This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.
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30112 | Seven purple lapel rosettes(? |
28160 | The question arises, has the engine survived as a true and accurate representation of the original machine built in 1851? |
14750 | What is that little we can do for our Lord and Saviour? |
14750 | When we entered the room, what did we see? |
14750 | [ Hungry children] May I, dear madam, give you some instances? |
35024 | Which construction of a pendulum apparatus corresponds completely to all requirements of science? |
32482 | What, exactly, were the instruments applied by Hooke to his weather clock? |
32482 | What, then, was the essential difference between the 17th and 19th centuries that made possible the development of the self- registering observatory? |
32482 | [ Illustration: Figure 3.--Dolland''s"atmospheric recorder": 1, siphon and float barometer; 2, balance(?) |
27076 | Have Stringer or McHenry made their appearance yet? |
27076 | Setts Measures, from 1/2 ounce to 1[ pint?] |
33899 | ''Are you certain you understand it?'' |
33899 | ''Will it blow up?'' |
34061 | Footnote 20:"Sur le Multiplier electro- magnetique..."--should be"Multiplicateur"? |
34061 | Page 129:"sulphur, phosphorous and carbon..."--should be"phosphorus"but may be misspelled in the quoted material? |
34061 | [ Johann Bartholomacus] Tromsdorff-- should be Johann Bartholomäus Trommsdorff? |
2628 | Are they, as the healthy common sense of the ancient Greeks appears to have led them to assume without hesitation, the remains of animals and plants? |
32492 | A root of a tree meeting with a ditch in its progress, is laid open to the air; what follows? |
32492 | And why should it be? |
32492 | What better can an animal do for its welfare? |
32492 | With a knowledge of these four games, who would pass a dull hour in the dreariest day of winter; or who would sit idly by the fire? |
2629 | But if what lies below the horse''s"knee"thus corresponds to the middle finger in ourselves, what has become of the four other fingers or digits? |
2629 | Did things so happen or did they not? |
2629 | What has become of the bones of all these animals? |
2629 | What we desire to know is, is it a fact that evolution took place? |
36457 | ''Where is your house?'' |
36457 | I said:''What height is it above the sea?'' |
27106 | A straight line could be drawn along a straight edge; but how was one to determine whether the straight edge was straight? |
27106 | The author of the contentious article that appeared in_ Mechanical Engineering_ in 1942 under the title"What is Wrong with Kinematics and Mechanisms?" |
27106 | What, I wanted to know, was being dragged? |
27106 | [ Footnote 121: A. E. Richard de Jonge,"Are the Russians Ahead in Mechanism Analysis?" |
32282 | That was before you got the contract? |
32282 | The design of the Tower was not actually the work of Eiffel himself but of two of his chief engineers, Emile Nouguier( 1840-?) |
32282 | What then was the reason for using a design vastly more complex? |
32282 | and Maurice Koechlin( 1856- 1946)--the men who had conducted the high pier studies-- and the architect Stéphen Sauvestre( 1847-?). |
2933 | Can either be shown to fill up or diminish, to any appreciable extent, the structural interval which exists between Man and the man- like apes? |
2933 | Was the oldest''Homo sapiens''pliocene or miocene, or yet more ancient? |
2933 | Where, then, must we look for primaeval Man? |
2633 | In what other way than by such an appeal to their experience could he so surely awaken in his audience the tragic pity and terror? |
2633 | What, then, could be more natural than that a Chaldaean poet should seek for the incidents of a great catastrophe among such phenomena? |
27238 | Beyond this, when did the shape of English tools begin to differ from the shape of tools of the Continent? |
27238 | Finally, what tool forms predominated in American usage and when, if in fact ever, did any of these tools achieve a distinctly American character? |
27238 | How, for example, is the early 19th- century attribution arrived at for the planes inscribed White and Carpenter? |
27238 | What prompted such superfluous decoration on the plow plane? |
2627 | ''Which way did he go? 2627 ''Young man,''cried the eunuch,''have you seen the Queen''s dog?'' |
2627 | Where is he?'' |
15253 | But of which of these great men can it be said that their labors were directed to practical ends? |
15253 | Is it not possible, nay probable that they may mean the evolution of our''elements''from a primary undifferentiated form of matter? |
15253 | This accumulation of bare knowledge is all very well, but_ cui bono_? |
15253 | What wonder if some eulogise, and others revile, the new philosophy for its utilitarian ends and its merely material triumphs? |
15253 | Where are the fruits of the restoration of science which I promised? |
2631 | But what is the good of it all in the face of Leviticus on the one hand and of palaeontology on the other? |
2631 | I am really grieved to be obliged to say that this third( or is it fourth?) |
2631 | It may be so, or it may not be so; but where is the evidence which would justify any one in making a positive assertion on the subject? |
2932 | But is this really so? |
2932 | Could not a sensible child confute by obvious arguments, the shallow rhetoricians who would force this conclusion upon us? |
2932 | Is he something apart? |
2932 | Is mother- love vile because a hen shows it, or fidelity base because dogs possess it? |
2932 | Or does he differ less from them than they differ from one another, and hence must take his place in the same order with them? |
2630 | And what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? |
2630 | Understood? |
2630 | By whom? |
2630 | Has any one ever disputed the contention, thus solemnly enunciated, that the doctrine of evolution was not invented the day before yesterday? |
2630 | Has any one ever dreamed of claiming it as a modern innovation? |
2630 | Vertebrate_ land_-population( Amphibia, Reptilia[?]). |
34067 | He continues:-- How many testimonies of this violence which is in love, are daily found? |
34067 | Now which of these systems has ever consoled an afflicted heart, or repeopled a lonely one? |
34067 | This he promised to do and, as she found out from his servant( what is it these nuns do not find out?) |
34067 | What else could he say?" |
34067 | Which of these teachers has ever shown men how to wipe away a tear? |
17882 | Do you see aught in this state to admire or envy?" |
17882 | Do you suppose they are bred here? |
17882 | Is it not possible that it may be the larva of some large unknown animal inhabiting these limestone cavities? |
17882 | _ Amb_.--You must have travelled in Italy in very dangerous times; have you always been secure? |
17882 | _ Eub_.--Have you, sir, been in this country before? |
17882 | _ Eub_.--Is this the only place in Carniola where these animals are found? |
2934 | Again, what simpler, or more absolutely practical, than the attempt to keep the axle of a wheel from heating when the wheel turns round very fast? |
2934 | And how has it fared with"Physick"and Anatomy? |
2934 | But the plague? |
2934 | But what has grown out of this search for natural knowledge of so merely useful a character? |
2934 | Let us take these points separately; and, first, what great ideas has natural knowledge introduced into men''s minds? |
2934 | Surely there is nothing in these explanations which is not fully borne out by the facts? |
2934 | Surely, the principles involved in them are now admitted among the fixed beliefs of all thinking men? |
2934 | What more harmless than the attempt to lift and distribute water by pumping it; what more absolutely and grossly utilitarian? |
2934 | [ Footnote 2: Need it be said that this is Tennyson''s English for Homer''s Greek?] |
43791 | = The Science of Concepts.= Here the question immediately arises: how can we secure such perfection? |
43791 | Are we then to deduce that it is superfluous or unfeasible to designate the waves as different? |
43791 | But where is the line of division between one wave and the next? |
43791 | Each time we encounter such problems, we must ask ourselves: what would be the difference empirically if the one or the other view were correct? |
43791 | How far can the form be extended? |
43791 | Now what predictions do those natural laws enable us to make? |
43791 | Now, wherein lies the more significant value of such formulations? |
43791 | _ Carnot_ asked himself the question, Upon what does the action of the steam engine, which had just then come into use, depend? |
44527 | ( an_ Dictyocephalus?_), × 400 1380 A variety with obliterated ribs(?). |
44527 | ( an_ Dictyocephalus?_), × 400 1380 A variety with obliterated ribs(?). |
44527 | ( an_ Dictyocephalus?_), × 400 1380 Fig. |
44527 | The kidney- shaped calymma contains in the peripheral part numerous symbiontes(_ Xanthellæ_ or_ Vorticellinæ_? |
44527 | The kidney- shaped calymma contains on the margin numerous symbiontes(_ Xanthellæ_ or_ Vorticellinæ_? |
44527 | _ Cycladophora(?) |
44527 | _ Cycladophora(?) |
44527 | exhibits a large excentric nucleus( probably dislocated artificially?). |
44527 | sp., × 300 181 Outer shell not yet complete, or partly broken off(?). |
44527 | sp., × 400 279 The central capsule( somewhat irregular by compression?) |
44527 | sp., × 500 1102 Three single unicellular symbiontes(_ Zooxanthellæ_?). |
44527 | sp.,( vel_ Elaphospyris damæcornis?_); compare p. 1032, × 400 1057 Seen from the apical( or basal?) |
44527 | sp.,( vel_ Elaphospyris damæcornis?_); compare p. 1032, × 400 1057 Seen from the apical( or basal?) |
1705 | But how determine this all- important number? |
1705 | For how could hair come from what is not hair? |
1705 | It is the answer to the question, What is the relation in bulk between a sphere and its circumscribing cylinder? |
1705 | Or flesh from what is not flesh?" |
1705 | Proximate causes known, he sought remoter causes; childlike, his inquiring mind was always asking, Why? |
1705 | To Italy? |
1705 | To get this clearly in mind, we must ask ourselves: What, then, is science? |
1705 | Was it he, perhaps, who taught the Greeks to strike a rising and swinging blow from the hip, as depicted in the famous metopes of the Parthenon? |
1705 | What, then, was the line of scientific induction that led Aristarchus to this wonderful goal? |
1705 | Wherein then lies the difference? |
1705 | Why can I not prognosticate as well as you?" |
41695 | 1856, p. 146) called it an ocular(?) |
41695 | 1917.--Was the lower Cambrian trilobite supreme? |
41695 | 30 39? |
41695 | Acron, with hypostoma; 2, rostrum( epistoma), with free cheeks; 3, first frontal lobe, with(?) |
41695 | He refers also to the specimen from Ottawa under the name_ Isotelus covingtonensis?_ Foerste( not Ulrich). |
41695 | If the spine of the fifteenth segment is not a pygidium, could it be used, as Dollo postulates, as a pushing organ? |
41695 | Which is the more primitive, and was one derived from the other? |
41695 | _ Isotelus covingtonensis?_ Walcott( not Foerste), Smithson. |
34221 | Why are our emotions called into action by modern music and modern art? 34221 Why are we tormented with this thought- stimulating age?" |
34221 | A note from her inclosed this dispatch:''What hath God wrought?'' |
34221 | I had no money; and there was no one that believed I could do it, and if I could"what good would come of it?" |
34221 | Morse has had no more credit than was due him, but has Henry had as much as is due him? |
34221 | The puzzle to most people is: How can the signals pass each other in different directions on the same wire? |
34221 | The question may be asked, why is there any regulation needed, if there is always an even head of water? |
34221 | Then you ask, how do they differ? |
34221 | Why are we called upon to help the downtrodden and oppressed, and to help to elevate mankind to a higher level? |
34221 | Why can not we be left alone in peace and quiet, to live in the easiest way?" |
34221 | Why not? |
34221 | Why this current? |
34221 | Why? |
34221 | You ask what is the difference? |
48994 | ''Tis Nature''s method-- does it not cost some thousands of eggs and fry to produce one salmon? |
48994 | And may I here enter a protest? |
48994 | For what does this Association stand? |
48994 | Is not the need of this individual reconstruction the Greek message to modern democracy? |
48994 | Is thy servant a dog? |
48994 | May I dwell upon two instances of shocking neglect? |
48994 | Strange, is it not? |
48994 | The life and work of the men who made the original contributions? |
48994 | What are these classical interests that you represent? |
48994 | What does the community at large, so careful of your comforts, expect from you? |
48994 | Why dwell on the horrors such as we doctors and nurses have had to see? |
48994 | Why this invariableness in an ever- turning world? |
48994 | Withal, like Jeshurun, she waxed fat; and did ever such pride go before such destruction? |
38462 | ''If they will do these things in a green tree, what will they do in the dry?'' |
38462 | --to a favourite of Teen Wang''s, who can trust himself among them, either as a missionary or a merchant? |
38462 | But of what avail are the choicest treasures of nature, if the mind be wanting which can turn them to their proper use, and elicit their real value? |
38462 | For his kind offices we promised him a present, upon which he asked with the most naïve simplicity:"You not talk lie?" |
38462 | Have you a hankering to visit the forests of Ilocos, northward from Manila, or to sail down the great river Lanatin? |
38462 | Police in the interior? |
38462 | Should you care to make an excursion to the Lagoons and thence proceed to the Pacific Ocean? |
38462 | Should you like to ascend the Majayjay, the highest hill in the interior? |
38462 | Suppose I could come to your island and take it? |
38462 | What more natural than to suppose that a path so well worn must necessarily lead to an important settlement? |
38462 | Will the tea plant repay the immense cost of cultivation, and compete successfully with the product of China? |
38462 | whether we wished to purchase cocoa- nuts, and would soon be leaving?" |
39141 | [ 25] By 1796 Gatty( or Gatti?) 39141 ( c.1744- 1830? 39141 1740-?) 39141 1744- 1830? 39141 1748?-1830? 39141 1753 Philadelphia( practitioner) Hagger, Benjamin c. 1769- 1834 Boston and Mathematical; King Baltimore surveying Hagger, William c. 1744- 1830? 39141 1765- 1821? 39141 1765-?) 39141 1790 Philadelphia Glass Folger, Peter 1617- 1690 Nantucket( practitioner?) 39141 A compass card by Paul Revere(?). 39141 Dean, William(?-1797), Philadelphia; also made nautical instruments. 39141 Dean, William(?-1797), Philadelphia; also made surveying instruments. 39141 Nantucket: Peter Folger( 1617- 1690), practitioner(?). 39141 On January 5, 1837, he deeded to his aunt(? 39141 RHODE ISLAND Newport: William G. Hagger( c.1744- 1830? 39141 William Dean(?-1797); surveying and nautical instruments. 39141 [ 115] SILVIO A. BEDINI,A Compass Card by Paul Revere(? |
39141 | _ Early American observatories: Which was the first astronomical observatory in America?_ Williamstown, Mass. |
16593 | ( Is this true for the lift pump as well?) |
16593 | Can you explain how this is a wedge? |
16593 | Can you give any uses of these substances? |
16593 | How can the almost innumerable lights and shades be produced on the plate? |
16593 | How do heat and light travel through this vast abyss of space? |
16593 | How is it possible to obtain on an immovable screen by means of a simple lens two distinct images of objects at widely varying distances? |
16593 | How much is a Stream Worth? |
16593 | How then does he help himself and perform the impossible? |
16593 | Is there any one who has not heard this saying? |
16593 | We naturally ask ourselves whether these colors which compose white light are themselves in turn compound? |
16593 | What are the characteristics of the air which have enabled man to accomplish these feats? |
16593 | What color nerves were defective in the case of the host? |
16593 | What is it that makes a molecule of water differ from a molecule of vinegar, and each differ from all other molecules? |
16593 | When do we Work? |
16593 | Where does Yeast come From? |
16593 | Where does your city obtain its water? |
2935 | And what has made this difference? |
2935 | But I imagine I hear the question, How is all this to be tested? |
2935 | But how is this remarkable propulsive machine made to perform its functions? |
2935 | But whither does all this tend? |
2935 | But why does a muscle contract at one time and not at another? |
2935 | Does Nature acknowledge, in any deeper way, this unity of plan we seem to trace? |
2935 | Is it not probable that teachers, in pursuing such studies, will be led astray from the acquirement of more important but less attractive knowledge? |
2935 | It is the question, why should training masters be encouraged to acquire a knowledge of this, or any other branch of physical science? |
2935 | No doubt it is a pretty and ingenious way of looking at the structure of any animal; but is it anything more? |
2935 | Or may I not rather ask, is it possible for you to discharge your functions properly without these aids? |
2935 | The great new question would be,"How does all this take place?" |
2935 | What books shall I read? |
2935 | What is it originates, directs, and controls the motive power? |
2935 | What is the purpose of primary intellectual education? |
2935 | What is the use, it is said, of attempting to make physical science a branch of primary education? |
2935 | When I examine it, what appears to be the most striking character it presents? |
2935 | Why does one whole group of muscles contract when the lobster wishes to extend his tail, and another group when he desires to bend it? |
1706 | ''How short?'' 1706 ''I have full faith in your revelations of the future: what say you of my pilgrimage in this life-- is it short or long?'' 1706 But if his power is infinite, why should not a greater, rather than a very small, part of it be revealed to me? 1706 But immediately we are met with the question: Why do no great original investigators appear during all these later centuries? 1706 But to whom? 1706 Could it be that it was the glass, and not the mercury, that caused it? 1706 For how could such a man be poor when, with a piece of metal and a few grains of magic powder, he was able to provide himself with gold? 1706 How could it be expected that science should flourish when the greatest minds of the age could concern themselves with problems such as these? 1706 How is this flight of the stone to be explained? 1706 How should we fare to- day if no new scientific books were being produced, and if the records of former generations were destroyed? 1706 How, otherwise, could they have prolonged their lives to nine and a half centuries? 1706 I asked myself if there were no such thing as a teacher in medicine, where could I learn this art best? 1706 May not this so- called centripetal force be identical with terrestrial gravitation? 1706 The question was, what became of it all? 1706 They disputed such important questions as, How many angels can stand upon the point of a needle? 1706 Would such be the force of gravitation acting at the distance of the moon if the power of gravitation varies inversely as the square of the distance? 36547 ''Sir,''said I, with a dejected countenance,''what means this?'' 36547 (?) 36547 24 a white spot is placed on a black ground; which is the larger, the black spot or the white one? 36547 And in view of the wonderful things that have been accomplished in the past, some of my readers may well ask:Who shall decide when doctors disagree?" |
36547 | And why? |
36547 | At first view, this problem seems impossible, for how can half an egg be sold without breaking any? |
36547 | CAN A MAN LIFT HIMSELF BY THE STRAPS OF HIS BOOTS? |
36547 | For this discovery(?) |
36547 | How was this possible without breaking any of the eggs? |
36547 | How, then, are we to explain the statements which have been made in regard to Orffyreus and the claims of the Marquis of Worcester? |
36547 | In Act v., Scene 4, line 24, Melun says:"A quantity of life Which bleeds away, even as a form of wax, Resolveth from his figure''gainst the fire?" |
36547 | They range from a method of discovering the number which any one may think of to a solution of the"famous"question:"How old is Ann?" |
36547 | What was the price of the horse? |
36547 | Who has not heard sounds which had no existence except in our own sensations? |
33198 | By how many signs and degrees is the moon distant from the sun, and from its nodes? |
33198 | Can it be seen in the north or in the south? |
33198 | Does the moon hide[ occult eclipse] any of the fixed stars from the earth dwellers, and which of these does it obscure? |
33198 | Had he spent too much time in mechanical studies to the neglect of his ecclesiastical duties? |
33198 | How many days is it from mean new moon or full moon? |
33198 | How many years have passed from a given epoch? |
33198 | Is it north or south? |
33198 | Is the moon in eclipse? |
33198 | Is the sea swelling with periodic heat[ at high tide?] |
33198 | Is the sun in eclipse anywhere on earth? |
33198 | Is the sun or the moon, in apogee or perigee, ascending or descending? |
33198 | Is there a true new or full moon? |
33198 | Is this year a leap year, or a common year-- first, second, or third after leap year? |
33198 | Next to this are two other slightly larger circles divided into 30 degrees, one[ rotating?] |
33198 | Of what magnitude, etc.? |
33198 | Total or partial? |
33198 | What days of the year do the various feasts fall on, and the movable feasts during the ecclesiastical year? |
33198 | What is the apparent magnitude of the solar and lunar diameter, and of the horizontal parallax of the umbra and penumbra of the earth? |
33198 | What is the apparent speed of the sun and of the moon? |
33198 | What is the current month of the year, and what day of the month and of the week? |
33198 | What is the latitude of the moon? |
33198 | What is the magnitude, and the duration of this eclipse, with respect to the whole earth? |
33198 | What limb of the moon is obscured? |
33198 | What sign of the zodiac does the sun occupy, the moon, the head and tail of the dragon? |
33198 | Which of the planets is dominant? |
33198 | _ Novissima ac Perpetua Astronomica Ephemeris Authomatica Theorico- Practica._ Trent: Giovanni Battista Monauni, 1763(?). |
33198 | or is it deflated[ low tide], or quiescent? |
33405 | But,you ask,"why is the sky blue?" |
33405 | A query arises, Why this phenomenon? |
33405 | Assuming that the ether is a substance, the question arises how is it related to other forms of substance? |
33405 | But what is crystallization? |
33405 | Do we die? |
33405 | Does this law apply to mind and soul? |
33405 | Have you not seen the blades of grass studded with diamonds more beautiful than any that ever flashed in the dazzling light of a ballroom? |
33405 | One of these questions is, Where was the water and where was the earthy matter before its precipitation? |
