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The Ultima Thule of Polynesia 1 - Nature
Nature· 4 days agoEASTER ISLAND, so called because of its discovery by the Dutchman Roggeween on Easter Day, 1722, presents several as yet unanswered problems in ethnology and linguistics. One of these is the ...
The Origin of the Great Lakes of North America - Nature
Nature· 4 days agoAT one time glaciers—perhaps in the co-operative society of an ice-sheet—were gravely suspected of having excavated even the great lakes of North America. The a priori difficulties in the hypothesis ...
The Present Southern Comet - Nature
Nature· 4 days agoIts orbit, as far as an orbit can be determined from the approximate positions of a very indefinite nucleus, is similar to those of the 1843 and 1880 comets. In Grant's “History of Astronomy ...
Forestry in New Zealand - Nature
Nature· 4 days agoThe circular, which merits a careful perusal by all interested in the development of a forest policy for the Empire as a whole, accords full recognition to the importance of the remaining indigenous ...
On Exogenous Structures Amongst the Stems of the Coal Measures - Nature
Nature· 4 days agoMy present object is to do what was impossible in the hurried and unsatisfactory discussions that frequently arose at the meetings of the British Association to accomplish, viz.: to take care ...
The Great Gnomon of Florence Cathedral - Nature
Nature· 4 days agoALTHOUGH numerous Christian churches are either oriented or adorned with reference to some astronomical phenomenon, there are few of such direct interest to the astronomer as the magnificent ...
A Large-Headed Dinosaur - Nature
Nature· 4 days agoCompared with these latter, Triceratops was a quadrupedal reptile of quite moderate size, the skeleton, according to the late Prof. Marsh, being not more than 25 feet in length and 10 feet in ...
John Hunter - Nature
Nature· 4 days agoTHE Hunterian Oration was delivered on Monday afternoon in the theatre of the Royal College of Surgeons by the President, Mr. Savory, F.R.S., Senior Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. After ...
The Nephridia of Earthworms - Nature
Nature· 4 days agoTHE number of NATURE published on June 28 last contains (p. 197) an interesting paper by Prof. Baldwin Spencer, which deals with the excretory system of the gigantic Australian ...
A Private Circumnavigating Expedition - Nature
Nature· 4 days agoIN Les Mondes, for some time past, details have been given of a proposed expedition, partly scientific and partly for pleasure, on a somewhat gigantic scale. The proposed ...
