 | 1870 - 930 דפים
...of a vast array of facts which no single student could well obtain for himself, and it has not been made the vehicle for any special pleading on the part of the author. We cannot speak favourably of the illustrations ; but, fortunately, they are few in number, and they... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1871 - 436 דפים
...of a vast array of facts, which no single student could well obtain for himself, and it has not been made the vehicle for any special pleading on the part...presented in a compact, luminous, and entertaining form."—Albany Evening Journal. " The treatment of the subject is eminently practical, dealing more... | |
 | William Fraser Rae - 1871 - 426 דפים
...of a vast array of facts, which no single student could well obtain for himself, and it has not been made the vehicle for any special pleading on the part...embodies the results of all the later investigations. It ia replete with curious and quaint information presented in a compact, luminous, and entertaining form."... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1871 - 438 דפים
...of a vast array of facts, which no single student could well obtain for himself, and it has not been made the vehicle for any special pleading on the part...embodies the results of all the later investigations. It ia replete with curious and quaint information presented in a compact, luminous, and entertaining form."... | |
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - 1871 - 358 דפים
...student could well obtain for himself, and it has not been made the vehicle for any special pleading ou the part of the author."— London Athenaeum. " The...embodies the results of all the later investigations. It ii replete with curious and quaint information presented in a compact, luminoiu, and entertaining form."—Albany... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1871 - 470 דפים
...of a vast array of facts, which no single student could well obtain for himself, and it has not been made the vehicle for any special pleading on the part...review; it goes to the very heart of the subject, and emboJies the results of all the later investigations. It is replete with curious and quuint information... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1871 - 216 דפים
...of a vast array of facts, which no single student could well obtain for himself, and it has not been made the vehicle for any special pleading on the part...no cursory and superficial review ; it goes to the rery heart of the subject, and embodies the results of all the later investigations. It ia replete... | |
 | St. George Jackson Mivart - 1871 - 324 דפים
...been made the vehicle for any special pleading on the part of the author." — London Athenceum. " The book is no cursory and superficial review ; it...embodies the results of all the later investigations. It ia replete with curious and quaint information presented in a compact, luminous, and entertaining form."... | |
 | St. George Jackson Mivart - 1871 - 338 דפים
...of a vast array of facts, which no single student could well obtain for himself, and it has not been made the vehicle for any special pleading on the part of the author." — London Athenceurn. "The book is no cursory and superficial review f it goes to the very heart of the subject,... | |
 | JOHN TYNDALL, L.L.D., F.R.S. - 1871 - 204 דפים
...of a vast array of facts, which no single student could well obtain for himself, and it has not been made the vehicle for any special pleading on the part of the author."— London Athenceum. " The book is no cursory and superficial review; it goes to the very heart of the subject',... | |
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... impartial reading. The work, indeed, is not only a valuable one on account of the opinions it expresses, but it is also most serviceable as a book of reference. It offers an able and exhaustive table of a vast array of facts, which no single student... 