33405 | Or do we simply change? |
33405 | Reader, did you ever live in the country? |
33405 | So much for the time; but you ask What about the occasion, or cause? |
33405 | The inquiry may arise, Why is the moisture condensed, almost always, in the upper regions of the air, where it is rare? |
33405 | WHAT IS A SPONGE? |
33405 | WHAT IS A SPONGE? |
33405 | WHY DOES ICE FLOAT? |
33405 | WHY DOES ICE FLOAT? |
33405 | Were you ever awakened early on a summer''s morning to"go for the cows"? |
33405 | What is a barometer? |
33405 | What would happen in case nature did not make this exception to the laws of expansion and contraction by heat and cold, in the case of water? |
33405 | Why does water follow a different law in cooling from that of nearly all other substances? |
33405 | are you sure of that? |
38379 | Can any priest answer this question? |
38379 | In Natural History what a vast field is open? |
38379 | It is the duty of the Man of Science to make war upon all error and imposture, or why does he study? |
38379 | Of what use to society at large is a classical scholar? |
38379 | Then where is the difference in the conduct of those two Magnificent Inquisitors General, and between my case and that of Galileo? |
38379 | What can be more simple, more amusing, or more useful, and more instructive? |
38379 | What other system of education can be so well calculated for a proper expansion of the juvenile mind? |
38379 | Will ye any longer bend the knee to such Baals-- to such Golden Calves as these? |
38379 | Will ye bend your aspiring minds to prop the thrones of such contemptible, such ignorant, such brutish despots? |
38379 | Will ye, Men of Science, continue to truckle before such animals? |
38379 | and who can read this, and for a moment believe that he was a Christian when he wrote it? |
38379 | or one well versed in the ancient mythologies, for this, after all, is the chief part of classical knowledge? |
2632 | And, in matter of fact, can the record with due regard to legitimate historical criticism, be pronounced true? |
2632 | But have we a right to do so? |
2632 | But what is the meaning of this expression? |
2632 | How could its subsistence, by any possibility, be an affair of weeks and months? |
2632 | If Jonah''s three days''residence in the whale is not an"admitted reality,"how could it"warrant belief"in the"coming resurrection?" |
2632 | If divine authority is not here claimed for the twenty- fourth verse of the second chapter of Genesis, what is the value of language? |
2632 | If no Flood swept the careless people away, how is the warning of more worth than the cry of"Wolf"when there is no wolf? |
2632 | Is there any known historical work which is throughout exactly true, or is there not? |
2632 | When Jesus spoke, as of a matter of fact, that"the Flood came and destroyed them all,"did he believe that the Deluge really took place, or not? |
2632 | Why not? |
2634 | 23)--is not this Deity conceived as manlike in form? |
2634 | 27 David says to Zadok the priest,"Art thou not a seer?" |
2634 | And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me to bring me up? |
2634 | And Samuel said, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing that Jahveh is departed from thee and is become thine adversary? |
2634 | But to Saul nothing is visible, for he asks,"What seest thou?" |
2634 | Can any other conclusion be drawn from the history of Abraham and Isaac? |
2634 | Does Abraham exhibit any indication of surprise when he receives the astounding order to sacrifice his son? |
2634 | Does not the action of Saul, on a famous occasion, involve exactly the same theological presuppositions? |
2634 | Does this mean that Seth resembled Adam only in a spiritual and figurative sense? |
2634 | He next asked him how he knew it was the spirit of Toogoo Ahoo? |
2634 | Laban indignantly demands of his son- in- law,"Wherefore hast thou stolen my Elohim?" |
2634 | Or of Micah''s inquiry,"Will Jahveh be pleased with thousands of rams or with ten thousands of rivers of oil?" |
2634 | Saul goes to this woman, who, after being assured of immunity, asks,"Whom shall I bring up to thee?" |
2634 | Still the spectre remains invisible to Saul, for he asks,"What form is he of?" |
2634 | Then said Saul to his servant, But behold if we go, what shall we bring the man? |
2634 | What have we? |
2634 | Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh, thy Elohim, giveth thee to possess?" |
2634 | [ Footnote 22: Compare:"And Samuel said unto Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me?" |
1708 | Are we justified in thinking that it ought to be the same in regard to the microbe of anthrax? |
1708 | But by what miracle have such documents been preserved through all these centuries? |
1708 | But does histology give any clew to the way in which such isolation may be effected? |
1708 | By what process could such selection be brought about among creatures in a state of nature? |
1708 | It was something to feel sure that species have varied; but how have such variations been brought about? |
1708 | Now, how has this been accomplished? |
1708 | That, too, is a poet''s dream; but is it only a dream? |
1708 | The flight of arrow- heads on wall or slab or tiny brick have surely a meaning; but how shall we guess that meaning? |
1708 | There exist many mucedines( Mucedinae?) |
1708 | Therefore, how can we experiment with the action of the air upon the anthrax virus with any expectation of making it less virulent? |
1708 | These must be words; but what words? |
1708 | What is it that happens in these eight days at 43 degrees that suffices to take away the virulence of the bacteria? |
1708 | What offices do these sets of organs perform in the great labor- specializing aggregation of cells which we call a living organism? |
1708 | What, then, does this imply? |
1708 | Whence came that primordial organism whose transmuted descendants make up the existing faunas and floras of the globe? |
1708 | Who can tell but that in time this pure air may become a fashionable article in luxury?... |
1708 | Why may not the modification of parts go on along devious lines until the remote descendants of an organism are utterly unlike that organism? |
1708 | Why may we not thus account for the development of various species of beings all sprung from one parent stock? |
1708 | Yet, on the other hand, could Darwin honorably do otherwise than publish his friend''s paper and himself remain silent? |
38456 | Why should we annually pay hundreds of thousands of francs to foreign singers and concert- givers? |
38456 | And who was that white man, who voluntarily shared their misery, their wants, and their privations? |
38456 | And would he at some future period find companions to visit with him, and ultimately share these solitary desolate abodes? |
38456 | But who would boggle at any amount for an object which concerns the bodily health, not merely of the present, but of all succeeding generations? |
38456 | Does the auriferous quartz occur in veins, and are these still_ in situ_, or are they broken up? |
38456 | For to whom are we indebted for our capital, for the industry and commerce which we have? |
38456 | From the Altar the geologist might proceed, by way of San Luis,( Query, whether the primitive clay- slate found here be of the Silurian formation?) |
38456 | Had it been his own cradle? |
38456 | Have these been found, alongside of gold, diamonds, platinum, osmium, iridium, or mercury? |
38456 | Is Amsterdam really a sister- island of St. Paul? |
38456 | Is it, too, of volcanic origin, upheaved by the same subterranean energy, and does it still show similar traces of long- continued activity? |
38456 | LORD AUBREY; or, WHAT SHALL I DO? |
38456 | The highest mountain of the whole island, perhaps of the whole insular world of Southern Asia, is the Hina Baïlu( 12,850 feet?) |
38456 | The question may here be asked, why, in the present state of navigation, a sailing- vessel was preferred to a steamer for this voyage? |
38456 | To whom belong those manufactories which the people want to protect, and in whose favour so much is said? |
38456 | WHO SHALL BE DUCHESS? |
38456 | Was he a straggler? |
38456 | Was it the first time he had selected this island for a home? |
38456 | What could have condemned him to this self- imposed exile? |
38456 | What description of rock is traversed by these veins? |
38456 | What impressions are, for instance, deeper in young and old, and excite more delightful recollections than the starry sky of home? |
38456 | Which nation has done more for the propagation of Christianity among savage tribes all over the world? |
38456 | good friend?" |
38456 | of Otavalo? |
42128 | Does this fossil Flora correspond to a formation almost entirely marine, but cotemporary with the Wealdean epoch? 42128 But are not these human considerations? 42128 May not this be the''_ mons Eos_''of Pliny? 42128 Or were, perhaps, the carnivorous animals created only at a later period? 42128 Or, lastly, did those families, which some botanists have been led to consider the most elevated in organization, not yet exist? 42128 The next question is-- were these organized beings created in pairs, as is generally thought and believed? 42128 Whence did these materials originate? 41839 But what drives the engine?" |
41839 | How can that be? |
41839 | What do you say to the light of the sun? |
41839 | ( 2).--Suppose Fahrenheit to stand at 41Â °, what will Reaumur stand at? |
41839 | ( 3).--Suppose Fahrenheit stands at 23Â °, what will the Centigrade stand at? |
41839 | ( 4).--If Fahrenheit stands at 4 below 0, what will Reaumur indicate? |
41839 | ( Query, may not some of those remarkably hard black diamonds prove to be boron?) |
41839 | Are the living to remain idle whilst the unfortunate man is suffocating rapidly at the bottom of the pit? |
41839 | Does experimental science furnish us with any corroboration of this inference? |
41839 | Finally, the question of utility( the_ cui bono_) may be considered in answer to the query, What is the use of polarized light? |
41839 | How, then, is the alum to be brought back again to the solid state? |
41839 | In answer to the oft- repeated question,"Where can I get the_ things_ for the experiments?" |
41839 | In three experiments acid bodies have been obtained; can we speculate on the result of the next? |
41839 | Is it to be regarded as something real or material? |
41839 | Is this taste natural? |
41839 | Now, what are we to infer from this experiment? |
41839 | Still the question remains unanswered, what are these"rose- coloured prominences?" |
41839 | Thus, a block of wood fills a certain space: how is it( if impenetrable) that we can drive a nail into it? |
41839 | We have first to ask,"What is polarized light?" |
41839 | What is to be done in these cases? |
41839 | What would the Marquis of Worcester and Cosmo de Medici have thought of Blasco de Garay on the ocean, and ruling 12,000 steam horses? |
41839 | [ Page 279] Does it spring from the education which during many ages the human race has received from its first instructors? |
41839 | or[ Page 369] must it be considered only as a property or state of matter? |
27747 | Certainly,replied the prince,"but how can you care what becomes of an animal when he is no longer of use?" |
27747 | Look at that ash tree; did you ever notice that the branches of the ash tree are curves of double curvature? |
27747 | Now, if the queen were to ask you to eat a bit of mutton with her, what would you say? |
27747 | Why did you not go out with me yesterday? |
27747 | Has Somerville ever looked through it? |
27747 | He knew that I was reading the"Mécanique Céleste,"and asked me how I got on? |
27747 | I asked him why? |
27747 | I have marked as somewhat obscure a part of the illustration of the principle of virtual velocities.... Will you look at this point again? |
27747 | I remember he said to one of them--"Peggie, what lightened the world before the sun was made?" |
27747 | I said to Somerville,"Is Lord Byron like anyone you know?" |
27747 | I well remember her slender white hand pointing impatiently to the book or slate--"Don''t you see it? |
27747 | Is Babbage the author? |
27747 | It has since made a fresh jump-- and who can say it will be the last? |
27747 | Mr. Finlayson was a remarkably good Greek scholar, and my husband said,"Why not take advantage of such an opportunity of improvement?" |
27747 | My daughters strongly opposed this, saying,"Why not write a new book?" |
27747 | Once we set out a little later than usual, when, driving through the Piazza of the Bocca della Verità, we both called out,"Did you see that? |
27747 | Part of the corona was polarized, and consequently must have been material; the question is, Can it be the ethereal medium? |
27747 | Pozzo di Borgo said to me,"Are you aware that Prince Kosloffsky has left Paris?" |
27747 | Que n''ajoutez- vous pas la sphère céleste, l''uranologie, votre patrimoine, à la sphère terrestre? |
27747 | Questa è Colei che negli eterei spazj Segue il cammin degli astri, e ne misura Peso, moto, distanza, orbita e luce? |
27747 | Somerville asked,"How could they believe in Christ when He was not born till many centuries after?" |
27747 | Then Admiral Duncan said to my father,"Fairfax, what shall we do?" |
27747 | We went to Brussels, and what lady can go there without seeing the lace manufactory? |
27747 | Will you be my counsel in this suit? |
27747 | can it be young----? |
27747 | is it come to that?" |
27747 | the supernumerary divisions of Saturn''s ring well seen,& c.,& c. And all by a Cauchoix refractor of eight inches? |
15468 | But what is_ intilt_? |
15468 | Have n''t I been tellin''ye what''s intilt? |
15468 | What have we got to pay? |
15468 | --"Who built her? |
15468 | A penny a week at a school, and what can be gained? |
15468 | But how could this vegetable matter ever accumulate in such masses as to make beds of coal of such vast extent, some not less than 30 feet thick? |
15468 | But what has proved to be the result? |
15468 | Did the Almighty consult engineers, or take soundings and levels, or ask the laws of Nature if He could or would succeed? |
15468 | Does not all this show what science applied to art has done? |
15468 | Does not this show that His mercy is over all His works? |
15468 | Does not this speak volumes for the wealth and energy of Glasgow? |
15468 | Has this been done without labour? |
15468 | Have not these improvements shown what means of communication do for body and mind? |
15468 | How many times was this question asked before Science could return an answer? |
15468 | How was this accomplished? |
15468 | I am always asking"What''s intilt?" |
15468 | I had last year the pleasure of a cruise in the Trinity yacht"Galatea,"and does not she speak volumes for what can be done by your citizens? |
15468 | If beyond this ten hours, we grumble, and ask guards, porters,& c., at the various stations,"What has made the train so late to- day?" |
15468 | In conclusion,--What have science and art done for us? |
15468 | Is it not a shame so to waste your time?" |
15468 | Is not this very much in keeping with our growth in communication? |
15468 | Now what did this widow cast in? |
15468 | The question I put in a wider reference is the question of the Englishman, as expressed in the Scotchwoman''s dialect, What''s intilt? |
15468 | Then, again, it may be asked:"Who engined these ships?" |
15468 | This he did in a scientific way, however, as an aunt of his said to him one day:"Do you know what you have been doing? |
15468 | Was it Napier, or Thomson, or Tod, or M''Gregor, or Randolph& Elder, or Caird, or Denny of Dumbarton, or Cunliff& Dunlop?" |
15468 | Was not James Watt born here? |
15468 | What does it bring into play? |
15468 | What should we now be without, I may say, any one of them? |
15468 | What, however, would he be without the aid of art? |
15468 | Who knows what treasures may yet lie hidden in neglected fields, or to what untold wealth the human family may one day fall heir? |
15468 | exclaimed Grimaldi, greatly terrified,"what''s that?" |
15468 | what could have produced this singular- looking, black, inflammable rock? |
34771 | What will be the next chapter of British enterprise and invention, and who and where the men to perform the chief part in it? 34771 And especially what is new truth? 34771 And how may we best detect it? 34771 Are they all compounds of Hydrogen? 34771 Are they all decomposed by very high temperatures, as compound substances aredisassociated"by less elevated temperatures? |
34771 | As scientific research has proved itself to be of such great value to this nation, the question naturally arises, how can it best be promoted? |
34771 | As the term"verified truth"may appear vague, the questions may well be asked, what is truth? |
34771 | Can we expect to buy new scientific knowledge at so much a pound, or to retail discovery by the pint? |
34771 | Do gases transmit heat by conduction? |
34771 | Does Light( without heat) expand bodies? |
34771 | Is Electricity decomposible like radiant heat or light? |
34771 | It is true that many things which have appeared very promising in theory or in experiment, have{ 49} failed altogether in practice, but why is this? |
34771 | Or why silk dyed in Lyons should possess a finer colour than the same silk dyed by the same process in Coventry? |
34771 | Or why varnish made in the open country has different properties from that made in a town? |
34771 | Ought a Bishop to be content with the renown of his eloquence, without receiving any payment for his services? |
34771 | Ought the late Duke of Wellington to have been satisfied with the fame alone of his exploits, without being paid any salary? |
34771 | Under what circumstances is Light converted into Electricity? |
34771 | Under what circumstances is heat wholly converted into mechanical power? |
34771 | Under what conditions is Fluorine isolated? |
34771 | What are the properties of Fluorine? |
34771 | What is the actual molecular arrangement of the atoms of Hydrogen at 60 Fahrenheit? |
34771 | What is the actual size of an atom of Hydrogen? |
34771 | What is the cause of the absence of metalloids in the Sun? |
34771 | What is the reason that scientific research is not sufficiently encouraged in England? |
34771 | What is the vapour density of Cæsium? |
34771 | When contagious disease overtakes us, what do we do? |
34771 | Who can estimate the amount of beneficial moral influences of an indirect kind obtained by means of modern science? |
34771 | Who can measure the value of the cure of souls, of the duties of a judge, or of those of a field- marshal? |
34771 | Who can tell why it is that wire- work of brass or German silver becomes gradually brittle by lapse of time? |
34771 | With regard to the question, what is new truth? |
34771 | and how may it best be recognised? |
34771 | and into Magnetism? |
34771 | { 24} Are the"elementary substances"really compound bodies? |
14565 | 17th of July( 17th to the 26th of July?). |
14565 | Are these currents, as in Seebeck''s experiments, thermo- magnetic, and excited directly from unequal distribution of heat? |
14565 | But whence comes this form, which was first recognized by Schreiber as characteristic of the''severed''part of a rotating planetary body? |
14565 | Dare we hazard a conjecture on that which can not be an object of actual geognostic observation? |
14565 | Do gaseous fluids rise from the interior of the earth, and mix with the atmosphere? |
14565 | Indeed how can any facts of one observer in one place falsify the facts of another observer in another place? |
14565 | Must not these lie in deep valleys? |
14565 | Must we suppose that changes are actually in progress in the nebulous ring? |
14565 | On what did these so- called''most ancient''formations rest, if gneiss and mica schist must be regarded as changed sedimentary strata? |
14565 | When the questions are asked, what is it that burns in the volcano? |
14565 | Where, in this case, are we to seek the concealed channels by which the Plutonic action is conveyed? |
14565 | Why should the crust of the Earth have lost its property of being elevated in the ridges? |
14565 | and how much the mean annual temperature of Canada and the United States is lower than that of corresponding latitudes in Europe? |
14565 | multo clarius apparet, non tam reparandorum animalium causa, quam figurandarum variarum gentium(?) |
14565 | or are these meteorological processes the action of atmospheric electricity disturbed by the earthquake? |
14565 | or should we not rather regard them as induced by the position of the Sun and by solar heat? |
14565 | what excites the heat, fuses together earths and metals, and imparts to lava currents of thick layers a degree of heat that lasts for many years? |
1216 | What do you think they will do? |
1216 | Are we sure that we understand the nature of nitrogen? |
1216 | But did they wish discoveries to be so endangered? |
1216 | But what could induce that body to bestow on it their medal? |
1216 | Can even the glowing pencil of enthusiasm add colour to the blank before him? |
1216 | How could I resist the temptation to adorn my discourse with names which posterity will repeat, as we are not favoured with their presence? |
1216 | Is it a representation of the laws of nature, or is it not?" |
1216 | It may, perhaps, be inquired, why I publish this fact at this distance of time? |
1216 | Or did they wish to make Mr. Murray a present of two hundred pounds? |
1216 | Or was public opinion then held in supreme contempt? |
1216 | Or were the obedient Council only used to register the edict of their President? |
1216 | Or were they mocked, as they have been in other instances, with the semblance of a free discussion? |
1216 | Thus, if a man is interested personally, he is unfit to question an abuse; if he is not, is it probable that he will question it? |
1216 | Was it scouted, as I have myself heard it scouted, in the councils of the Royal Society? |
1216 | Were the rules for the award of these medals read previous to their decision? |
1216 | What are his prospects? |
1216 | What was the return which he made for this indulgence? |
1216 | Who can tell us any thing of the Sulfo- salts? |
1216 | Who will explain to us the laws of Isomorphism? |
1216 | Why was it omitted? |
35584 | How do you know that the Lord doeth it? |
35584 | Why should I be robbed of my property to pay for teaching another man''s children? |
35584 | And what dweller in the slough of want, dwarfed in body and soul, demoralized, hopeless, can reasonably be expected to possess these qualities? |
35584 | And what has made this difference? |
35584 | But Nemesis did not forget Croes: has she forgotten us? |
35584 | But are these corpuscles causes, or mere concomitants, of the disease? |
35584 | But what becomes of the coal which is burnt in yielding this interest? |
35584 | But when one tried to think it out, what in the world became of force considered as an objective entity? |
35584 | But why does a muscle contract at one time and not at another? |
35584 | CCCVII If the expectation of hell hereafter can keep me from evil- doing, surely_ a fortiori_ the certainty of hell now will do so? |
