The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1887 |
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... object , and " Medicinæ Doctor creatus est a clar . Para- dijs . " The archives of Leyden University are so complete that Professor Rauwenhoff is able to tell me that my grandfather lived together with a certain " Petrus Crompton ...
... object , and " Medicinæ Doctor creatus est a clar . Para- dijs . " The archives of Leyden University are so complete that Professor Rauwenhoff is able to tell me that my grandfather lived together with a certain " Petrus Crompton ...
Page 87
... object in the form of a rough sketch of a day's life at Down , interspersed with such recollections as are called up by the record . Many of these recollections , which have a meaning for those who knew my father , will seem colourless ...
... object in the form of a rough sketch of a day's life at Down , interspersed with such recollections as are called up by the record . Many of these recollections , which have a meaning for those who knew my father , will seem colourless ...
Page 89
... object to be cut , and he employed a common microtome , in which the pith for holding the object was clamped , and the razor slid on a glass surface in making the sections . He used to laugh at himself , and at his own skill in section ...
... object to be cut , and he employed a common microtome , in which the pith for holding the object was clamped , and the razor slid on a glass surface in making the sections . He used to laugh at himself , and at his own skill in section ...
Page 121
... object to the notes . He saved a great deal of time through not having to do things twice . Although he would patiently go on repeating experiments where there was any good to be gained , he could not endure having to repeat an ...
... object to the notes . He saved a great deal of time through not having to do things twice . Although he would patiently go on repeating experiments where there was any good to be gained , he could not endure having to repeat an ...
Page 123
... objects may here be mentioned . If he had a number of things to distinguish , such as leaves , flowers , & c . , he tied threads of different colours round them . In particular he used this method when he had only two classes of objects ...
... objects may here be mentioned . If he had a number of things to distinguish , such as leaves , flowers , & c . , he tied threads of different colours round them . In particular he used this method when he had only two classes of objects ...
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