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Invention and Legislation - Nature
Nature· 3 days agoAT the sixth annual general meeting of the Television Society held at University College, London, on March 14, an address was given by the president, Sir Ambrose Fleming, on “Invention in Relation ...
[Letters to Editor] - Nature
Nature· 3 days agoComing out of the house one day I observed this dog crossing the latter field, evidently intent upon a little amusement. I called him back, he obeyed; but when he came to ...
Autumns on the Spey - Nature
Nature· 3 days agoMr. Knox's main object, apparently, in spending his autumn on the Spey, was to fish for salmon in that trying river; and some of his wonderful achievements in this exciting ...
Die Spiele der Menschen - Nature
Nature· 3 days agoThe range and the accuracy of Prof. Groos's knowledge are alike surprising; not only is he a mine of information about the amusements of his own country, but he appears, & ...
The Organisation of Science - Nature
Nature· 3 days agoThere is in this a distinct dereliction of duty, both by the public and by men of science. Science is not an amusement, but the most important of industries; and it is a premier ...
The American Museum of Natural History in Central Park New York * - Nature
Nature· 3 days agoIn 1868 a remarkable opportunity presented itself of securing a rare collection that would form an admirable nucleus for such a comprehensive museum. The most extensive dealer ...
The Management of the British Museum - Nature
Nature· 3 days agoNo scientific man surely can be ignorant that the British Museum exists not so much for the momentary amusement of gaping crowds of country people, who ...
Tne Swallowing of one Snake by another - Nature
Nature· 3 days agoDuring the summer of 1857 I lived in the environs of Washington; as an amusement, snakes were kept in cages. The usual habit of the snakes was to seize the toad wherever the ...
The Royal Horticultural Society - Nature
Nature· 3 days agoTHE affairs of the Royal Horticultural Society alluded to in the last issue of NATURE (p. 145) have lately obtruded themselves upon public attention, but it is probable that some readers of ...
Intellect in Brutes - Nature
Nature· 3 days agoIT might prove interesting to some of your readers to put the following incidents on record relative to intellect in brutes:— Some time ago I kept in town a bitch and three of its puppies; the ...