35584 | CCIX What books shall I read? |
35584 | CCLXVII Who has ever imagined that wealth which, in the hands of an employer, is capital, ceases to be capital if it is in the hands of a labourer? |
35584 | CCXIII What is the purpose of primary intellectual education? |
35584 | CLXVIII If the question is asked, What then do we know about matter and motion? |
35584 | How did these isolated patches of a northern population get into these deep places? |
35584 | How is it that the new- born infant is enabled to perform this first instalment of the sentence of life- long labour which no man may escape? |
35584 | If you ask why the moral inner sense is to be( under due limitations) obeyed; why the few who are steered by it move the mass in whom it is weak? |
35584 | Indeed, if a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger? |
35584 | Is not the formation of the picture a"function"of the piece of glass thus shaped? |
35584 | LXI Why should the souls[ of philosophers] be deeply vexed? |
35584 | LXIV Elijah''s great question,"Will you serve God or Baal? |
35584 | The Quaker listened, and at the close said,"Well, but, friend Southey, when dost thee think?" |
35584 | What is it originates, directs, and controls the motive power? |
35584 | Why does one whole group of muscles contract when the lobster wishes to extend his tail, and another group when he desires to bend it? |
35584 | Why should I not? |
35584 | Why should we be worse off under one_ régime_ than under the other? |
35584 | XII Fact I know; and Law I know; but what is this Necessity, save an empty shadow of my own mind''s throwing? |
35584 | XVIII What, then, is certain?... |
38097 | How do you know that the Lord doeth it? |
38097 | Why should I be robbed of my property to pay for teaching another man''s children? |
38097 | And what dweller in the slough of want, dwarfed in body and soul, demoralized, hopeless, can reasonably be expected to possess these qualities? |
38097 | And what has made this difference? |
38097 | But Nemesis did not forget Croesus: has she forgotten us? |
38097 | But are these corpuscles causes, or mere concomitants, of the disease? |
38097 | But what becomes of the coal which is burnt in yielding this interest? |
38097 | But when one tried to think it out, what in the world became of force considered as an objective entity? |
38097 | But why does a muscle contract at one time and not at another? |
38097 | But? |
38097 | CCCVII If the expectation of hell hereafter can keep me from evil- doing, surely_ a fortiori_ the certainty of hell now will do so? |
38097 | CCIX What books shall I read? |
38097 | CCLXVII Who has ever imagined that wealth which, in the hands of an employer, is capital, ceases to be capital if it is in the hands of a labourer? |
38097 | CCXIII What is the purpose of primary intellectual education? |
38097 | CLXII If mankind can not be engaged in practices"full of austerity and rigour?" |
38097 | CLXVIII If the question is asked, What then do we know about matter and motion? |
38097 | Give me such evidence as would justify me in believing anything else, and I will believe that Why should I not? |
38097 | How did these isolated patches of a northern population get into these deep places? |
38097 | How is it that the new- born infant is enabled to perform this first instalment of the sentence of lifelong labour which no man may escape? |
38097 | If you ask why the moral inner sense is to be( under due limitations) obeyed; why the few who are steered by it move the mass in whom it is weak? |
38097 | Indeed, if a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger? |
38097 | Is not the formation of the picture a"function"of the piece of glass thus shaped? |
38097 | LXI Why should the souls[ of philosophers] be deeply vexed? |
38097 | LXIV Elijah''s great question,"Will you serve God or Baal? |
38097 | What is it originates, directs, and controls the motive power? |
38097 | Why does one whole group of muscles contract when the lobster wishes to extend his tail and another group when he desires to bend it? |
38097 | Why should we be worse off under one_ régime_ than under the other? |
38097 | XII Fact I know; and Law I know; but what is this Necessity, save an empty shadow of my own mind''s throwing? |
38097 | XVIII What, then, is certain?.... |
19080 | But about Cyclops? |
19080 | But about your father, Mr. Wallace-- do I know him? |
19080 | Herbert, do you believe in the actuality of matter? |
19080 | I have everything I want, everything I can use is right here; why should I think of uprooting my life? |
19080 | Is he a skilled and educated teacher? |
19080 | Where is the Botanical Garden? |
19080 | And after Socialism, what? |
19080 | But what should he do with all this mass of truth he had discovered? |
19080 | But where should he go-- what could he do? |
19080 | Do I then make a plea for ignorance? |
19080 | Father Caccini preached a sermon from the text,"Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?" |
19080 | Here was a pivotal point-- should he go and fight for the glory of Prussia? |
19080 | How am I to urge him to do that which, if I were in his place, I should most emphatically refuse to do? |
19080 | How would Rome receive the book? |
19080 | I once heard him interrupted in a lecture by a questioner who asked,"Why would you keep the Church intact?" |
19080 | If we ask,"What religion?" |
19080 | In how long a time? |
19080 | In reply to the question, Is marriage a failure? |
19080 | Like Napoleon he said:"The finances? |
19080 | Most of them have families dependent upon them-- do you wonder that it is a fight to the death? |
19080 | One professor told him he was about to take up Kepler''s Optics with some post- graduate students-- would young Mr. Newton come in? |
19080 | Science, forsooth? |
19080 | Sir Humphry Davy on being asked,"What is your greatest discovery?" |
19080 | Something was pulling it down: what was it? |
19080 | The question is this,"What can I do?" |
19080 | This astronomy was not designed to be very scientific, exact or truthful-- all they asked was,"Is it plausible?" |
19080 | Was he really my brother? |
19080 | What am I here for? |
19080 | What pulled it down? |
19080 | What shall a man desire more than this? |
19080 | What would Ireland do with freedom if she had it? |
19080 | When Ernst Haeckel was asked,"Who is your favorite author?" |
19080 | Where am I going? |
19080 | Who am I? |
19080 | Who made it? |
19080 | With the very first glimmering of intelligence, and as far back as history goes, man has always asked that question, also three others: Where am I? |
19080 | Would this tube show the stars magnified? |
30495 | * 5* THE NATURE OF EMANATIONS FROM RADIO- ACTIVE BODIES What, then, is the nature of these radiations? 30495 And have you got them all now?" |
30495 | Then how did he act? 30495 Who uses this material?" |
30495 | A strange trick, that, to play with an individual_ Ego_, is it not? |
30495 | And how is it that different kinds of atoms can hold to themselves such varying numbers of fellow- atoms-- oxygen one, hydrogen two, and so on? |
30495 | And when the goal is reached, what will be revealed? |
30495 | And why, at the same temperature, are some substances held together with such enormous rigidity, others so loosely? |
30495 | And''spectroscopes,''''photographs''--what, pray, are these? |
30495 | Are they actually material particles hurled through the ether? |
30495 | Are they destined throughout the sweep of time to keep up this celibate existence? |
30495 | But what if he had had a bucketful of the little boneless creatures at his disposal, as the worker at Naples now may have any day for the asking? |
30495 | But why go farther? |
30495 | But, for that matter, what is the nature of these intermolecular bonds in any case? |
30495 | Have these celibate atoms remained thus always isolated, taking no part in world- building? |
30495 | How might such insulation be accomplished? |
30495 | If this is true of the mere marble images, what shall we say of the emblems on the centre table? |
30495 | In other words, what is the real status, and the import and meaning, the_ raison d''être_, if you will, of the science of zoology to- day? |
30495 | Man still wages warfare on his fellow- man as he has done time out of mind; as he will do-- who shall say how long? |
30495 | Need I say that these again are troublous times? |
30495 | Or are they like light-- and possibly the Roentgen rays-- simply undulations in the ether? |
30495 | Or were we entering some Iowa village, where the first settlers still live who but yesterday banished the prairie- dog and the buffalo? |
30495 | Prom what non- human parent did the human race directly spring? |
30495 | QUERIES SUGGESTED BY THE NEW GASES Suppose that a few years ago you had asked some chemist,"What are the constituents of the atmosphere?" |
30495 | Should the whole fabric of classification be abandoned? |
30495 | The government promptly accepted the offer-- as why should it not, since it had at hand so easy a means of raising the necessary money? |
30495 | To be sure, he never catches the shrimp-- but what of that? |
30495 | Was he very proud and haughty, as if he could not speak to other people?" |
30495 | Was this, then, Jena, the home of traditions? |
30495 | What are the homologies of this form and that? |
30495 | What can it tell us of the story of animal creation? |
30495 | What gaps does it bridge? |
30495 | What its probable ancestry? |
30495 | What wonder, then, that the Briton speaks of the institution as the"Pantheon of Science"? |
30495 | What, then, is the present status of Haeckel''s genealogical tree regarding man''s most direct ancestor? |
30495 | What, then, is this all- compassing power of gravitation which occupies so central a position in the scheme of mechanical things? |
30495 | What, then, was to be done? |
30495 | Where are the remembrances of that extraordinary man whom the original charter describes as"our well- beloved Benjamin, Count of Rumford?" |
30495 | Who knows what are the conditions necessary to the evolution of the ever- present atoms into"vital"associations? |
30495 | Who shall say, then, what forlorn hope of to- day''s science may not be the conquering host of to- morrow? |
30495 | Why does not a lump of iron dissolve as readily as the lump of sugar in our bowl of water? |
30495 | a real lord there?" |
37513 | Accepting, then, awareness as given, we must ask: Awareness of what? |
37513 | And can we say that this conception is useless for scientific interpretation? |
37513 | And what about force? |
37513 | And when it comes to doing, what can be more dramatically positive than that which bears a name of negation? |
37513 | And why? |
37513 | Are the plants in the cottager''s window, when they grow towards the light, aware of a process in their own tissues? |
37513 | Awareness of what? |
37513 | But is it not the_ electrical relatedness_ that is constitutive of the atom as such? |
37513 | But is it the sort of unification with which a philosophy of science should rest content? |
37513 | But what is this reality? |
37513 | But what, on these terms, becomes of evolution itself as a problem to be solved? |
37513 | But where Spencer failed, who has come within measurable sight of success? |
37513 | Can music or any form of art be discussed in terms of cognition only? |
37513 | Does he not urge that we can neither reach it in this way, nor in any other way? |
37513 | Does the logic of events imply a Logos? |
37513 | For example: is the earth aware of its own motion? |
37513 | Have I then written all those pages and pages on the Unknowable for nought? |
37513 | How can mere relatedness as such_ do_ anything? |
37513 | How do we get in scientific interpretation from the one to the other? |
37513 | How, for instance, did the specific relationships exhibited in the fabric of crystals arise out of the primitive fire- mist relations? |
37513 | If a Source of phenomena be postulated, why not postulate One Source of all phenomena from the very meanest to the very highest? |
37513 | Is it not active in the sense required? |
37513 | Is not energy that which produces observable change? |
37513 | Is this, then, Spencer''s answer? |
37513 | Of what, then, is there awareness? |
37513 | Or are they aware of the sunshine? |
37513 | Or are they in some measure aware of the connexion between the one and the other? |
37513 | Or is it aware of the relation of the one to the other? |
37513 | Or is it aware of the solar system? |
37513 | Shall we not then glory in defeat and sing its praises often? |
37513 | The question: But what evolves the evolved? |
37513 | Then why not leave it at that? |
37513 | Was it not accepted by all of_ us_--the enlightened and emancipated men of science whose ranks I had joined as a raw recruit? |
37513 | Was it not this that he himself regarded as his main contribution to philosophy? |
37513 | Was not this itself a supreme example of the evolution of that diversity which the formula enables us to interpret? |
37513 | What are these terms? |
37513 | What is here meant by a state of consciousness? |
37513 | What, then, becomes of the scientific conception of energy? |
37513 | When we say that a thing is in a field of electromotive force we mean( do we not?) |
37513 | Will it suffice to breathe over the scene the magic words differentiation and integration? |
37513 | is for science( or should I say for those who accept this delimitation of the province of science?) |
37589 | But all this is below ground; where then are our fairy rings? 37589 But, master,"burst forth the lad, now the silence was broken,"tell me why did that strange light of many tints shine upon the dark moon?" |
37589 | Can any magic tale be more marvellous, or any thought grander, or more sublime than this? 37589 Did you notice it, Alwyn?" |
37589 | I have often told you, boys, have I not? 37589 If we are magicians and work spells under magic glasses, why should not the pixies work spells on the grass? |
37589 | What are these streaks? 37589 What are they?" |
37589 | All, did I say? |
37589 | And now how shall I best give you an idea of what little we do know about this great surging monster of light and heat which shines down upon us? |
37589 | And the true horse, where did he arise? |
37589 | But now comes the question, How does each stem live after the nourishing threads below have died? |
37589 | CHAPTER VII AN EVENING AMONG THE STARS[ Illustration]"Do you love the stars?" |
37589 | Can you guess what plants these were? |
37589 | Does not the thought fill us with awe, that our little eye should be able to span such vast distances? |
37589 | How is it, then, that these moss stems, though each independent, grow in such a dense mass? |
37589 | I wonder if it strikes you what a grand discovery this is? |
37589 | If I could cross over it and go on and on should I be in a world which had no ending, and what would be on the other side? |
37589 | Is not this like magic? |
37589 | Looking through the telescope, is it not difficult to imagine how people could ever have pictured them as a man''s face? |
37589 | Shall we go up and see it?" |
37589 | So having travelled over America, Europe, and Asia, was my quest ended? |
37589 | The next question is, What is the mist itself composed of? |
37589 | Then it must be made of stars too far off to see? |
37589 | These are the chief parts we use in seeing; now how do we use them? |
37589 | Was I wrong, then, when I said that my miniature ocean contains as many millions of beings as there are stars in the heavens? |
37589 | What can have happened? |
37589 | What was he doing? |
37589 | What was on the other side of the stile? |
37589 | Where have they all come from? |
37589 | Where shall we look for the first ancestors of these wild and graceful animals? |
37589 | Which of you now can name the pixie who makes them?" |
37589 | Who can tell? |
37589 | Why do these suns give out such beautiful coloured light? |
37589 | Would its light linger even for a moment, like the light of the setting sun? |
37589 | Yet to the watchers it was a great matter-- would the star give any further clue to the question of an atmosphere round the moon? |
54557 | Are the lights to be all of the same degree of brilliancy? |
54557 | Does he see it? |
54557 | Have you come across any serious difficulties in it as yet? |
54557 | What animal is it_ now_? |
54557 | What colour is it now? |
54557 | What colour is it? |
54557 | ''But, your highness, if the prince is damned, what will become of the bishop?'' |
54557 | ''Does it consist,''he asked,''of one or more planets, or other more minute asteroids, or only of cosmical dust? |
54557 | ''Had I not allowed some error in the theory to escape me? |
54557 | ''I held one finger of my right hand steadily before the top of its beak,--and what did I see? |
54557 | ''My rough draft?'' |
54557 | ''Why,''asks Antipholus of Syracuse,''is Time such a niggard of hair, being, as it is, so plentiful an excrement?'' |
54557 | ( such query marks are his own), 1711, 1721, 1731- 32, 1742(? |
54557 | ), 1752(? |
54557 | ), 1763, 1772- 73, 1783, 1793, 1804- 5(? |
54557 | 2.--Swift''s new Planet?] |
54557 | And he being so far from the infirmity, how could that small part of his substance carry away so great an impression of its share? |
54557 | And how so concealed that, till five- and- forty years after, I did not begin to be sensible of it? |
54557 | Can we hesitate as to the inference we should deduce from this result? |
54557 | Did the man dream that he was skirmishing? |
54557 | Does he become unconscious too? |
54557 | Edison?" |
54557 | He presents the whole series of decennial crises as follows:--1701? |
54557 | If so,_ when_, and_ how does he come to his consciousness_? |
54557 | If you say,"What animal is it?" |
54557 | May not idiot children in savage communities have an even worse chance of survival than under the Roman Empire? |
54557 | My father and mother both died of it, and all my brothers and sisters save one brother; yet I do not look consumptive, do I?'' |
54557 | On the other hand, the case of Sergeant F.( a few of the circumstances of which were mentioned in my essay entitled''Have we two Brains? |
54557 | Suppose the blow is hard enough to spoil the brain and stop the play of the organs, what happens then?'' |
54557 | What are these mysterious ray systems? |
54557 | What does this mean but that the oar is taken more sharply, and therefore much more effectively, through the water? |
54557 | What happens? |
54557 | With the idea rather of frightening her than of hurting her( does one missile out of a hundred flung at cats ever hit them?) |
54557 | can you waggle your left ear?'' |
54557 | or was he in the condition of one of Vaucanson''s automata-- a mechanism worked by molecular changes in his nervous system? |
54557 | or, peradventure, had it plunged into and got bewildered among the rings of meteorolites, which astronomers more than suspected? |
28274 | What more,said Hutton long ago,"is required to explain the configuration of our mountains and valleys? |
28274 | ''"[ 3] Is my life vulgar, my fate mean, Which on such golden memories can lean? |
28274 | ; while Ennerdale Water lies nearly E. by W. Can we account in any way, and if so how, for these varied directions? |
28274 | But is this necessarily so? |
28274 | But what is the love of Nature? |
28274 | But why should flowers sleep? |
28274 | But why should the rivers, after running for a certain distance in the direction of the main axis, so often break away into lateral valleys? |
28274 | But why should we sleep? |
28274 | Does it result from some innate tendency in each species? |
28274 | How has this come to pass? |
28274 | In this case, therefore, there was one, and there are now two exactly similar; but are these two individuals? |
28274 | Is it intentionally designed to delight the eye of man? |
28274 | Is this love of Nature? |
28274 | It is not any part of the process that will be disputed; but, after allowing all the parts, the whole will be denied; and for what? |
28274 | Now, why has the flower this peculiar form? |
28274 | Of what use is the fringe of hairs? |
28274 | Oh wind, If winter comes, can spring be long behind? |
28274 | Or has the form and size and texture some reference to the structure and organisation, the habits and requirements of the whole plant? |
28274 | Since, then, there is so much complex structure in a single leaf, what must it be in a whole plant? |
28274 | The Rabbit is said to reach 10 years, the Dog and Sheep 10- 12, the Pig 20, the Horse 30, the Camel 100, the Elephant 200, the Greenland Whale 400(? |
28274 | To what then are lakes due? |
28274 | What advantage is the honey to the flower? |
28274 | What is the Sun made of? |
28274 | What is the use of the arch? |
28274 | What lesson do the little teeth teach us? |
28274 | What regulates the length of the tube? |
28274 | What, then, has that history been? |
28274 | What, then, is the use and purpose of this complex organisation? |
28274 | Whence comes the breath which you draw; the light by which you perform the actions of your life? |
28274 | Who is there who has not watched them with admiration? |
28274 | Why does the stigma project beyond the anthers? |
28274 | Why have deserts replaced cities? |
28274 | Why have not the still more level, the greener and more fertile pampas, which are serviceable to mankind, produced an equal impression? |
28274 | Why is the corolla white, while the rest of the plant is green? |
28274 | Why is there this melancholy change? |
28274 | Why should I exchange you, even for the sight of all the Alps?" |
28274 | Why should flowers do so? |
28274 | Why should some flowers do so, and not others? |
28274 | Why then this marvellous variety? |
28274 | Why then-- and the case is not peculiar to myself-- have these arid wastes taken so firm possession of my mind? |
28274 | or how shall we follow its eternal cheerfulness of feeling? |
28274 | the blood by which your life is maintained? |
28274 | the blood by which your life is maintained? |
28274 | the meat by which your hunger is appeased?... |
28274 | the meat by which your hunger is appeased?... |
28274 | this inexhaustible treasury of beautiful forms? |
16614 | 161 OTHER MINDS THAN OURS? |
16614 | 186 How far willl these effects resemble the double canals of Mars? |
16614 | 191 In what way now can we apply this knowledge of the curves described by a satellite as a test of the lunar origin of the lines on Mars? |
16614 | 200 Then the angel flung up his glorious hands to the heaven of heavens, saying"End is there none to the universe of God? |
16614 | 233 For what are the conditions attending the passage of the ray in a medium such as mica? |
16614 | 66 GENERAL DYNAMIC CONDITIONS ATTENDING ANIMATE ACTIONS What is the actual dynamic attitude of the primary organic engine-- the vegetable organism? |
16614 | And the question suggested itself with new force: why the abundance of life and its unending activity? |
16614 | At this lecture a discussion arose out of a question addressed to our teacher:"How is it we can skate on ice and on no other substance?" |
16614 | But how is the water conveyed? |
16614 | But what is the effect of this energy? |
