure.
Página 220 - FRS, Associate Member of the Council of the Institution of Naval Architects, Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Professor of Applied Mechanics in the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Medium 8vo.
Página 24 - SYSTEMATIC HANDBOOK OF VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS ; or, the Quantitative Estimation, of Chemical Substances by Measure, applied to Liquids, Solids, and Gases. Adapted to the requirements of Pure Chemical Research, Pathological Chemistry, Pharmacy, Metallurgy, Manufacturing Chemistry, Photography, etc., and for the Valuation of Substances used in Commerce, Agriculture, and the Arts.
Página 88 - The perpendicular is the shortest straight line that can be drawn from a given point to a given straight line ; and...
Página 220 - ELECTROSTATICS AND MAGNETISM, REPRINTS OF PAPERS ON. By Sir WILLIAM THOMSON, •DCL, LL.D., FRS, FRSE, Fellow of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, and Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Glasgow. Second Edition. Medium 8vo. iSs. THE MOTION OF VORTEX RINGS, A TREATISE ON. An Essay to which the Adams Prize was adjudged in 1882 in the University of Cambridge.
Página 48 - On free waves, ie, waves in deep water, the effect is greatest. 2. In a surf, or waves breaking on a bar, where a mass of liquid is in actual motion in shallow water, the effect of the oil is uncertain, as nothing can prevent the larger waves from breaking under such circumstances, but even here it is of some service.
Página 59 - THE OWENS COLLEGE JUNIOR COURSE OF PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY. With Preface by Sir HENRY ROSCOE, FRS, and Illustrations. New Edition. i8mo. 2s. 6d. QUESTIONS ON CHEMISTRY. A Series of Problems and Exercises in Inorganic and Organic Chemistry. Fcap. 8vo. y. Landauer. — BLOWPIPE ANALYSIS. By j. LANDAUER. Authorised English Edition by J. TAYLOR and WE KAY, of Owens College, Manchester. Extra fcap. 8vo. 4*.
Página 174 - COTTERILL.— APPLIED MECHANICS : An Elementary General Introduction to the Theory of Structures and Machines. By JH COTTEBILL, FRS, Professor of Applied Mechanics in the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, 8vo.
Página 126 - Crown 8vo. y.6d. (Nature Series.) Balfour. — A TREATISE ON COMPARATIVE EMBRYOLOGY. By FM BALFOUR, MA, FRS, Fellow and Lecturer of Trinity College, Cambridge. With Illustrations. Second Edition, reprinted without alteration from the First Edition.
Página 48 - For boarding a wreck, it is recommended to pour oil overboard to windward of her before going alongside. The...

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