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It will be preferable to turn to the positive facts of palaeontology, and to inquire what they tell us. Journ. Geol.
The water necessary for the manufacture is forced by the pump, a, into the reservoir, W, from whence it flows, through the pipes, r, into the different machines. All the apparatus are set in motion by two shaftings, q. The principal shaft makes two hundred revolutions per minute, but the velocity of that of the pumps is but fifty revolutions. Polytech. Journ., and Bull. Musee de l'Indust.
The fundamental practice which characterized the sect of John, and gave it its name, has always had its centre in lower Chaldea, and constitutes a religion which is perpetuated there to the present day. Nat., v. 17; Epiph., Adv. Hist. Génér. des Langues Sémitiques, III. iv. 1; Journ. This practice was baptism, or total immersion.
A Silurus, found in the Rio Parana, and called the "armado," is remarkable for making a harsh grating noise when caught by hook or line, which can be distinctly heard when the fish is beneath the water. DARWIN, Nat. Journ. ch. vii. Aristotle and Ælian were aware of the existence of this faculty in some of the fishes of the Mediterranean. ARISTOTLE, De Anim., lib. iv. ch. ix.; ÆLIAN, De Nat.
These difficulties are, indeed, such as would often stagger the resolution of most emigrants, if they had not before them, in every part of America, examples of men who must have encountered and have overcome equally, if not more disheartening hardships, before they attained a state of comfortable affluence." Quart. Journ. Agr.
Taylor Thomson, who found the summit covered with sulphur, and from a cone fumes at a high temperature issued forth, but there was no eruption. Journ. Roy. Geographical Soc., vol. viii. p. 109. Humboldt, Atlas der Kleineren Schriften . Ascended by Whymper June 29, 1880. He found the elevation to be 16,515 feet.
The composite nature of the text is discussed by Professor Jastrow in his Hebrew and Babylonian Traditions, pp. 89 ff.; and in his paper in the Journ. Amer. Or. Soc., Vol. XXXVI , pp. 279 ff.; he has analysed it into two main versions, which he suggests originated in Eridu and Nippur respectively.
Richardson's Report, p. 157; also L'Institut, 1837, p. 253. Cuvier says the kinkajou is found in the larger Antilles, but this is doubtful. M. Gervais states that the Didelphis crancrivora is found there. It is certain that the West Indies possess some mammifers peculiar to themselves. A tooth of a mastadon has been brought from Bahama; Edin. New Phil. Journ., 1826, p. 395.
It was not till long after, when liberty was thoroughly established, and popular assemblies entered into every branch of public business, that the members began to join profit to honor, and the crown found it necessary to distribute among them all the considerable offices of the kingdom. * Journ. 11th April, 1614. Journ. 21st May, 1614. * Journ. 12th, 21st May, 1614. Journ. 18th April, 1614.
The fossil remains of the Indian elephant have been discovered at Jabalpur, showing a height of fifteen feet. Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. vi. Professor ANSTED in his Ancient World, p. 197, says he was informed by Dr. For a creature of such extraordinary weight it is astonishing how noiselessly and stealthily the elephant can escape from a pursuer.
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