16614 | But whence came such bodies? |
16614 | Can no fundamental reason be given for the urgency and aggressiveness of life? |
16614 | Could we melt the whole of the ice in this manner? |
16614 | Do we know more than these vague facts? |
16614 | Does the essentially material hypothesis of Kant and Laplace account for an infinite past as thinkably as it accounts for the infinite future? |
16614 | Finally, we may ask what about the reliability of the maps? |
16614 | For what are the principles underlying the proper construction of the skate? |
16614 | For why not find an actinium halo? |
16614 | For why should ice which is at-3 ° C. melt when its melting point is-2 ° C.? |
16614 | How may the emanation be obtained? |
16614 | If his arguments are correct we have at once an answer to our question,"Are there other minds than ours?" |
16614 | In what respects do the phenomena of our universe present the appearance of simultaneous phenomena? |
16614 | Is it not possible that more than once in the remote past Mars may have encountered one of these wanderers? |
16614 | Is it not yet cooled down to the constant temperature of its surroundings? |
16614 | Is there, then, no end to the universe of stars?" |
16614 | It may 290 be put thus:--If present events are merely one stage in an infinite progress, why is not the present stage long ago passed over? |
16614 | Now what bearing has this series of transmutations 245 upon medical science? |
16614 | Now what will determine the more conspicuous development of a particular canal? |
16614 | Now, how can we get a supply of this valuable element Radium C? |
16614 | Shall Time''s best jewel from Time''s chest lie hid?" |
16614 | Suppose we had nothing but solid ice in the vessel at starting, would the experiment result in the same way? |
16614 | Suppose we now suddenly remove the pressure; what will happen? |
16614 | To what actions, then, is so great a potency of the 30 circulating water to be traced? |
16614 | To what are the changing properties of the rays near the end of their path to be ascribed? |
16614 | To what is this so marked deficiency of soda to be ascribed? |
16614 | To what, then, is the retardation of the lower parts of the folds, their overthrow, above, to the north, and their_ déferlement_, to be ascribed? |
16614 | What amount of stress will he exert upon the crust of Mars when he approaches within, say, 40 miles of the planet''s surface? |
16614 | What are they? |
16614 | What are we to conclude? |
16614 | What is meant by this? |
16614 | What is the effect of this on the temperature at the base of the normal layer depressed beneath this load? |
16614 | What is the finer silt we have washed off? |
16614 | What then is the picture we have before us according to Lowell? |
16614 | What, then, hinders the initial recombination in the solid? |
16614 | Where can it get this heat? |
16614 | Whither have so many deeds of men so often passed away, why live they nowhere embodied in lasting records of fame? |
16614 | Why is this? |
16614 | Why is this? |
16614 | Will such a stress actually tear open the crust? |
16614 | _ Other Minds than Ours_? |
27015 | German beer? |
27015 | What in the name of goodness is it? |
27015 | What is its flower like? |
27015 | At what particular phase in the embryonic series is the soul with its consciousness implanted? |
27015 | At what step are we to be asked to suppose that the order of nature was stopped, and a non- natural soul introduced?... |
27015 | But how many of them are really suited to the picture which they surround? |
27015 | But what do they do? |
27015 | But what must be the condition of the gases in the blood of a whale which suddenly rises from 400 fathoms to the surface? |
27015 | CHAPTER XI KISSES"Among thy fancies, tell me this, What is the thing we call a kiss? |
27015 | Can the fatherless brood be reared to maturity and again made to yield a fatherless generation? |
27015 | Goodness( shall we say virtue and high quality?) |
27015 | How did it come about that these pretty little button- like, drab- coloured fossil teeth were given such an erroneous history? |
27015 | How did this utterly peculiar change in a Ruminant''s teeth come about? |
27015 | How many millions of years did it take to form those rocks( many of them are stratified, water- laid deposits) in the depths of the ocean? |
27015 | How many more to twist and bend them and raise them to their present height? |
27015 | How often is such a frame seen? |
27015 | How was the standard size determined, and how is it maintained? |
27015 | How, then, we may now ask, ought an artist to represent a galloping horse? |
27015 | Is it in the egg? |
27015 | Is the literary critic of a prosperous journal employed to write the City article? |
27015 | It used to be asked in classical times by ingenious puzzle- makers--"What is the size of the moon?" |
27015 | Should we ask,"Why does this process exist?" |
27015 | The questions that arise are: Where did the rat- goat come from? |
27015 | Von Wissman said--"Can I have beer where we are going?" |
27015 | WHAT IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN? |
27015 | What have these thoughts to do with the New Year? |
27015 | What is laughter? |
27015 | What is the advantage to the individual or the species of"laughing"? |
27015 | What is there for us to laugh at?" |
27015 | What is this glory so remote yet impending over us? |
27015 | What more probable than that such a creation should still be, here and there, at work? |
27015 | What more, he asked, could you wish for? |
27015 | What was the speciality of each, and how do they come to have to do with collections of works of art and specimens of natural history? |
27015 | What, then, had become of it, and how did it come to England? |
27015 | Who is there who has an adequate understanding of picture- frames as adjuncts to, or necessary accompaniments of, great pictures? |
27015 | Who were these goddesses, the Muses, and what were their names? |
27015 | Why did we laugh at the adventures of Mr. Penley in"Charley''s Aunt"? |
27015 | Why do we laugh when a man on the stage searches everywhere for his hat, which is all the time on his head? |
27015 | Why do we laugh? |
27015 | Why do we"express"our pleasurable emotion and why in this way? |
27015 | Why do you never laugh?" |
27015 | Why? |
27015 | in the foetus of this month or that? |
27015 | in the new- born infant? |
27015 | or at five years of age?'' |
27015 | that of the actual pose assumed instantaneously and simultaneously by the four legs of the galloping horse? |
27015 | why and when did artists adopt the false but generally accepted attitude of the"flying gallop"? |
36343 | But why should we suppose personality to involve limitation? |
36343 | Whither does the soul go? |
36343 | And so rapid and marvelous have been the discoveries that the human mind stands paralyzed with wonder and amazement and asks, What next? |
36343 | Are all Suns and Worlds Inhabited? |
36343 | Are all suns and worlds inhabited? |
36343 | Are these things consistent with a God who cares? |
36343 | Are you endowing them with the intellect of true manhood, or crystallizing into atoms all manner of distorted brains? |
36343 | But as only light came, did the"cause"bring it or did it come with its own velocity? |
36343 | But have we two kinds of energy? |
36343 | But is it right? |
36343 | But where is that wondrous shore, and where will all of the now living inhabitants of earth be a century hence? |
36343 | CHAPTER XVI ARE ALL SUNS AND WORLDS INHABITED? |
36343 | Can any one believe they are kept in their places by a mere balancing force? |
36343 | Can the soul partake of the character of electricity? |
36343 | Did it not reveal forces in nature that would allow men to hear voices at great distances? |
36343 | Does He make men of us with all the trouble and care that comes inside of seventy years, and then throw us away? |
36343 | He says:"What is it that holds together the parts of which this ultimate atom may be imagined to consist? |
36343 | How does it do it? |
36343 | How frail and uncertain is the argument based on such doubtful and assumed facts? |
36343 | I ask why? |
36343 | I said,"Can you do that again?" |
36343 | I was surprised and said,"Have you enough fire in your body to light the gas?" |
36343 | If the Creator of all keeps faith with all other creatures, why not with man? |
36343 | Is it not right, by the eternal law of cause and sequence and unanswerable logic, that life should return to the fountain of life? |
36343 | May not each planet have its own peculiar current, and its own peculiar attracting power, and the sun give each a different electricity? |
36343 | Of what substance are you moulding the grand army of the future race? |
36343 | The question may often arise, Does God perfect humanity and then destroy it? |
36343 | Then, is universal energy and law psychical or physical? |
36343 | There was no flow of lava, but can any one imagine the crater discharging what was said to have issued from it?... |
36343 | They have been the means of determining the answer to the one great question,"What is life?" |
36343 | Vibrations of what? |
36343 | Was the polestar ever obscured by the interposition of a world in formation? |
36343 | Wave motions of what? |
36343 | What cause exceeds the speed of light, which is deemed the swiftest thing in the universe? |
36343 | What constitutes the solidity of this bar of iron? |
36343 | What did the telephone reveal thirty years ago? |
36343 | What is electricity? |
36343 | What is this but pantheism of the rankest old, obsolete, pagan kind? |
36343 | What of the big fish that eat the little ones, or the destruction of life by flood and storm, or human trials, sickness and death? |
36343 | What was it surprised the scientists and came to us with many times the supposed speed of light? |
36343 | Why does the comet, when it approaches just so near to the sun, dart away so quickly? |
36343 | Why should man be an exception? |
36343 | Why? |
36343 | Why? |
36343 | Why? |
36343 | Why? |
36343 | Will man never cease slandering the good Deity, and libeling the beneficent Creator of all good? |
36343 | Will they listen to France''s Macedonian call and the law of love and life written in their womanly natures? |
36343 | Will they receive the gift of eternal life? |
36343 | what qualities are you weaving in your thread of thought? |
36343 | who can know? |
1707 | ( 2) JOULE OR MAYER? 1707 But how did the solar atmosphere determine the movements of the rotation and revolution of the planets and satellites? |
1707 | From whence came this heat which was continually given off in this manner, in the foregoing experiments? |
1707 | Is it possible that the heat could have been supplied by means of the iron bar to the end of which the blunt steel borer was fixed? 1707 Was it furnished by the air? |
1707 | Was it furnished by the small particles of metal detached from the larger solid masses on their being rubbed together? 1707 Was it furnished by the water which surrounded the machinery? |
1707 | What kind of proofs, therefore, could we reasonably expect to find of the origin at a particular period of a new species? 1707 And are not these the properties of ordinary tangible matter? 1707 And had not Faraday reached middle life before he turned his attention especially to electricity? 1707 And the question therefore arises, what other forms is force, which we have become acquainted with as falling force and motion, capable of assuming? 1707 Are we to infer, then, that the two Americas in their unions and disunions have juggled with the climate of the other hemisphere? 1707 But does this really mean that a full synopsis of the story of paleontology has been told? 1707 But have we any proof that such formation of rocks in an ocean- bed has, in fact, occurred? 1707 But how explain this strange phenomenon? 1707 But how shall we describe a process which nobody has seen performed and of which no written history gives any account? 1707 But if not air, what then? 1707 But what did Herschel learn regarding these awful depths of space and the stars that people them? 1707 Each star that blinked down at him as he rode in answer to a night- call seemed an interrogation- point asking, How do I exist? 1707 How could the old, familiar phenomenon, light, interest any one when the new agent, galvanism, was in view? 1707 How did they get there? 1707 How else came they to contain the shells of once living organisms imbedded in their depths? 1707 How else than through such formation in an ocean- bed came these rocks to be stratified? 1707 If the earth has been inhabited by successive populations of beings now extinct, how have all these creatures been destroyed? 1707 In any event, how chanced it that all were projected in nearly the same plane as we now find them? 1707 Is it not probable, then, that what we call matter consists merely of aggregations of infinitesimal vortex rings in the ether? 1707 Is our sun that centre? 1707 Or by the small neck of gun- metal by which the hollow cylinder was united to the cannon? 1707 Or is it possible that new species can be called into being from time to time, and yet that so astonishing a phenomenon can escape the naturalist? 1707 Seldom if ever was a great revolutionary doctrine expounded in briefer compass:What are we to understand by''forces''? |
1707 | Such perpendicular vibrations seem not to exist, else we might see around a corner; how explain their absence? |
1707 | The results? |
1707 | Then may not the new species of a later geological epoch be the modified lineal descendants of the extinct population of an earlier epoch? |
1707 | Through what agency has the ooze of the ocean- bed been transformed into solid rock? |
1707 | Was not the heat produced, or at least some part of it, occasioned by this friction of the piston? |
1707 | Were the planets struck from the sun by the chance impact of comets, as Buffon has suggested? |
1707 | What could they be? |
1707 | What had become of the fragments? |
1707 | What secrets may the stars hope to conceal when questioned by an instrument of such necromantic power? |
1707 | What then? |
1707 | What then? |
1707 | What, then, is this storm- centre? |
1707 | Whence now comes this quantity of heat, which by repeated shaking may be called into existence in the same apparatus as often as we please? |
1707 | Who remembers now that Robert Hooke contested with Newton the discovery of the doctrine of universal gravitation? |
1707 | Why have I not long since burned out if your theory of conservation be true? |
1707 | Why might not this debris solidify to form layers of rocks-- the basis of new continents? |
1707 | Why not, indeed? |
1707 | and how are different forces related to each other? |
1707 | and through what agency has this rock been lifted above the surface of the water to form new continents? |
1707 | or do they owe their origin to some unknown law? |
1707 | or thrown out by explosive volcanic action, in accordance with the theory of Dr. Darwin? |
16325 | ''But why,''you ask,''the most wonderful civilizing agency? |
16325 | ''Why, what did they want to build a city right up here for, anyway?'' |
16325 | Ah, yes, but what proportion of him? |
16325 | And how did the first Watt or Edison of metallurgy come to make that earliest bronze implement? |
16325 | And how does the preponderance of butterflies in the upper regions of the air affect the colour and brilliancy of the flowers? |
16325 | And what Roman or English name does it represent? |
16325 | And what are the elements of this tropical curriculum which give it such immense educational value? |
16325 | And what is it that makes all the difference between this''cute Yankee marsupial and his backward and belated Australian cousins? |
16325 | And what then do you see? |
16325 | And when we do so, we see for ourselves at once that almost all capsules open-- where? |
16325 | And why? |
16325 | And why? |
16325 | And why? |
16325 | Because it''s too cold for them? |
16325 | But did they really exterminate the native Celt- Euskarian population? |
16325 | But how about the juice, the sap, the qualities of the soil, the manure required? |
16325 | But what inroad could the stone hatchet make unaided upon the virgin forests of those remote days? |
16325 | But what is the meaning of Wigorna ceaster or Wigran ceaster? |
16325 | But where? |
16325 | But why are cactuses so almost universally prickly? |
16325 | But why did the people of the Arno Valley fix upon the particular site of Fiesole? |
16325 | But why this particular height rather than any other of the dozen that jut out into the plain? |
16325 | For why does Fiesole stand just where it does? |
16325 | Have you ever grown mustard and cress in the window on a piece of flannel? |
16325 | How are slums conceivable or East Ends possible where every man can plant his own yam and cocoa- nut, and reap their fruit four- hundred- fold? |
16325 | How can he ever form any fitting conception of the glory of life-- of the means by which animal and vegetable organisms first grew and flourished? |
16325 | How can he frame to himself any reasonable picture of civilised society, or of the origin and development of human faculty and human organisation? |
16325 | How does it come that in these southern climates the hill- top town has survived so much more generally to our own day than in Northern Europe? |
16325 | How''s that for an inducement to study life where it is richest and most abundant in its native starting- place? |
16325 | However, this rough solution of the problem proves too much: for how then can we have a still softer form in Danish Leicester itself? |
16325 | If any one were to ask me( which is highly unlikely)''In what university would an intelligent young man do best to study?'' |
16325 | If dead sheep are good to eat, why not also living ones? |
16325 | Now, how does this bear upon the family of parrots? |
16325 | Now, why are Alpine plants so anxious to be seen of men and angels? |
16325 | Now, why should a parrot so strangely disguise itself and belie its ancestry? |
16325 | Was the change partly due to the preservation of the older sound on the lips of Celtic serfs? |
16325 | What are the efficient causes of this exceptionally high intelligence in parrots? |
16325 | What did the bronze axe ever do for humanity?'' |
16325 | What is the use of the roots, and especially of the rootlets, if they are not the mouths and supply- tubes of the plants? |
16325 | What keeps them down, then, in the end to their average number? |
16325 | What made them build a city up there, anyway? |
16325 | What need of carpentry where a few bamboos, cut down at random, can be fastened together with thongs into a comfortable chair? |
16325 | What prevents the development of the whole seven hundred? |
16325 | Whence comes the mud? |
16325 | Why does Hodge, who is so strong on grain and guano, know absolutely nothing about carbonic acid? |
16325 | Why is this, since everything in nature must needs have a reason? |
16325 | Why is this? |
37427 | But how,you may ask,"are we to cultivate this sharpness of perception?" |
37427 | An assistant, who was at the time conducting a class in mineralogy, once said to me:"What am I to do? |
37427 | And then, if again you ask,"Can you catch John''s ball?" |
37427 | And what shall we say of the imagination? |
37427 | And, when you turn to your own experience, what is the outcome of all the time and labor spent on geography? |
37427 | Are those qualities attributes of the lump or of its parts? |
37427 | Are you in doubt in regard to a mineral specimen? |
37427 | Are you in doubt in regard to the reactions of the substance you are analyzing, whether they are really those of a metal you suspect to be present? |
37427 | But ask him,"Can you pitch a ball as well as your playmate?" |
37427 | But do we not forget that professor of Bologna, with his frogs''legs, who sowed the seed from which all this has sprung? |
37427 | But how is it now? |
37427 | But you may ask, How can such a difference of pressure exist on different surfaces exposed to one and the same medium? |
37427 | But, if the velocity changes in this way, you may ask, What meaning has the definite value given in our table? |
37427 | Do not smile at the enthusiasm which rates so high a purely intellectual achievement? |
37427 | Do you rejoin that we can see the suns in a stellar cluster, but can not even begin to see the molecules? |
37427 | Do you tell me that it is only granted to a few men to become scholars, and that you have been educated for some industrial pursuit? |
37427 | Do you tell me that the absurdities of Buffon were wisdom when compared with such wild speculations as these? |
37427 | Do you think me an enthusiast? |
37427 | For do not the same general principles apply to the acquisition of knowledge in all subjects? |
37427 | How many of the fundamental facts of this difficult subject can be made familiar to a child? |
37427 | How, then, can we save our theory by which we set so much, and rightly, because it has helped us so effectively in studying Nature? |
37427 | In the broad fields of Nature what portion does this science cover? |
37427 | In what, then, does this Baconian system consist? |
37427 | Is it her battlefields, her castles and baronial halls, or such spots as Stratford- on- Avon, Abbotsford, and Rydal Mount? |
37427 | Is it not because Homer sang, Phidias wrought, and Plato, Aristotle, Demosthenes, Thucydides, with a host of others, thought and wrote? |
37427 | Is it supposed that scientific scholarship is any more possible under such conditions? |
37427 | Is this heresy? |
37427 | Is this revolution? |
37427 | Now, what takes place when one mass of matter is driven away from another-- when a cannon- ball is driven out of a gun, for example? |
37427 | Of course, a good fairy comes to his aid, and what does she do? |
37427 | So far from this, if it were necessary to choose one of two systems, I should favor the classical; and why? |
37427 | Such questions as these will test the completeness of his knowledge: Why is the symbol of water H_{2}O? |
37427 | Suppose you make him do a lot of problems involving distances, velocities, and times, will he know any more about it? |
37427 | The seed has been sown-- what could we desire more? |
37427 | What does this mean? |
37427 | What had it secured? |
37427 | What information does the symbol CO_{2} give in regard to carbonic- dioxide gas? |
37427 | What is it that ennobles literary culture but the great minds which, through this culture, have honored the nations to which they belong? |
37427 | What, now, did these experiments prove? |
37427 | What, then, are the tests of true scientific scholarship? |
37427 | Whence has this material come? |
37427 | Where can you find a wider field for its exercise than that opened by the discoveries of modern science? |
37427 | Why is it that, after twenty centuries, the memory of ancient Greece is still enshrined among the most cherished traditions of our race? |
37427 | Yet, was that conquest any less important to the world? |
35489 | ''Dead, sir?'' 35489 For what, my dear friend?" |
35489 | How is it,she says,"that you look forward only with distaste to the practice of medicine? |
