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Page 86 - ... the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man, as the means of production and of traffic in states.
Page 147 - Dragons and venomous serpents surrounded her, as toads and other reptiles frequent the abode of her vegetable prototype, and, when they pair in the spring, throw mud and water over its leaves and branches. As the distressed virgin cast down her blushing face through excessive affliction, so does the rosy-coloured flower hang its head, growing paler and paler till it withers away. Hence, as this plant forms a new genus, I have chosen for it the name of Andromeda.
Page xx - Science," for the purpose of receiving, purchasing. holdIng and conveying real and personal property, which it now is, or hereafter may be, possessed of, with all the powers and privileges, and subject to the restrictions, duties and liabilities set forth in the general laws which now or hereafter may be in force and applicable to such corporations.
Page 147 - This plant is always fixed on some little turfy hillock in the midst of the swamps, as Andromeda herself was chained to a rock in the sea, which bathed her feet, as the fresh water does the roots of the plant.
Page 208 - Pole took place, when the entire tribe gathered about this central object, erecting a communal tent for some of the particular ceremonies and offering gifts. Finally, the men enacted before it the events of their career, thus presenting a sort of dramatic current history of the tribe. At the inauguration of the Pole and its ceremonies, to quote from the Legend: "The Leader said, this (the Pole) belongs to all the people, but it shall be in the keeping of one family.
Page 249 - Advancement of Science heartily approves the proposition to create the office of Director in Chief of scientific bureaus and investigations in the Department of Agriculture, to be filled by a broadly educated and experienced scientific man ; provided that such appointment shall be made only on the nomination of the National Academy of Sciences, the legally constituted adviser of the government in matters relating to Science. The report and resolution were unanimously adopted. After announcements...
Page 155 - Gervus was the giraffe. These are sufficient to show what incongruities would flow from the adoption of the rule. CHOICE OF NAMES SIMULTANEOUSLY PUBLISHED. There is another issue of nomenclature involving many genera. In the same work different names have been given to representatives or stages of what are now considered the same genus. For example, Lacepede, in the third volume of his " Histoire Naturelle des Poissons...
Page 104 - In the gallery in Florence is a colossal image of the Phallus, mounted on the back parts of a lion, and hung round with various animals. By this is represented the co-operation of the creating and destroying powers, which are both blended and united in one figure, because both are derived from one cause. The animals hung round show...
Page 137 - can we infer from all this ? If the number of creatures be so exceeding great, how great, nay immense, must needs be the power and wisdom of Him who formed them all !" Early in 1692, the Synopsis Methodica Animalium Quadrupedum et Serpentini Generis was finished, and published the year after.
Page xxv - The time and place of this first meeting shall be designated by the Permanent Secretary. Unless otherwise agreed upon, regular meetings of the Council shall be held in the Council room at 9 o'clock, AM, on each day of the meeting of the Association. Special meetings of the Council may be called at any time by the President. The...