35489 | Is it not finished? |
35489 | Mr. Morse still objected to sending the note, when the fair one, brightening up, asked,''You will, then, send_ me_ on, wo n''t you?'' 35489 What chance have you,"said I,"to follow this man?" |
35489 | What then is the office of vitality? 35489 ''What is the use of a library to a child an hour old?'' 35489 And can your ladyship resolve to spend the rest of your days in grief and sickness? 35489 And why? 35489 At Mill Grove the weeks passed pleasantly,--is not the world always beautiful when we love somebody? 35489 But what is reflection of light? |
35489 | But, according to this view, what is vitality? |
35489 | Calling his son, who was playing in the room, the Dean said,"Frankie, what are these?" |
35489 | Did any of those present remember how Congress allowed him nearly to die of despair and want, only a few years before? |
35489 | Did ever man or woman achieve anything worthy without these dreams? |
35489 | Didst fancy life one summer holiday, With lessons none to learn, and naught but play? |
35489 | For what profession should he study? |
35489 | Has not God waited six thousand years for one to contemplate his works?" |
35489 | Have you reflected seriously before setting aside this profession? |
35489 | He longed to gain access to Dr. Stobæus''s library, but how should it be accomplished? |
35489 | He must be educated, but how? |
35489 | He wrote back to his father:"Oh, is it possible? |
35489 | His host, seeing him standing thoughtfully at the window, said,"Why so sad?" |
35489 | How could he support his family? |
35489 | How could the property be used"for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men"? |
35489 | I remember his patient look when he said once,''Do n''t you think you could not come in again; I have been interrupted very often?''... |
35489 | I said, hurriedly:''Would ten dollars be of any service?'' |
35489 | If to the moon, why not to the planets? |
35489 | If water could be decomposed by it, why not some substances heretofore regarded as simple or elementary bodies? |
35489 | Is it because perfection attained is not best for mortals? |
35489 | Is not this a prospect to keep up the most flagging spirit? |
35489 | On the contrary, why does flame or smoke always mount upward, though no force is used to send them in that direction? |
35489 | Once he said to a German student:"Tell me, candidly, are you rich, and can you afford it? |
35489 | Shall I never see my dear wife again? |
35489 | The home in Germany did not prove a happy one, but how could it without William? |
35489 | The question among naturalists was,"How can plants and animals have become thus changed?" |
35489 | The question then is, what has become of the material which filled the sac of the potato? |
35489 | They were all disciples of Aristotle, and had not Galileo, when a boy among them, dared to oppose the great Grecian? |
35489 | Was ever a man more honored? |
35489 | Were not you and I acquainted for three months before we discovered how completely we were made one for the other? |
35489 | What can I do? |
35489 | What had woke us all up so suddenly? |
35489 | What was to be done? |
35489 | When will the world learn toleration for those whose opinions are different from the popular thought? |
35489 | Why are so many of the best and sweetest things in this world a little too late in their coming? |
35489 | Why does it stop at a certain distance, and then return to you?... |
35489 | Why is this in the order of nature, that there is such a difference in the duration and destruction of her works? |
35489 | Why is this? |
35489 | Will it not be as good as to see his prescription at the apothecary''s? |
35489 | Will it not seem strange when the largest and finest book in papa''s library is one written by his Louis? |
35489 | Would he have become learned or distinguished? |
35489 | Would it pass the Senate? |
35489 | is it possible? |
35489 | well, and what of that? |
35489 | where_ did_ you get that? |
35489 | who can blame him that he hated poverty for his brilliant son? |
38478 | The question now to be solved was,''Should I make the northern or the southern portion of the province the scenes of further exploration?'' 38478 ( seeáppa) who is he? 38478 A smooth tree you may climb, however tall it is; but how can you pass over the sea, glassy as it looks? 38478 Also whether the bark of a very young tree, e. g. four years old, contain thus early the active principle, genuine? 38478 And when thou dost traverse the spirit land, And its dwellers shall ask thee,What meaneth this?" |
38478 | Are the nights and forenoons, as in Java, usually clear until noon? |
38478 | But what have been the results directly springing from these high- handed acts, these political_ faits accomplis_? |
38478 | But what interest have these things for you? |
38478 | Can specimens of the soil be procured? |
38478 | Canst thou still the surf that breaks on the Shoal of Rongo- mai- ta- kupe? |
38478 | Does it affect rich black mould, in moist forcing soils, or rather dry, stony, barren soils? |
38478 | Does it grow on steep acclivities, or does it seem to prefer gentle slopes or level ground? |
38478 | Does it grow solitary, or is it found in groups or clusters, and are its special peculiarities in this respect observable in every forest? |
38478 | Does it rain for months at a time, and for how many, and during what months? |
38478 | For how many and during what months does it rain, and during what period of the day are the showers heaviest? |
38478 | He inquired of the physician in attendance how long they were likely to live? |
38478 | He issues from the press, presented to him at Vienna, stirring publications, comparing the Maories to Pharaoh(?) |
38478 | How did its members respond to the efforts made to provide them with every possible appliance that munificence could supply?" |
38478 | How many days of rain are there in the rainy season of that particular region of the tropical zone? |
38478 | Is it known whether observations have ever been made by the Spanish Creoles as to the amount and duration of the rain- fall? |
38478 | Is it the unlimited use of spirits, or is it not rather the ignorance begotten of fanaticism run mad, which disloyally put weapons into your hands? |
38478 | On what soil does it grow most abundantly and luxuriantly? |
38478 | Or does it not rain at all, in which case is its place supplied by regular afternoon storms? |
38478 | Say what has filled the graves of Mahaéna with human bones? |
38478 | Sin proteccion, pues, y sin estimulo, ni oficial, ni social, ¿ qué se podrá esperar de las letras Peruanas?" |
38478 | Such was the reasoning once avowed by a murderess of her child:--"Why should my child live? |
38478 | That thou mayst have a comely aspect, That when thou art bidden to a feast, They may not ask,"Whence cometh this_ red- lipped_ woman?" |
38478 | That when thou dost enter the circle of dancers, They may not ask,"Whence cometh this woman with the ugly lips?" |
38478 | That, when thou crossest the threshold of a strange house, They may not say,"Whence cometh this ugly woman?" |
38478 | The grasp of a chief''s red hand can not be loosened, but the grasp of a slave, what strength has it? |
38478 | To the question,"_ Eaha tera fenúa?_"( What is the name of this island?) |
38478 | To the question,"_ Eaha tera fenúa?_"( What is the name of this island?) |
38478 | What are the general meteorological conditions, and what is the annual amount of rain- fall? |
38478 | What are the highest and lowest limits of the_ Cinchona Calisaya_, or at all events, what is the altitude of the region in which it most abounds? |
38478 | What can I say more? |
38478 | What description of bark is the most prized, that from the young and slender, or that from the larger and older trees? |
38478 | What is independence or even affluence to the exile, if he has no one to care for, or think of, but himself? |
38478 | What is the description of the rock formation, trachytic, granitic, or gneiss, or are slate or sandstone the characteristic formations? |
38478 | What is the unvarying warmth of the soil, as observed at a depth of 5 feet below the surface? |
38478 | What objection could the Committee possibly have to a man whose name they had never heard before that moment? |
38478 | Where now? |
38478 | Where, O physicians, was the power of your remedies? |
38478 | erythroderma_ of Weddell, as would appear from an article by Howard in"the Pharmaceutical Journal for October, 1856?" |
38478 | which| itch|-- what? |
38478 | who''s there? |
38478 | | akéea? |
38478 | | go- leejáa? |
38478 | | idiatoom? |
38478 | | itch- kowa? |
38478 | | sapaée? |
38478 | | ta? |
38478 | | tchée? |
38478 | | togata mett? |
38478 | | táa- ban- pyn? |
38478 | | áya? |
38478 | |-- what does that cost? |
38478 | |-- who are you? |
38478 | |-- who? |
38478 | |--| sáya- táy? |
38478 | |--| sáya? |
38478 | |--| tchick- ahn? |
34912 | ''Fear of what?'' 34912 ''Of Indians?'' |
34912 | Of what use,they asked,"was geometry to a girl?" |
34912 | [ 228] And what shall we say of those exquisite creations of woman''s brain and hand-- needle- point and pillow lace? 34912 [ 259] All this is true, but what does it prove? |
34912 | And was not the school of Pythagoras at Crotona continued after his death by his daughter and his wife, Theano? |
34912 | And, in reality, is it the personal element alone that is in the long run perennial? |
34912 | But aside from what she achieved indirectly through the habitués of her salon, what has this supremely clever woman left to the world? |
34912 | But shall we affirm that she will never give to the world imperishable works like_ Paradise Lost_,_ Don Quixote_ or the_ Immaculate Conception_? |
34912 | But who was the originator of the idea of utilizing the atmosphere for the production of nitrates? |
34912 | By what process can uranium furnish the same rays without expenditure of energy and without undergoing apparent modification? |
34912 | Did not Themista philosophize with the sages of Greece? |
34912 | Does not Plato have Aspasia speak in his dialogues? |
34912 | Does not Sappho hold the lyre at the same time as Alcæus and Pindar? |
34912 | For was not the learned and eloquent Aspasia her contemporary? |
34912 | Has any woman writer ever received higher praise, and from one so competent to express an opinion as the scholarly divine of Auxerre? |
34912 | How many men are there who give more advanced mathematical courses than these? |
34912 | How much of the literary work of the women of to- day will receive recognition twenty centuries hence? |
34912 | IX, 79. which have been rendered as follows: Despiteful pedant, why dost me pursue, Thou head detested by the younger crew? |
34912 | If we leave half the race in ignorance, how shall we hope to lift the other half into the light of truth and love? |
34912 | Is it supposed that such felicitous thoughts do not occur to women? |
34912 | Is uranium the only body whose compounds emit similar rays? |
34912 | O Lord, how long? |
34912 | Parlerons- nous des femmes du monde? |
34912 | Quelle impression produirait aujourd''hui l''annonce d''une encyclopédie qui aurait pour auteur une simple, religieuse? |
34912 | Shall I speak now of the illustrious women among the heathen? |
34912 | Swetchine-- full two centuries-- bequeathed to us that is worth preserving? |
34912 | The mystery, then, is, what were the sources of_ Physica_? |
34912 | The passage is''His disciples came and wondered that with the women he was_ standing and talking_''...."Why was our Lord standing? |
34912 | Was not it women to whom our Lord first appeared after His resurrection? |
34912 | Was she excluded from this list for the same reason that Agnesi was ineligible to membership in the French Academy-- because she was a woman? |
34912 | What was to be done? |
34912 | What, then, must have been the total amount used through the world for cereals and other crops that need constant fertilizing? |
34912 | Who took out the first patent for a process for making nitrates by using the nitrogen of the air? |
34912 | Yet stronger far than what most men can write; Had death delayed, whose fame had equaled hers?" |
34912 | [ 120] M. Rebière, in_ his Les Femmes dans la Science_, p. 13, Paris, 1897, writes,"Ne pourrait- on aller plus loin et canonizer notre Agnesi? |
34912 | [ 138] D''ou vient qu''elle a l''oeil troublé et le teint si terni? |
34912 | [ Illustration] Que e piu bella in donna que savere? |
37224 | But,you will exclaim,"what does the air do with all the water it drinks? |
37224 | Among these subjects may be reckoned the question,"How many pounds does the whole earth weigh?" |
37224 | And are we certain that the result is trustworthy? |
37224 | And in what condition do they leave the child''s body, and how do they force him to desire food again?" |
37224 | And what happened? |
37224 | Are there not animals that live on meat only, and others that live only on plants? |
37224 | But how could this have been ascertained? |
37224 | But how is this effected? |
37224 | But how is this nutritive part, the chyle, conveyed into the various parts of the body? |
37224 | But what will become of the water if it is allowed to continue to absorb heat? |
37224 | But what will the poor do in such a case more especially the workman? |
37224 | But whence does the wind arise? |
37224 | But why is it that our housewives often serve vegetables_ before_ they do meat, and fruit_ after_ the meat? |
37224 | CHAPTER V. WHAT BECOMES OF THE MOTHER''S MILK AFTER IT HAS ENTERED THE BODY OF THE CHILD? |
37224 | Can you make nails and teeth out of milk? |
37224 | Do you wish to persuade me, that milk may be changed into eyes? |
37224 | Does such water continue to absorb heat? |
37224 | HAS THE MOON INFLUENCE UPON THE WEATHER? |
37224 | Has the change of the moon any bearing upon the variability of our weather? |
37224 | Has the moon influence upon the weather? |
37224 | How are they changed during the time of their stay in the body? |
37224 | How much more? |
37224 | Is coffee an article of food? |
37224 | Is it a means of warming? |
37224 | Is it advisable to take a"drink"before breakfast? |
37224 | Is it any longer surprising, that it is the workmen who mostly are subject to the use of spirits? |
37224 | Is it not more natural to take the food as nature gives it to us? |
37224 | Is it not wonderful? |
37224 | May I hope that you will favor me with your attention, while, in a few articles, I speak to you about the nutrition of the human body? |
37224 | Medicine? |
37224 | Now, it is true that man also eats the flesh, fat, and eggs of animals; but whence have the animals meat and eggs? |
37224 | Now, what are the qualities of coffee? |
37224 | Now, where does the heat of the fire go? |
37224 | Now, which of these two fares the better? |
37224 | Or can you make bones out of milk, or hair? |
37224 | Or is it a beverage merely to quench the thirst? |
37224 | Or is it a spice? |
37224 | Or perhaps poison? |
37224 | The next question might be: Can this latent heat become free again? |
37224 | The next questions are:"What do these elements of food perform when in the child''s body? |
37224 | The notion- dealer, who with his hundred dollars has earned twenty- five dollars, or the cattle- dealer, who gained but five? |
37224 | The question arises in the first place, Why must food be cooked? |
37224 | The question naturally arises now, where is the heat that the boiling water has been continually absorbing? |
37224 | These latter names have a more savory sound, have they not? |
37224 | This is the solution of the great problem, viz.,"How can drunkards live a long time on nothing but spirits, and, moreover, how can they work?" |
37224 | WHAT IS BEST TO BE PUT INTO SOUP? |
37224 | What becomes of a pot of water, if, on beginning to boil, it is not taken off the fire? |
37224 | What becomes of them?" |
37224 | What becomes of these substances after they have been eaten by the child? |
37224 | What influence has the same upon rain or dryness in the atmosphere? |
37224 | What influence with regard to heat and cold has the nearness or remoteness of the moon upon our weather? |
37224 | What is the cause of this? |
37224 | What is the cause of this? |
37224 | What may have been the reason for putting the principal meal in the middle of the day? |
37224 | What will be the effect of taking boiling water from the stove and placing it in the room somewhere? |
37224 | Whence came this weather; more especially, whence came the calm preceding it, and the whirlwind following? |
37224 | Whence did this come? |
37224 | Whence does this come? |
37224 | Whence does this come? |
37224 | Whence does this come? |
37224 | Where has the water gone? |
37224 | Where will the heat of the water go then? |
37224 | Where, then, is this heat? |
37224 | Who does not know that every farmer gives his cattle salt from time to time, so as to improve their strength and general health? |
37224 | Why are we obliged to eat? |
37224 | Why does he take such pains to grind, bake, boil, fry, etc., while the animal can live without all this? |
37224 | Why does man eat nothing raw except fruit? |
37224 | Why, then, does man need mixed food, that is, partly meat and partly vegetable food? |
37224 | With the exercise of a little thought, it will readily be seen that the question,"How much does our earth weigh?" |
37224 | _ It commenced to snow in the concert room!_ How did this come? |
37224 | he would exclaim,"do you mean to say that milk contains flesh? |
37224 | that from milk may be manufactured feet, hands, cheeks, eyelids, and the various other parts of the human body?" |
20417 | Is it to be supposed,he asks,"that there can be no fresh invention, that all the discoveries have been made?" |
20417 | And are not all the aristocrat apple- trees of our orchards descended from the plebeian crab- apple of the roadside? |
20417 | And even when man first became aware of the fact that this regular movement was somehow associated with the moon, was he much nearer an explanation? |
20417 | And the Sun itself, what is its composition, what is the source of its heat, how did it originate? |
20417 | And those other, sporadic members of our system, comets and meteors, what are they? |
20417 | And what are these X- rays? |
20417 | And what is heat? |
20417 | And why should it stop? |
20417 | And, indeed, what agency could be invoked to explain this mysteriously regular flux and reflux of the waters of the ocean? |
20417 | Are there other Universes? |
20417 | As it does so, where does its previous energy go? |
20417 | But how is this turned into power enough even to ring a bell? |
20417 | But since matter may be split up into such constituents, may it not be built up from them? |
20417 | But the elephant? |
20417 | But was not the beginning in the croaking of Amphibia? |
20417 | But what about the moons which attend the planets? |
20417 | But what makes the pigment- cells change? |
20417 | But why should it profit a spider to be like a bird- dropping? |
20417 | But why should there be changes in the constitution of the germ- cells? |
20417 | COMPARATIVE SIZES OF MOLECULES 250 INCONCEIVABLE NUMBERS AND INCONCEIVABLY SMALL PARTICLES 250 WHAT IS A MILLION? |
20417 | Does this argue fire, as we know fire on the earth? |
20417 | Every man asks at once:"Will science ever tap this energy?" |
20417 | Evidences of Evolution In all this, it may be said, the fact of evolution has been taken for granted, but what are the evidences? |
20417 | For although we usually rank mammals as higher than birds( being mammals ourselves, how could we do otherwise? |
20417 | For are these not the splendid failures that might have succeeded in starting new modes of flight? |
20417 | How could it be otherwise when we think of the magnitude and the eventfulness of recent advances? |
20417 | How do they originate? |
20417 | How do we know the order of their appearance and the succession of their advances? |
20417 | How do we know? |
20417 | IS THE SUN DYING? |
20417 | In conclusion What has led to the truly wonderful result which we admire in a creature like a dog or an otter, a horse or a hare? |
20417 | Is it fitted to last for ever in its present form, or does it contain within itself the seeds of dissolution? |
20417 | Is it running down? |
20417 | Is matter flowing out of the nucleus into the arms or along the arms into the nucleus? |
20417 | Is there Life on Mars? |
20417 | Is there a nucleus, then, round which the electrons revolve? |
20417 | Is there a process of building up at work? |
20417 | It was this the British sailor expressed in his answer to the question"What is a Dago?" |
20417 | LIGHT-- VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE If Light, then, consists of waves transmitted through the ether, what gives rise to the waves? |
20417 | Looking backwards over the many millions of years comprised in the Palæozoic era, what may we emphasise as the most salient features? |
20417 | May there not be life on some of the larger of these moons? |
20417 | Must it, in the course of time, in we know not how many millions of ages, be transformed into something very different from what it now is? |
20417 | Now what happened in this kingdom of Caledonia which Neolithic Man had found? |
20417 | THE PLANETS LIFE IN OTHER WORLDS? |
20417 | THE SHAPE OF OUR UNIVERSE § 4 Our Universe a Spiral Nebula What is the shape of our universe, and what are its dimensions? |
20417 | The great question to- day is: is there_ one_ primordial substance from which all the varying forms of matter have been evolved? |
20417 | The question to which we await an answer is: What is electricity? |
20417 | They have got their repertory of efficient answers to the ordinary questions of everyday life, and why should they experiment? |
20417 | WHAT IS ELECTRICITY? |
20417 | WHAT IS MEANT BY HOMOLOGY? |
20417 | What a Uniform Temperature would mean And what does this imply? |
20417 | What are their movements? |
20417 | What are their temperatures? |
20417 | What bond could exist between the movements of that distant world and the diurnal variation of the waters of the earth? |
20417 | What could it mean save blood relationship? |
20417 | What great steps followed? |
20417 | What has been the net result? |
20417 | What is it that happens? |
20417 | What is its composition? |
20417 | What is the meaning of this apparently inevitable stoppage of bodily life? |
20417 | What is the size, mass, and distance of each of the planets? |
20417 | What is to be said of the harvest- mouse constructing its nest, or of the squirrel making cache after cache of nuts? |
20417 | What satellites, like our Moon, do they possess? |
20417 | What then is the aim of this book? |
20417 | What was the state of the country then? |
20417 | What were these Rays? |
20417 | Whence is the energy locked up in the coal derived? |
20417 | Whence is this energy derived? |
20417 | Where does it go? |
20417 | Where does this energy come from? |
20417 | Who can tell, for instance, how Vertebrates arose or from what origin? |
20417 | Why do we say"our universe"? |
20417 | Why is there not more frequent exhibition of intelligence in the stricter sense? |
20417 | Why not_ the_ universe? |
20417 | [ Illustration: A. Fore- limb of Monkey B. Fore- limb of Whale WHAT IS MEANT BY HOMOLOGY? |
20417 | [ Illustration: WHAT IS A MILLION? |
20417 | § 2 A Useful Law But how are we to know when to credit the animal with intelligence and when with something less spontaneous? |
20417 | § 2 Factors in Evolution If it be said"So much for the_ fact_ of evolution, but what of the_ factors_?" |
20417 | § 2 The Scale of the Universe How many stars are there? |
20417 | § 5 What is the meaning of the universal or almost universal inevitableness of death? |
20417 | § 7 Why is there not more Intelligence? |
15884 | What did I mean when, a few moments ago I spoke of attracting and repellent poles? |
15884 | What is a sponge? |
15884 | What is it? |
15884 | Yes, that''s all very well for_ persons_, but where do you land_ les bagages_? |
15884 | ( Why do they?) |
15884 | ***** What is this wide- spread component of the surface of the earth? |
15884 | And what should we expect to find on those first shores? |
15884 | But could a board which was big enough fit into this lecture theatre? |
15884 | But how can this be? |
15884 | But how is it that those logs stand up out of the asphalt, with asphalt caps and hounds''ears( as Mr. Manross well phrases it) on the tops of them? |
15884 | But how, when, where, did the building up of all these rock- layers take place? |
15884 | But if there are so many thousands of mouths to feed, on the tree- like Sertulariæ as well as in all these Infusoria, where does the food come from? |
15884 | But if they really do lie under, how can they possibly be of the same age? |
15884 | But we, whose island home was thus invaded-- are we the same? |
15884 | But what is rock made of? |
15884 | But what is the central spot? |
15884 | But where are the Frenchmen? |
15884 | But who ventures to call the forces of nature blind? |
15884 | But why do I dwell upon this? |
15884 | By what means could the barnacles become credited with the power of producing the well- known geese? |
15884 | Can the liquid flowers then occupy the whole space of the ice melted? |
15884 | Did you notice the word"sediment"used a few pages back about the settlement at the bottom of a medicine- vial? |
15884 | Do the molecules show this architectural power when ordinary water is frozen? |
15884 | Do you not see in our fires, that various kinds of wood produce different colors? |
15884 | Exactly what is the nature of the force with which the earth attracts it? |
15884 | Have there not often been seen figures of men or savage animals? |
15884 | Have they been blown on to the lake, or left behind by man? |
15884 | He halloes:"Where is the landing, then?" |
15884 | Here is a beam from the electric light; beautifully white and bright, is it not? |
15884 | Holden for permission to use"What is Evolution?" |
15884 | How could they have found their way thither? |
15884 | How is a change so rapid in the lustre of a star to be accounted for? |
15884 | How is the existence of this long succession of different species of crocodiles to be accounted for? |
15884 | How shall we untangle the light from the sun or a star? |
15884 | How to feed seventeen men for twenty- one days? |
15884 | If you went to the booking- office with the whole of this mighty sum in your pocket-- but stop a moment; could you carry it in your pocket? |
15884 | If, therefore, it be not the sun which lights up this nebula, where else can be the source of its illumination? |
15884 | In the name of all the Polynesian gods, what is the meaning of all this? |
15884 | Is it not a dream, indeed? |
15884 | Is this hard to believe? |
15884 | It is clear now, is it not, how the railway route is the direct descendant of the tiny squirrel track between two oaks? |
15884 | Need we then be surprised that when we look at Castor we observe movements that seem very slow? |
15884 | Now, what is to be said as to the occurrence of these conditions? |
15884 | Of course, you have not a sample of it to give him; how, then, can he possibly find out anything about it? |
15884 | On these terms how much do you think the fare from London to this star ought to be? |
15884 | Shall I speak of those armies which have sometimes appeared in the air? |
15884 | Suppose such particles devoid of weight and floating in our atmosphere, what must occur when they come near each other? |
15884 | The question at once suggests itself, How was even this thin crust formed? |
15884 | Then how is it that when we examine the strata of rocks in our neighborhood, wherever that neighborhood may be, we do not find them so arranged? |
15884 | This morning, we can not do better than follow in the footsteps of the child, and to the question,"What is a sponge?" |
15884 | To what action of light is this phenomenon due? |
15884 | WHAT IS EVOLUTION? |
15884 | Was I wrong, then, when I said my miniature ocean contains as many millions of beings as there are stars in the heavens? |
15884 | Was this a dream? |
15884 | What are the conditions under which it is manifested? |
15884 | What event is this? |
15884 | What from? |
15884 | What if instead of the whole ocean having been higher, parts of the land were lower? |
15884 | What indeed was it that happened,--or in fact, did it happen at all? |
15884 | What is all this? |
15884 | What is the nature of the light? |
15884 | What is the result? |
15884 | What is this portion? |
15884 | What purpose does it serve in the animal economy? |
15884 | What will be the effect upon the stratified rocks? |
15884 | What, for example, is the structure of the ice over which we skate in winter? |
15884 | When you did get there and asked for a ticket at the rate of one hundred miles for a penny, do you think you would get any change? |
15884 | Whence do they come? |
15884 | Which of us does not wish to be in that peaceful fairyland once more? |
15884 | Who will forget it? |
15884 | Why are eagles''wings of just the size that they are? |
15884 | Why are your skates shaped in a certain way? |
15884 | Why have soldiers two sets of( now) useless buttons on the skirts of their coats? |
15884 | Why is the cloud not blown away? |
15884 | Why is your gun rifled? |
15884 | Why use the wealth of a world which is going to perish? |
15884 | Why work, be instructed, or rise in the progress of the sciences or arts? |
15884 | Will it happen again next year? |
15884 | Yet how can one for a moment suppose that the ocean- waters ever rose so high? |
15884 | [ Illustration] WHAT IS EVOLUTION? |
15884 | [ Illustration] What is the earth made of-- this round earth upon which we human beings live and move? |
15884 | and whence did it come? |
15884 | and"How does it live?" |
15884 | and"Where does it come from?" |
15884 | every year? |
15884 | of those clouds which follow as it were along a circle, or which resemble the head of Medusa? |
15884 | or are they fossil trees, integral parts of the vegetable stratum below which is continually rolling upward? |
15884 | or are they of both kinds? |
40782 | ( truss?) |
40782 | ( truss?) |
40782 | (_ Illustrated London News_, 1869?)] |
40782 | 1851-? |
40782 | 1851-? |
40782 | 1852( or Marriottsville, Bollman 1/50''One of first Bollman 1853)-? |
40782 | 1853-? |
40782 | 1854-? |
40782 | 1855-? |
40782 | 1856-? |
40782 | 1856-? |
40782 | 1856-? |
40782 | 1860-? |
40782 | 1863(4?)-? |
40782 | 1863-? |
40782 | 1864-? |
40782 | 1864-? |
40782 | 1864-? |
40782 | 1868-? |
40782 | 1868-? |
40782 | 1870- Belpre, Ohio- Bollman 16/? |
40782 | 1870-? |
40782 | 1871- Baltimore, Md., Timber? |
40782 | 1873-? |
40782 | 1875- Baltimore, Md., Iron truss 1/? |
40782 | 1876- Baltimore, Md.,"Single- 1/? |
40782 | 1876- Baltimore, Md.,"Single- 1/? |
40782 | 1877- Baltimore, Md., Iron truss 1/? |
40782 | 1879-? |
40782 | 1881- 1960 Baltimore, Md., Wrought- 1/? |
40782 | ?-? |
40782 | ?-? |
40782 | Baltimore, Md., Bollman 2/? |
40782 | Berwyn, Md., Paint Bollman? |
40782 | Bladensburg, Md., Bollman 1/? |
40782 | Bladensburg, Md., Bollman 1/? |
40782 | By how many signs and degrees is the moon distant from the sun, and from its nodes? |
40782 | Can it be seen in the north or in the south? |
40782 | Cape Fear, N.C., Bollman 1/217''(?) |
40782 | Cape Fear, N.C., Bollman 2/146''6"Wilmington Railway Bridge Northeast Branch, truss(?) |
40782 | Cost, 1870(?) |
40782 | Does the moon hide[ occult eclipse] any of the fixed stars from the earth dwellers, and which of these does it obscure? |
40782 | Drawbridge 1/? |
40782 | Elysville, Md., Bollman 4/? |
40782 | Had he spent too much time in mechanical studies to the neglect of his ecclesiastical duties? |
40782 | How many days is it from mean new moon or full moon? |
40782 | How many years have passed from a given epoch? |
40782 | Iron bridge mentioned in Branch truss(?) |
40782 | Iron bridge mentioned in Rocks, Md., Back truss(?) |
40782 | Iron roof? |
40782 | Is it north or south? |
40782 | Is the moon in eclipse? |
40782 | Is the sea swelling with periodic heat[ at high tide?] |
40782 | Is the sun in eclipse anywhere on earth? |
40782 | Is the sun or the moon, in apogee or perigee, ascending or descending? |
40782 | Is there a true new or full moon? |
40782 | Is this year a leap year, or a common year-- first, second, or third after leap year? |
40782 | Laurel, Md., Bollman? |
40782 | Near Point of Bollman 1/80''(?) |
40782 | Next to this are two other slightly larger circles divided into 30 degrees, one[ rotating?] |
40782 | Northwest Branch, truss(?) |
40782 | Of what magnitude, etc.? |
40782 | One questionable spelling has been retained as follows: Footnote 20:"Sur le Multiplier electro- magnetique..."--should be"Multiplicateur"? |
40782 | Patapsco River through truss Pre-1861-? |
40782 | Post- Ilchester, Md., Bollman 1/? |
40782 | Pre-1861-? |
40782 | Pre-1861-? |
40782 | Replaced by bridge built by French firm of Schneider, Cruesot& Co. 1860- 1910 Chile, Paine River Bollman 1/? |
40782 | River truss(?) |
40782 | Salt Creek deck truss Pre-1855-? |
40782 | Section 76 truss(?) |
40782 | Skew; replacement of Patapsco River through Upper Bridge(?). |
40782 | The question arises, has the engine survived as a true and accurate representation of the original machine built in 1851? |
40782 | Total or partial? |
40782 | What are its functions there? |
40782 | What days of the year do the various feasts fall on, and the movable feasts during the ecclesiastical year? |
40782 | What is the apparent magnitude of the solar and lunar diameter, and of the horizontal parallax of the umbra and penumbra of the earth? |
40782 | What is the apparent speed of the sun and of the moon? |
40782 | What is the current month of the year, and what day of the month and of the week? |
40782 | What is the latitude of the moon? |
40782 | What is the magnitude, and the duration of this eclipse, with respect to the whole earth? |
40782 | What limb of the moon is obscured? |
40782 | What makes phosphorus so important that they can not grow without it? |
40782 | What sign of the zodiac does the sun occupy, the moon, the head and tail of the dragon? |
40782 | Which construction of a pendulum apparatus corresponds completely to all requirements of science? |
40782 | Which of the planets is dominant? |
40782 | [ 2] Was the substance new which Brand showed to his friends? |
40782 | [ Johann Bartholomacus] Tromsdorff-- should be Johann Bartholomäus Trommsdorff? |
40782 | _ Novissima ac Perpetua Astronomica Ephemeris Authomatica Theorico- Practica._ Trent: Giovanni Battista Monauni, 1763(?). |
40782 | about 1- 1/4 miles through east of 1854 truss bridge, Patapsco River Pre-1856-? |
40782 | c. 1864-? |
40782 | c.1869- Harpers Ferry, Va., Bollman 4/? |
40782 | or is it deflated[ low tide], or quiescent? |
40782 | pivot Cape Fear River draw/150''1868-? |
40782 | spans Remarks service/ length of each 1850-? |
40782 | truss(?) |
40782 | truss(?) |
10060 | Again, if the Gibraltar indraught is the effect of evaporation, why does it go on in winter as well as in summer? |
10060 | And this question subdivides itself into two:--the first, are we really contravening such conclusions? |
10060 | And was it not possible, in the second place, that he had not sufficiently heated his infusions and the superjacent air? |
10060 | And what has made this difference? |
10060 | Are all the grandest and most interesting problems which offer themselves to the geological student, essentially insoluble? |
10060 | Are modern geologists prepared to say that all life was killed off the earth 50,000, 100,000, or 200,000 years ago? |
10060 | Are these Postmiocene immigrants, or Praemiocene natives? |
10060 | Are they parasites in the zoological sense, or are they merely what Virchow has called"heterologous growths"? |
10060 | But I imagine I hear the question, How is all this to be tested? |
10060 | But are these corpuscles causes, or mere concomitants, of the disease? |
10060 | But for what constituents of their bodies are animals thus dependent upon plants? |
10060 | But has the advance of biology simply tended to break down old distinctions, without establishing new ones? |
10060 | But how is this remarkable propulsive machine made to perform its functions? |
10060 | But if this be the case, how much further back must we go to find the common stock of the monodelphous_ Mammalia_? |
10060 | But is there any sound foundation for the three assumptions involved here? |
10060 | But now comes the further inquiry, Where was the highly differentiated Sauropsidan fauna of the Trias in Palaeozoic times? |
10060 | But what becomes of the coal which is burnt in yielding this interest? |
10060 | But whither does all this tend? |
10060 | But why does a muscle contract at one time and not at another? |
10060 | But why in the world did not this distinguished Hegelian look at a nettle hair for himself, before venturing to speak about the matter at all? |
10060 | But would not the meaning of the last line be better rendered"Developed in rain- water and in the warm vapours raised by the sun"?] |
10060 | But, in this case it may be asked, why does not our English coal consist of stems and leaves to a much greater extent than it does? |
10060 | Does Nature acknowledge, in any deeper way, this unity of plan we seem to trace? |
10060 | Does it equally well apply to the Pliocene fauna when we compare it with that of the Miocene epoch? |
10060 | For what might not have happened to the organic matter of the infusions, or to the oxygen of the air, in Spallanzani''s experiments? |
10060 | Has the vaccine matter, by its irritative property, produced a mere blister, the fluid of which has the same irritative property? |
10060 | How are the Cretaceous Ichthyosauria, Plesiosauria, or Pterosauria less embryonic, or more differentiated, species than those of the Lias? |
10060 | How can animal life be conceived to exist under such conditions of light, temperature, pressure, and aeration as must obtain at these vast depths? |
10060 | How did these isolated patches of a northern population get into these deep places? |
10060 | How do similar reasonings apply to the other great change of life-- that which took place at the end of the Palaeozoic period? |
10060 | How does this apparently anomalous state of things come about? |
10060 | How is the existence of this long succession of different species of crocodiles to be accounted for? |
10060 | How, in that case, could we conceive the action of the ferment on it? |
10060 | However, it may be asked, is there any necessary opposition between the so- called"vital"and the strictly physico- chemical views of fermentation? |
10060 | If I study a living being, under what heads does the knowledge I obtain fall? |
10060 | Is he in the position of a scientific Tantalus-- doomed always to thirst for a knowledge which he can not obtain? |
10060 | Is it not probable that teachers, in pursuing such studies, will be led astray from the acquirement of more important but less attractive knowledge? |
10060 | Is palaeontology able to succeed where physical geology fails? |
10060 | Is such a universal history, then, to be regarded as unattainable? |
10060 | It is the question, why should teachers be encouraged to acquire a knowledge of this, or any other branch of physical science? |
10060 | It might be true that Needham''s experiments yielded results such as he had described, but did they bear out his arguments? |
10060 | No doubt it is a pretty and ingenious way of looking at the structure of any animal; but is it anything more? |
10060 | Now does this mean that it may have been two, or three, or four hundred million years? |
10060 | Now what has taken place in the course of this operation? |
10060 | On what amount of similarity of their faunae is the doctrine of the contemporaneity of the European and of the North American Silurians based? |
10060 | Or does the vaccine matter contain living particles, which have grown and multiplied where they have been planted? |
10060 | Or may I not rather ask, is it possible for you to discharge your functions properly without these aids? |
10060 | Or may it not be also considered as an organised body? |
10060 | Or to turn to the higher Vertebrata-- in what sense are the Liassic Chelonia inferior to those which now exist? |
10060 | Such being the facts with regard to the nature of yeast, and the changes which it effects in sugar, how are they to be accounted for? |
10060 | Such being the facts with respect to the PÃ © brine, what are the indications as to the method of preventing it? |
10060 | The first inquiry which arises plainly is, has it ever been denied that this period_ may_ be enough for the purposes of geology? |
10060 | The great new question would be,"How does all this take place?" |
10060 | The means of exploration being fairly adequate, what forms of life may be looked for at these vast depths? |
10060 | Under these circumstances, what is the temperature of the Mediterranean? |
10060 | Was it not possible, in the first place, he had not completely excluded the air by his corks and mastic? |
10060 | What books shall I read? |
10060 | What if_ Globigerina_ and the Coccoliths should not be the only survivors of a world passed away, which are hidden beneath three miles of salt water? |
10060 | What is it originates, directs, and controls the motive power? |
10060 | What is it, therefore, but the exclusion of germs? |
10060 | What is the purpose of primary intellectual education? |
10060 | What is the reason of the predominance of the spores and spore- cases in it? |
10060 | What is the use, it is said, of attempting to make physical science a branch of primary education? |
10060 | What is this wide- spread component of the surface of the earth? |
10060 | What security was there that the development of life which ought to have taken place had not been checked or prevented by these changes? |
10060 | When I examine it, what appears to be the most striking character it presents? |
10060 | Where, then, must we look for its five- toed ancestor? |
10060 | Who can suppose that the few fossils yet found in these regions give any sufficient representation of the Permian fauna? |
10060 | Why does one whole group of muscles contract when the lobster wishes to extend his tail, and another group when he desires to bend it? |
10060 | Why should not these proportions have been different during the Mesozoic epoch? |
10060 | and what is the evidence on which those fundamental propositions demand our assent? |
10060 | and whence did it come? |
10060 | the second, if we are, are those conclusions so firmly based that we may not contravene them? |
10060 | what are the fundamental assumptions upon which they all logically depend? |
22085 | How can our Nation give out of the fulness of the life that is in it, and how can a new Indian University help in the realisation of this object? 22085 I quietly said to myself, Kaloo Singh, Kaloo Singh, who sent you here? |
22085 | In realising this, is our sense of final mystery of things deepened or lessened? 22085 A failure? 22085 And does the plant then exert itself to make one overwhelming reply, after which response ceases altogether? 22085 And is it not shocks of adversity, and not cotton- wool protection, that evolve true manhood? 22085 And is it not shocks of adversity, and not cotton- wool protection, that evolve true manhood? 22085 And lastly, when by the blow of death, life itself is finally extinguished, will it be possible to detect the critical moment? 22085 Another striking experiment was to show how ordinary plants could be made sensitive by the mere process of amputation of the balancing half? 22085 Are there any such spontaneously beating tissues in a plant? 22085 Are these dead failures, so utterly unrelated to some great success that we may acclaim to day? 22085 Are they your countrymen? 22085 Are we of to- day to be debtors only? 22085 Are we to be a living nation, to be proud of our ancestry and to try to win renown by continuous achievements? 22085 By what favourable circumstances will this rate of transmission become enhanced, and by what will be retarded or arrested? 22085 Can anything small or circumscribed ever satisfy the mind of India? 22085 Could plants be made similarly to write their own autographs revealing their hidden story? 22085 DUTY TO OUR COUNTRY And lastly, what are our duties to our country? 22085 DUTY TO SELF As regards duty to self, can there be anything so inclusive as being true to your manhood? 22085 Do you think he suffered in vain and that his voice remained unheard? 22085 Does advance of science hold any such possibility? 22085 Does she not realise that it is helpless passivity that directly provokes aggression? 22085 Does she not realise that it is helpless passivity that directly provokes aggression?... 22085 Does this latent period undergo any variation with external conditions? 22085 For do we not find something very like it in Mediaeval Europe? 22085 For the attainment of this exalted condition, also, is it not necessary to have previous storage, with a consequent bubbling overflow? 22085 For the trust that you imposed on me could I do anything less than place before you the highest that I knew? 22085 Has her own history and the teaching of the past prepared her for some temporary and quite subordinate gain? 22085 Has not the recent happenings in China served as an object lesson? 22085 Have not the ballads of these illiterates rendered into English by our Poet touched profoundly the hearts of the very elect of the West? 22085 Have not the stories of their common life appealed to the common kinship of humanity? 22085 How are we to know what unseen changes take place within the plant? 22085 How are we to magnify this so as to make it instantly measurable? 22085 How chaotic appear the happenings in Nature? 22085 How circumscribed was their knowledge? 22085 How did these problems first dawn in the minds of some men who forecast themselves by half a century? 22085 How do we realise his sufferings? 22085 How does the plant then give its last answer? 22085 How does the plant then, give this last answer? 22085 How fared their hopes, how did their dreams become buried in oblivion? 22085 How is the hidden to be made manifest? 22085 How then are we to know what unseen changes take place within the plant? 22085 How then was it that these pulsations became spontaneous? 22085 How then was it that these pulsations became spontaneous? 22085 How were the invisible, internal changes to be made externally visible? 22085 If it be excited or depressed by some special circumstance, how are we, on the outside, to be made aware of this? 22085 If so, again, at what rate does the nervous impulse travel the plant? 22085 If so, is there anything analogous to the nerve of the animal? 22085 Illiterate in what sense? 22085 Is it not rather that science evokes in us a deeper sense of awe? 22085 Is it possible in any way to have these revealed to us? 22085 Is it possible that in plants also any parallel phenomena might be observed? 22085 Is it possible to counteract the effect of one by another? 22085 Is it possible to make the plant itself record this rate and its variations? 22085 Is it possible to make the plant itself write down this excessively minute time- interval? 22085 Is it possible to make the plants write down their own autographs and thus reveal their history? 22085 Is it to be under hopeless compulsion or of voluntary acceptance? 22085 Is the burden to fall on the weak or the strong? 22085 Is the power with which the people endow their king identical with the power of wealth with which we enrich him by paying him his Royal dues? 22085 Is there any resemblance between the nervous impulse in plants and animals? 22085 It is true that here we suffer from many difficulties, but how does it help us, to envy the good fortune of others? 22085 Like the great human system plants were subject to periodic conscianimal[_ sic._, consciousness?] 22085 May it not be said that this story has a pathos of its own beyond any that we may have conceived? 22085 May it not be said that this their story has a pathos of its own, beyond any that the poets have conceived? 22085 Next, does the effect of the blow given outside reach the interior of the plant? 22085 Now, what is to be the future of our nation? 22085 Of these which is more real, the material body or the image which is independent of it? 22085 Perhaps some of us can tell from our own experience whether similar differences obtain amongst human kind or not? 22085 SENSITIVE OR INSENSITIVE? 22085 Supposing that the plant does not give answers to external shock, what time elapses between the shock and the reply? 22085 THE TWO IDEALS What is it that India is to win and maintain? 22085 The mind can not grasp the meaning of this stupendous magnification; how then could we translate it in terms which may be understood? 22085 Then how are we to make this invisible visible? 22085 They may say that you are but a small handful, what of the vast illiterate millions? 22085 They may well be proud of a consecrated life-- consecrated to what? 22085 Was her mind paralysed by weak superstitious fears? 22085 Were they afraid that the march of knowledge was dangerous to true faith? 22085 What are the variations in this infinitesimal growth under external shock? 22085 What coercion do they exercise upon it? 22085 What happens, then, to the incident energy? 22085 What is it that has bridged over the distance and blotted out all differences? 22085 What is that subtle bond by which all distances are bridged over, and by which an individual life becomes merged in larger life? 22085 What is the difference between the living and the dead? 22085 What is the machinery which sets a going a world movement for the redress of wrong? 22085 What is the meaning of spontaneity? 22085 What subtle impress did they leave behind? 22085 What subtle impress do they leave behind? 22085 What was it that stood in her way? 22085 What would she do with it, if it did not raise her above death? 22085 Where lies the secret of that potency which makes certain efforts apparently doomed to failure, rise renewed from beneath the smouldering ashes? 22085 Which is more potent, Matter or Spirit? 22085 Which of these is undecaying, and which of these is beyond the reach of death? 22085 Who cares? 22085 Why does the water- lily''Kumud or Nymphaea''keep awake all night long and close her petals during the day? 22085 in which the human mind is some day to realise the uniform march of sequence, order and law? 22085 what changes are induced by the action of drugs or poisons? 22085 will the action of poison change with the dose? 1315 : could the sentence beginning thus be written in better form?] 1315 ?, p. 1315 Again, what simpler, or more absolutely practical, than the attempt to keep the axle of a wheel from heating when the wheel turns round very fast? 1315 And by way of a beginning, let us ask ourselves-- What is education? 1315 And how has it fared withPhysick"and Anatomy? |
1315 | And now, what is the ultimate fate, and what the origin, of the matter of life? |
1315 | And, a fortiori,[94] between all four? |
1315 | Are Huxley''s paragraphs constructed in accordance with the principles given in this chapter? |
1315 | Are Huxley''s sentences musical? |
1315 | Are any new points suggested? |
1315 | Are the groups arranged for good emphasis in the whole composition? |
1315 | Are the paragraphs closely related, and how are they bound together? |
1315 | Are the words general or specific in character? |
1315 | Are there many allusions and quotations? |
1315 | Are these groups closely related to the theme and to each other? |
1315 | Are these mainly ornamental or do they re- enforce the thought? |
1315 | Are they every- day words, or more scholarly in character? |
1315 | But how is it possible that the relative level of the land and sea should be altered to this extent? |
1315 | But the plague? |
1315 | But what more have we to guide us in nine- tenths of the most important affairs of daily life than hypotheses, and often very ill- based ones? |
1315 | Can a paragraph be analyzed in the same manner as the whole composition? |
1315 | Can any of the paragraphs be combined to advantage? |
1315 | Can it, therefore, be said that chemical analysis teaches nothing about the chemical composition of calc- spar? |
1315 | Can you easily recognize the source? |
1315 | Can you explain the difference in style of the different essays by the difference in purpose? |
1315 | Can you express the thought of each paragraph in a complete sentence? |
1315 | Can you find large groups of thought? |
1315 | Can you see any adaptation of his material to his audience? |
1315 | Do Huxley''s sentences conform to Stevenson''s rule? |
1315 | Do you consider it a strong conclusion? |
1315 | Do you find any difference between Huxley''s earlier and later essays as regards the structure of the whole, or the structure of the paragraph? |
1315 | Do you find any digressions? |
1315 | Do you find any figures? |
1315 | Do you find evidence of exactness, a quality which Huxley said he labored for? |
1315 | Do you find evidences of roughness? |
1315 | Do you find that Huxley''s vocabulary suggests the man? |
1315 | Does Huxley make his subject interesting? |
1315 | Does he give his reasons for writing? |
1315 | Does he give the main points of the essay? |
1315 | Does he narrow his subject to one point of view? |
1315 | Does the conclusion sum up the points of the essay? |
1315 | Does this quotation from Pater''s essay on Style describe Huxley''s sentences? |
1315 | Exactly what do you mean by style? |
1315 | From what sources does Huxley derive his words? |
1315 | Goethe has condensed a survey of all powers of mankind into the well- known epigram:--[95]"Warum treibt sich das Volk so und schreit? |
1315 | Has the character of the audience any influence upon the structure of the essays? |
1315 | Has the nature of the material any influence upon the structure of the essay? |
1315 | How do Huxley''s sentences compare with those of Ruskin, or with those of any author recently studied? |
1315 | How do you know that the laws of Nature are not suspended during the night? |
1315 | How do you know that the man who really made the marks took the spoons? |
1315 | How does Huxley make his subject- matter attractive? |
1315 | How does an author make his sentences musical? |
1315 | How does the author conclude the essay? |
1315 | How is Huxley''s style adapted to the subject- matter? |
1315 | How is the existence of this long succession of different species of crocodiles to be accounted for? |
1315 | How long would he be left uneducated? |
1315 | How would A Piece of Chalk be differently presented if given before a science club? |
1315 | If so, how does he accomplish this? |
1315 | In the introduction, how does the author approach his material? |
1315 | Is any such unity predicable of their forms? |
1315 | Is it both; or is it neither? |
1315 | Is it built up of ordinary matter, and again resolved into ordinary matter when its work is done? |
1315 | Is it good and sufficient, or is it insufficient and bad? |
1315 | Is the introduction a digression? |
1315 | Is the method different in different groups? |
1315 | Is the method used in developing the groups inductive or deductive? |
1315 | Is the paragraph type varied? |
1315 | Is the personality of Huxley suggested by the essays? |
1315 | Is the thought of the whole essay stated? |
1315 | Is there any reason for the difference between the form of the two writers? |
1315 | Is this a plant; or is it an animal? |
1315 | Let us take these points separately; and first, what great ideas has natural knowledge introduced into men''s minds? |
1315 | Or, is the matter of life composed of ordinary matter, differing from it only in the manner in which its atoms are aggregated? |
1315 | Surely, the principles involved in them are now admitted among the fixed beliefs of all thinking men? |
1315 | Surely, there is nothing in these explanations which is not fully borne out by the facts? |
1315 | The Bishop concluded his speech by turning to Huxley and asking,"Was it through his grandfather or grandmother that he claimed descent from a monkey?" |
1315 | The following is a translation of the passage: Why do the people push each other and shout? |
1315 | The great issue, about which hangs true sublimity, and the terror of overhanging fate, is, what are you going to do with all these things? |
1315 | The old man merely remarked,"You''re Huxley, are n''t you? |
1315 | Then you may say,"If that is so, if the education was scientific, why can not you be satisfied with it?" |
1315 | To whom does Huxley address the essay? |
1315 | Under these circumstances it may well be asked, how is one mass of non- nucleated protoplasm to be distinguished from another? |
1315 | What are those inductions and deductions, and how have you got at this hypothesis? |
1315 | What better philosophical status has"vitality"than"aquosity"? |
1315 | What is this wide- spread component of the surface of the earth? |
1315 | What more harmless than the attempt to lift and distribute water by pumping it; what more absolutely and grossly utilitarian? |
1315 | What, truly, can seem to be more obviously different from one another, in faculty, in form, and in substance, than the various kinds of living beings? |
1315 | Which essay seems to you to be most successful in structure? |
1315 | Why should we be worse off under one regime than under the other? |
1315 | Your friend says to you,"But how do you know that?" |
1315 | [ 46] But what has grown out of this search for natural knowledge of so merely useful a character? |
1315 | and whence did it come? |
1315 | why call one"plant"and the other"animal"? |
15807 | Are we, then, slaves of ignorant circumstance? 15807 And when for many days and nights neither sun nor stars appear, how can he tell where he is, which way he drives, where the land lies? 15807 Are there proofs that God''s forces are cooperating with ours? 15807 Beyond these are there vibrations for thought- transference? 15807 But does it work down and up? 15807 But how can these mountains be gotten to the distant cities by the sea? 15807 But how do we get the cars back? 15807 But how does it build itself? 15807 But how is material conveyed from rootlet to veinlet of leaf hundreds of feet away? 15807 But how shall we find them? 15807 But outside of our plans and work for ourselves what cooperation may we expect in our plans and work for others? 15807 But what does the sea do with the harder parts of the cliff? 15807 But what is it doing? 15807 But what is the thousand million times more light than ever struck the earth doing in space? 15807 But what is there in space? 15807 But when we have done our best what may we expect? 15807 But who can lift up the end of the river? 15807 Can it be gotten to take Pittsburgh coal to New Orleans? 15807 Can we so enormously enhance the value of a bushel of charcoal by arrangement and compression? 15807 Did any one ever know of gravitation raising anything? 15807 Do the stars, that are so far away and seem so small, send us any help? 15807 Does he want his burdens carried? 15807 Does he want swiftness? 15807 Does it not take us one step toward an apprehension of the revealed condition of spirit? 15807 Does not this seem like a spiritual force? 15807 Does one fear the change from gross to fine, from force of freezing to the winged energy of steam, from solid zinc to lightning? 15807 Does one fear to leave bodily appetites and passions for spiritual aptitudes fitted to finer surroundings? 15807 Faith in what power can say to these mountains,Be thou removed far hence, and cast into the sea?" |
15807 | First, it is a power of selection-- might we not say discrimination? |
15807 | Has he? |
15807 | Has man a right to expect a special lending of the infinite power to help out his human endeavors? |
15807 | How can it be secured? |
15807 | How can man combat part of the continent on the move, driven by the ceaseless powers of the air? |
15807 | How can they get it down to the cities where it is needed? |
15807 | How can we separate them, so that the salt shall be pure for our tables? |
15807 | How could it be otherwise? |
15807 | How could they be lifted, handled, and put in place over the water on slender piers? |
15807 | How could they get the water out? |
15807 | How did they ever get together? |
15807 | How do the particles behave as they snuggle up closer to each other? |
15807 | How do they get the salt and water apart? |
15807 | How is it to be done? |
15807 | How much is the pull? |
15807 | How shall it be done? |
15807 | How shall they get it to the top of the ground? |
15807 | How shall we detect these steady currents when wind and waves are in tumultuous confusion? |
15807 | How shall we get it out? |
15807 | How shall we secure the cooperative power? |
15807 | How strong is this gas? |
15807 | How was it done? |
15807 | How was it done? |
15807 | How were they made? |
15807 | How will this divine aid manifest itself? |
15807 | Husbands and fathers are ever crying: Immortal? |
15807 | If this is so, in what fields, under what conditions, to what extent, and in accordance with what laws may we expect aid? |
15807 | In that sudden, strange transition, By what new and finer sense Shall we grasp the mighty vision, And receive the influence? |
15807 | Is he steering by the North Star? |
15807 | Is it not a part of the"all things"over which man was made to have dominion? |
15807 | Is not our whole question settled? |
15807 | It is pleasant sliding down hill on a rail, but who pulls the sled back? |
15807 | Meanwhile, what of the weather? |
15807 | My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?" |
15807 | Nay, more, what can be expected of men who have in these temptations been strengthened out of God? |
15807 | Nay, rather, what may not be expected of such men? |
15807 | Now does this intelligent and powerful personality know our plans and lend his powers to the accomplishment of our purposes? |
15807 | Now, how has such an eminence of character been attained? |
15807 | Power enough, but how shall we belt on? |
15807 | Since these things are so, what are the conditions under which we may work the works of God by his power? |
15807 | So fifty yards of woolen cloth just out of the dye vat-- who could wring it? |
15807 | So our question is better thus: Does this intelligent, powerful personality accept and use our energy in the accomplishment of his plans? |
15807 | The porter''s rap came unexpectedly soon, and in response to the question,"What is the weather?" |
15807 | To what extent may we expect divine aid? |
15807 | To what extent, then, may we expect God will lend his forces to work out our plans? |
15807 | WHAT ARE THE CAUSES? |
15807 | Was the storm over? |
15807 | We shall soon see that it is easy to slide millions of tons of coal down hill, but how could we slide freight up from New York to Albany? |
15807 | What becomes of it? |
15807 | What becomes of this comminuted rock, cleft by wedges of water, scoured over by hundreds of tons of sharp sand? |
15807 | What can be expected of men who have been tried in the furnace of temptation till they are pure gold? |
15807 | What change has come to iron when it has been made red or white hot? |
15807 | What could be expected of the men of''76 when the air was electric with patriotism? |
15807 | What facts of its conditions and powers can be known? |
15807 | What feet have we for undiscovered continents, what wings for wider and finer airs, what eyes for diviner light? |
15807 | What force is sufficient for moving such great mountains so far? |
15807 | What fore- gleams have we of the future life? |
15807 | What is being done worthy of the copartnership? |
15807 | What is light doing in space? |
15807 | What is the highest force? |
15807 | What is the power that can throw a stream of water two by six feet over the tops of the highest skyscrapers of Chicago? |
15807 | What is there after that? |
15807 | What were a wooden body worth? |
15807 | What will not the more facile ether do? |
15807 | Where is your heaven anyhow?" |
15807 | Where? |
15807 | Who can direct them? |
15807 | Who could work the handle? |
15807 | Who could work the other end of the pump handle? |
15807 | Who doubts of such as she? |
15807 | Who has not received a letter and knew before opening it that it had violets within? |
15807 | Who knoweth? |
15807 | Who knows how frequently they come? |
15807 | Why hesitate for a third mode of life? |
15807 | Why is there such a difference in value? |
15807 | Why not use the moon for more than a lantern? |
15807 | Will God indeed dwell upon the earth? |
15807 | Will God indeed work with man on the earth? |
15807 | Would it be any less glorious if there were no Popocatepetl? |
15807 | You want to ascend these mountains? |
15807 | [ 2] What must the distance be in steam? |
15807 | what could he do but see the poor wheat die of thirst and his poor wife and children die of hunger? |
15807 | what the greater distance in the more extreme rarefactions? |
44525 | ( Diameter of the lost medullary shell 0.03?) |
44525 | ( Perhaps=_ Chilomma_(?) |
44525 | ( Transition to_ Phractaspis_ and_ Dorataspis_, or to_ Phractopelta_?) |
44525 | ( not opposed in pairs);( C) ten spines, disposed at equal distances(? |
44525 | ), either disposed in the same manner( after the law of Johannes Müller) as in the ACANTHARIA(? |
44525 | 1.? |
44525 | 12.? |
44525 | 13.? |
44525 | 18.? |
44525 | 3.? |
44525 | 3.? |
44525 | 5, 6); but in many ACANTHARIA( if not in all?) |
44525 | 5.? |
44525 | 66, 74.? |
44525 | ? |
44525 | ? |
44525 | ? |
44525 | ? |
44525 | ? |
44525 | ? |
44525 | ? |
44525 | ? |
44525 | ? |
44525 | ? |
44525 | ? |
44525 | ? |
44525 | ? |
44525 | As the insertion of the spines is on the highest point of the plates, the shell becomes polyhedral( dodecahedral?). |
44525 | Berlin, p. 301.? |
44525 | Berlin, p. 83.? |
44525 | Between second and third shell numerous( twenty regularly disposed?) |
44525 | Both shells connected by four( or six?) |
44525 | Both shells connected by twenty(?) |
44525 | But it is also possible that a part of Cenodiscida( or all?) |
44525 | But it is also possible that a part of the Larcarida( or all?) |
44525 | Central capsule quite pellucid, colourless, with a variable number of yellow pigment- bodies( xanthellæ?). |
44525 | Central capsule transparent, colourless(?). |
44525 | Equatorial girdle very broad, radially striped, nearly as broad as the outer medullary shell, perforated by{ 455}twenty to thirty( or more?) |
44525 | Four cortical shells connected by very numerous( sixty to eighty or more?) |
44525 | Four crossed spines pyramidal( four sided? |
44525 | Four crossed spines, shorter than the diameter of the spongy sphere, conical or pyramidal(?). |
44525 | Hence arises directly the excentric position of the nucleus, which in the archaic stem of ACANTHARIA(_ Actissa?_) was probably central. |
44525 | In most cases( if not always?) |
44525 | In the interior the eight characteristic egg- shaped gates of_ Octopyle_ are commonly( or constantly?) |
44525 | Inner shell with simple, small, polygonal pores, connected with the outer shell by eight(?) |
44525 | In{ 69}the central point of the shell are united about twelve(?) |
44525 | Medullary shell apparently spherical(? |
44525 | Often there may be distinguished in each darker streak a single straight row of strongly refracting( fat?) |
44525 | On the inside of the membrane a continuous simple layer of small nuclei, enclosed in radially striped protoplasm( mother- cells of the spores?). |
44525 | Polar spines sharp edged( six- sided? |
44525 | Polar tubes cylindrical, at the distal end open( broken off? |
44525 | Polar tubes cylindrical, on the distal end open( broken off?) |
44525 | Pores large, irregular, roundish; five to seven on the radius(?). |
44525 | Probably in the larger proportion( if not always?) |
44525 | Protoplasm of the central capsule containing many very variable corpuscles, mostly pellucid( albuminous?) |
44525 | Protoplasm of the central capsule contains innumerable very small, hyaline, spherical vesicles of equal size( or vacuoles? |
44525 | Protoplasm of the central capsule contains only small, pellucid, densely packed globules( vacuoles? |
44525 | Protoplasm of the central capsule contains only small, pellucid, densely packed globules( vacuoles? |
44525 | Protoplasm of the central capsule contains small pellucid globules( vacuoles? |
44525 | Protoplasm of the central capsule filled with small black pigment- granules, quite intransparent, contains densely packed hyaline( albuminous?) |
44525 | Protoplasm of the central capsule finely granulated, containing numerous hyaline globules( vacuoles?) |
44525 | Radial proportion of the three spheres= 1: 2: 6; they are connected by twenty(?) |
44525 | Radial proportion of the three spheres= 1: 3: 8; between them eight(?) |
44525 | Radial proportion of the three spheres= 1: 3: 8; radial beams between them very numerous( thirty to fifty or more?). |
44525 | Radiol., p. 489.? |
44525 | Related to_ Stylochlamydium_? |
44525 | Shell thick- walled, with numerous( one hundred and sixty to two hundred?) |
44525 | Shell very dark and thick walled, non- transparent, with very numerous( three hundred to four hundred or more?) |
44525 | Shell with numerous( one hundred and fifty to two hundred?) |
44525 | Shell with numerous( one hundred to two hundred?) |
44525 | Shell with numerous( one hundred to two hundred?) |
44525 | Shell with numerous( one hundred to two hundred?) |
44525 | Shell with numerous( two hundred to three hundred?) |
44525 | Shell with numerous( two hundred to three hundred?) |
44525 | Shell with very numerous( three hundred to four hundred?) |
44525 | Spines constantly twenty( or more? |
44525 | Spines constantly(?) |
44525 | Surface of the shell spiny, with eight to twelve regularly(?) |
44525 | The number of parmal pores is constantly(?) |
44525 | The two shells are connected by numerous( twenty?) |
44525 | [ Actilarcus?] |
44525 | [ Procyttarium][ Actidiscus?] |
44525 | _ Definition._--Number of the radial spines twenty( or more?). |
44525 | _ Habitat._--Fossil in Tertiary rocks of Sicily, Caltanisetta, Haeckel( Grotte, Stöhr?). |
44525 | _ Haliomma(?) |
44525 | _ Ommatogramma_, Ehrenberg(?). |
44525 | _ Stephanopyxis dubiosa_(? |
44525 | cit._?) |
44525 | ||||+---------------+------+-------+--------------+| CENOSPHÆRA( Common stem- form of all Sphærellaria?) |
16807 | ''But how do you know,''asks the candid inquirer,''that such a connection ever existed at all?'' |
16807 | ''But how is it,''asks our objector again,''that so many poisons are tasteless, or even, like sugar of lead, pleasant to the palate?'' |
16807 | ''What on earth,''we say,''could So- and- so see in So- and- so to fall in love with?'' |
16807 | And that consideration naturally suggests the fundamental question, When did the first potter live? |
16807 | And what did the old master himself look like? |
16807 | Are ghosts and vampires less attractive objects of popular study than cats and donkeys? |
16807 | Are the great animals now passing away and leaving no representatives of their greatness to future ages? |
16807 | Are you aware that a plant called manioc supplies the starchy food of about one- half the population of tropical America? |
16807 | But does that do away in the least, I should like to know, with their intrinsic interest and importance? |
16807 | But has your rash objector ever lighted upon that rare larva which lives among the periwinkles, and exactly imitates a periwinkle petal? |
16807 | But what good do the aphides themselves derive from the power of secreting honey- dew? |
16807 | But what painter would ever venture to paint the tropics without the palm trees? |
16807 | But why are deserts rocky and sandy? |
16807 | But why should the water have become briny? |
16807 | But why should thunderbolts, whether stone axes or flint arrowheads, be preserved, not merely as curiosities, but from motives of superstition? |
16807 | Consequently-- happy thought-- why not tell off some of our number to act as jars on behalf of the others? |
16807 | Did you examine it all round to make quite sure there was no hole, or crack, or passage in it anywhere? |
16807 | Did you yourself see the block of stone in which the toad is said to have been found, before the toad himself was actually extracted? |
16807 | Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? |
16807 | Do you know the outer look and aspect of the banana plant? |
16807 | Does anyone feel as keenly interested in any real living cobra or anaconda as in the non- existent great sea- serpent? |
16807 | Does one prove a thesis of deep- reaching importance in a ten- page essay? |
16807 | For example, can you honestly pretend that you really understand the use and importance of that valuable object of everyday demand, fustic? |
16807 | For what is this that has happened to the clay? |
16807 | Has any housewife ever realised the alarming condition of cookery in the benighted generations before the invention of sugar? |
16807 | How could he when twopence was n''t yet invented? |
16807 | How could there be, indeed? |
16807 | How did it get there, and what is it for? |
16807 | How did it get there? |
16807 | How did the sea itself get there? |
16807 | How did they get there? |
16807 | How did this planet swim into existence at all? |
16807 | How is this? |
16807 | How many commercial products are yielded by the orchids? |
16807 | How, then, do originality, diversity, individuality, genius, begin to come in? |
16807 | If the first chicken came out of an egg, what was the origin of the hen that laid it? |
16807 | If the world itself grew, why not also the animals and plants that inhabit it? |
16807 | If you say to him,''Is it a million years since the chalk was deposited?'' |
16807 | If, now, we turn from these perfectly simple savage communities to our own very complex and heterogeneous world, what do we find? |
16807 | Now, how has this curious uniformity of dress in arctic animals been brought about? |
16807 | Now, how long ago was the Great Ice Age? |
16807 | Now, who and what are the marsupials as a family, viewed in the dry light of modern science? |
16807 | One of his hearers ventured sceptically to ejaculate,''Den whar dat fence come from, ministah?'' |
16807 | That is the analogy to which breeding reformers always point with special pride: but what does it really teach us? |
16807 | The elephant supports the earth, and the tortoise supports the elephant, but who, pray, supports the tortoise? |
16807 | The question still remains, How did the salt originally get there? |
16807 | Was he black? |
16807 | Well, his name, like that of many other old masters, is quite unknown to us; but what does that matter so long as his work itself lives and survives? |
16807 | Well, one might almost as well ask, How did anything come to be upon the earth at any time, in any way? |
16807 | What is this but pure Darwinism, as the drawing- room philosopher still understands the word? |
16807 | What is turmeric? |
16807 | What makes it so uncommonly dry in Sahara when it''s so unpleasantly wet and so unnecessarily foggy in this realm of England? |
16807 | What objects are generally manufactured from tucum? |
16807 | What thereupon occurs? |
16807 | What would be the consequence? |
16807 | When you ask for sago do you really see that you get it? |
16807 | Whence do we obtain vanilla? |
16807 | Who was he, and when did he live? |
16807 | Who would not be a man( or woman) of science on such easy and unexacting terms? |
16807 | Why and how did he become otherwise? |
16807 | Why are n''t they covered, like the rest of the world, with earth, soil, mould, or dust? |
16807 | Why did one hand ever come to be different in use and function from another? |
16807 | Why did these bronze- age people burn instead of burying their dead? |
16807 | Why did they anticipate the latest fashionable mode of disposal of corpses, and go in for cremation with such thorough conviction? |
16807 | Why do these run from left to right? |
16807 | Why should a universal and common impulse have in our case these special limits? |
16807 | Why should the evaporation of an old Superior produce at last a Great Salt Lake? |
16807 | Why should this be so? |
16807 | Why should we be by nature so fastidious and so diversely affected? |
16807 | Why, however, has the coco- nut three pores at the top instead of one, and why are two out of the three so carefully and firmly sealed up? |
16807 | Would it surprise you to learn that English door- handles are commonly made out of coquilla nuts? |
16807 | Would the committee manage things, I wonder, very much better than the Creator has managed them? |
16807 | Yet why should it, in company with many other poisonous exotics, be found so frequently around the ruins of monasteries? |
16807 | and how many entirely different objects described as sago are known to commerce? |
16807 | and that the knobs of umbrellas grew originally in the remote depths of Guatemalan forests? |
16807 | that your wife''s buttons are turned from the indurated fruit of the Tagua palm? |
44526 | ( A remarkable primitive species?) |
44526 | ( Basal plate with four cortinar pores?) |
44526 | ( Basal plate with four large pores?) |
44526 | ( Basal plate with four pores?) |
44526 | ( Basal plate with nine pores?) |
44526 | ( Perhaps a reduced_ Lithocampe_ or_ Lithomitra_?) |
44526 | ( Perhaps derived from# Botryodea#?). |
44526 | ( Perhaps the shell of a Tintinnoid Infusorium?) |
44526 | (?) |
44526 | (?) |
44526 | (?) |
44526 | (_ Lychnocanium tetrapodium_ of Ehrenberg is perhaps a variety of this species?). |
44526 | 1, 2, as_ Porospathis_), belong perhaps to another family of PHÆODARIA( Castanellida? |
44526 | 1.? |
44526 | 11.? |
44526 | 12.? |
44526 | 12.? |
44526 | 12.? |
44526 | 13, 14=_ Heliodiscus_? |
44526 | 13.? |
44526 | 145, 273.? |
44526 | 15.? |
44526 | 15=_ Acanthosphæra_? |
44526 | 16.? |
44526 | 163, 273.? |
44526 | 163, 273.? |
44526 | 16=_ Stylodiscus_? |
44526 | 17=_ Cenellipsis_? |
44526 | 18=_ Botryocella_? |
44526 | 2, 4, 5, 8, 14, 15.? |
44526 | 2.? |
44526 | 20.? |
44526 | 20=_ Spongodiscus_? |
44526 | 22=_ Lithocampe_? |
44526 | 23_b_.? |
44526 | 26.? |
44526 | 26=_ Dictyospyris_? |
44526 | 27, a to c.? |
44526 | 27.? |
44526 | 3, 4.? |
44526 | 39(?). |
44526 | 40=_ Druppocarpus_? |
44526 | 41=_ Thecosphæra_? |
44526 | 41?). |
44526 | 42=_ Druppula_? |
44526 | 43=_ Monozonium_? |
44526 | 44=_ Larcarium_? |
44526 | 48=_ Cyphonium_? |
44526 | 49.? |
44526 | 49=_ Podocampe_? |
44526 | 6.? |
44526 | 61.? |
44526 | 7.? |
44526 | 8.? |
44526 | 9.? |
44526 | 9_a_), parasites or symbiontes(?). |
44526 | ? |
44526 | ? |
44526 | ? |
44526 | ? |
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44526 | ? |
44526 | ?). |
44526 | Basal plate with four large pores(?). |
44526 | Basal plate with four large pores(?). |
44526 | Basal plate with four large pores(?). |
44526 | Basal plate with four pores(?). |
44526 | Basal plate with six large pores(?). |
44526 | Basal plate with six meshes(?). |
44526 | Basal plate with six pores(?). |
44526 | Basal plate with six pores(?). |
44526 | Basal plate with six pores(?). |
44526 | Basal plate with six pores(?). |
44526 | Basal plate with three large collar holes(?). |
44526 | Basal plate with three large pores(?). |
44526 | Basal plate with three pores(?) |
44526 | Basal plate with three pores(?). |
44526 | Basal plate with three pores(?). |
44526 | Basal plate with two large ovate pores(?). |
44526 | Basal plate with two large pores(?). |
44526 | Basal plate with two rhomboidal pores(?). |
44526 | Berlin, p. 265.? |
44526 | Berlin, p. 299.? |
44526 | Berlin, p. 33.? |
44526 | Each triangular plate seems to contain a hollow alveole, which opens into the shell- cavity(?). |
44526 | Horn small, conical( may be perhaps the shell of a Tintinnoid Infusorium?). |
44526 | It is possible that this peculiar genus has been derived from a Tricyrtid(_ Theocalyptra_?) |
44526 | Mouth without peristome(? |
44526 | Page 172, line 4 from foot,_ add_ Synonym"? |
44526 | Peristome with nine(?) |
44526 | Pores roundish, polygonally framed( or with square meshes?). |
44526 | Radiol., p. 297.? |
44526 | Radiol., p. 311.? |
44526 | Scarcely differing from the preceding species; the joints are broader and shorter, the cephalis is larger( by union of some joints? |
44526 | Shell flatly campanulate, nearly discoidal, with convex(?) |
44526 | Shell kidney- shaped, one and two- third times as broad as long, very similar to the preceding species( or only a variety of it?). |
44526 | Shell kidney- shaped, twice as broad as long, very similar to the two preceding species( or only a variety of them?). |
44526 | Sixteen styles all of equal length(? |
44526 | The apex bears a small knob with an oblique horn, perhaps the rudimentary cephalis of_ Sethamphora_ or_ Sethopyramis_(?). |
44526 | The hollow papillæ of the surface, between which are placed numerous circular pores( or dimples? |
44526 | _ Arachnocorys circumtexta_( juv.? |
44526 | _ Dimensions._--Shell 0.03 long, 0.1 broad(?). |
44526 | _ Habitat._--Fossil in Barbados, living in the North Pacific( Kamtschatka)? |
44526 | _ Habitat._--Indian Ocean, Cocos Islands( Rabbe), surface(? |
44526 | _ Habitat._--Indian Ocean, Madagascar( Rabbe), surface(?). |
44526 | _ Lophoconus cervus_, Haeckel? |
12506 | If anyone should be asked, what is the subject wherein colour or weight inheres? 12506 Again, who were the small- handed, long- headed people of thebronze epoch,"and what has become of the infusion of their blood among the Xanthochroi? |
12506 | And if there be none, why is Geometry not just as much a matter of_ visibilia_ as of_ tangibilia_? |
12506 | And is disapprobation a pleasure or a pain? |
12506 | And why should we not seek for the cause of their absence in something else than the idle pretext of"Celtic blood?" |
12506 | Are these Postmiocene immigrants, or Praemiocene natives? |
12506 | Are we then to fall back on the simple reading of the letter of the Bible? |
12506 | But are there any theological authorities to justify this view of the matter? |
12506 | But how are we to reconcile these passages with others which will be perfectly familiar to every reader of the"New Theory of Vision"? |
12506 | But how does this come about? |
12506 | But how is it possible that the relative level of the land and sea should be altered to this extent? |
12506 | But if they are, who is to define the_ Fungi_ from the_ Algae_? |
12506 | But if this be the case, how much further back must we go to find the common stock of the monodelphous_ Mammalia_? |
12506 | But is the relative imperfection which exists only such as is necessary, or is it made worse by our practical arrangements? |
12506 | But then, what do they mean by this last much- abused term? |
12506 | But what are the facts? |
12506 | But what becomes of the coal which is burnt in yielding this interest? |
12506 | But what if it is? |
12506 | But why in the world did not this distinguished Hegelian look at a nettle hair for himself, before venturing to speak about the matter at all? |
12506 | But why should this seven times heated fiery furnace of theological zeal be so desirous to shed its genial warmth over the London School Board? |
12506 | But, in this case, it may be asked, why does not our English coal consist of stems and leaves to a much greater extent than it does? |
12506 | Can it be that these zealous sectaries mean to evade the solemn pledge given in the Act? |
12506 | Do they cease to be so when the man ceases to be conscious of them? |
12506 | Does it equally well apply to the Pliocene fauna when we compare it with that of the Miocene epoch? |
12506 | Does that make it less virtue? |
12506 | Does the Quarterly Reviewer really think that the"sensation"is the"agent"by which the other two phenomena are wrought out? |
12506 | Elijah''s great question,"Will you serve God or Baal? |
12506 | Finally, what are the mental powers which he reserves as the especial prerogative of man? |
12506 | For what reason does the one deserve the name of a"Celt,"and not the other? |
12506 | Has it been created? |
12506 | Has the State no right to put a stop to gross and open violations of common decency? |
12506 | How could numerical proportion be as true of_ visibilia_, as of_ tangibilia_, unless there were some ideas common to the two? |
12506 | How do similar reasonings apply to the other great change of life-- that which took place at the end of the Palaeozoic period? |
12506 | How much is so applied? |
12506 | How, in that case, could we conceive the action of the ferment on it? |
12506 | However, it may be asked, is there any necessary opposition between the so- called"vital"and the strictly physico- chemical views of fermentation? |
12506 | I assent to your statement, and now I put to you the further question,''What is matter?'' |
12506 | I said to myself,"Never mind; what''s the next thing to be done?" |
12506 | If not, would it be wrong in putting down any enthusiast who attempted to set up the worship of Astarte in the Haymarket? |
12506 | If they are capable of sensation, emotion, and volition, why are they to be denied thought( in the sense of predication)? |
12506 | In what manner can we conceive that the_ vis viva_ of the first ball passes into the second? |
12506 | Is it not possible that the larva of_ Crossopodia_ may have developed a vermiform Echinoderm? |
12506 | Is it then still profitable to the male organism to retain it? |
12506 | Is more to be expected from inquiries into the customs and handicrafts of men? |
12506 | Is that which may be so applied given to help the poor, who can not pay for education, or does it virtually subsidize the comparatively rich, who can? |
12506 | Is the fact that a wise physician will give as little medicine as possible any argument for his abstaining from giving any at all? |
12506 | Nay, what becomes of an average country squire or parson? |
12506 | Now, is approbation a pleasure or a pain? |
12506 | Such being the facts with regard to the nature of yeast, and the changes which it effects in sugar, how are they to be accounted for? |
12506 | To what point of the Palaeozoic epoch, then, must we, upon any rational estimate, relegate the origin of the_ Monotremata_? |
12506 | Was our own Government wrong in suppressing Thuggee in India? |
12506 | Well, what have you to master in those four years upon my supposition? |
12506 | What is the reason of the predominance of the spores and spore- cases in it? |
12506 | What is the value of the evidence which leads one to believe that one''s fellow- man feels? |
12506 | What thoughts, idea, or actions are there that raise him many grades above the elephant or the ape?" |
12506 | What, then, will a new survey of mankind from the Linnaean point of view teach us? |
12506 | Where was the highly differentiated Sauropsidan fauna of the Trias in Palaeozoic times? |
12506 | Where, then, must we look for its five- toed ancestor? |
12506 | Who can suppose that the few fossils yet found in these regions give any sufficient representation of the Permian fauna? |
12506 | Who is to say how private enterprise would come out if it tried its hand at State work? |
12506 | Why not make him belong to the Iron and Steel Institute, and learn something about cutlery, because he uses knives? |
12506 | Why should not these proportions have been different during the Mesozoic epoch? |
12506 | Will the others-- namely, figure, motion and rest, and solidity-- withstand a similar criticism? |
12506 | Would he so much as suspect the former existence of the Aquitani? |
12506 | You may ask, by what authority do I venture, being a person not concerned in the practice of medicine, to meddle with that subject? |
12506 | [ 1] Or, to put it to the common sense of mankind, is the gratification of affection a pleasure or a pain? |
12506 | _ Mincopies_(?) |
12506 | he would have nothing to say but the solid extended parts; and if he were demanded what is it that solidity and extension inhere in? |
12506 | or has it arisen by the power of natural causation? |
16474 | How do you know that the Lord doeth it? |
16474 | What made the Mahommedan world? 16474 )[ 24] There is also a good deal said about a very questionable blind man-- one Albricus( Alberich?) 16474 And now, what is the ultimate fate, and what the origin, of the matter of life? 16474 And what is historical truth but that of which the evidence bears strict scientific investigation? 16474 And what is the dire necessity andiron"law under which men groan? |
16474 | And what is the state of things we find disclosed? |
16474 | And what made the Christian world? |
16474 | And, finally, how is this account to be reconciled with those in the first and third gospels-- which, as we have seen, disagree with one another? |
16474 | And,_ a fortiori_, between all four? |
16474 | Are there then any Christians who say that they know nothing about the unseen world and the future? |
16474 | Are we going back to the days of the Judges, when wealthy Micah set up his private ephod, teraphim, and Levite?] |
16474 | Are we to accept the Jesus of the second, or the Jesus of the fourth Gospel, as the true Jesus? |
16474 | But if the primitive Nazarenes of whom the Acts speaks were orthodox Jews, what sort of probability can there be that Jesus was anything else? |
16474 | But if what lies below the horse''s"knee"thus corresponds to the middle finger in ourselves, what has become of the four other fingers or digits? |
16474 | But to how much does this so- called claim amount? |
16474 | But what conceivable motive could"Mark"have for omitting it? |
16474 | But what has Comtism to do with the"New Philosophy,"as the Archbishop, defines it in the following passage? |
16474 | But what is all we really know, and can know, about the latter phà ¦ nomena? |
16474 | But why should a man be expected to call himself a"miscreant"or an"infidel"? |
16474 | By whose authority is the signification of that term defined? |
16474 | Can it, therefore, be said that chemical analysis teaches nothing about the chemical composition of calc- spar? |
16474 | Cosmas and Damianus? |
16474 | Did he think it, at any subsequent time, worth while"To confer with flesh and blood,"or, in modern phrase, to re- examine the facts for himself? |
16474 | Did things so happen or did they not? |
16474 | Fact I know; and Law I know; but what is this Necessity, save an empty shadow of my own mind''s throwing? |
16474 | For what is the adverse case? |
16474 | For, after all, what do we know of this terrible"matter,"except as a name for the unknown and hypothetical cause of states of our own consciousness? |
16474 | Goethe has condensed a survey of all powers of mankind into the well- known epigram:--"Warum treibt sich das Volk so und schreit? |
16474 | How can he have founded the universal religion which was not heard of till twenty years after his death? |
16474 | I rejoice to think now of the( then) Bishop''s cordial hail the first time we met after our little skirmish,"Well, is it to be peace or war?" |
16474 | If God not walk in the Garden of Eden, how we be assured that he spoke from Sinai? |
16474 | If it is not historically true that such and such things happened in Palestine eighteen centuries ago, what becomes of Christianity? |
16474 | If the latter is to be accepted, or rejected, by private judgment, why not the former? |
16474 | If the story of the Fall is not the true record or an historical occurrence, what becomes of Pauline theology? |
16474 | If, he says, there are texts which seem to show that Jesus contemplated the evangelisation of the heathen:... Did not the Apostles hear our Lord? |
16474 | Is any such unity predicable of their forms? |
16474 | Is he the kindly, peaceful Christ depicted in the Catacombs? |
16474 | Is it both; or is it neither? |
16474 | Is it built up of ordinary matter, and again resolved into ordinary matter when its work is done? |
16474 | Is it not certain that the Apostles did not gather this truth from His teaching? |
16474 | Is it that contained in the Nicene and the Athanasian Creeds? |
16474 | Is this a plant; or is it an animal? |
16474 | Melanchthon, Ulrich von Hutten, Beza, were they not all humanists? |
16474 | Much astonished at this remark from a person was supposed not to have seen the relics, Eginhard asked him how he knew that? |
16474 | Now what is a Christian? |
16474 | On what grounds can a reasonable man be asked to believe any more? |
16474 | Or can he be rightly represented by the bleeding ascetic, broken down by physical pain, of too many medià ¦ val pictures? |
16474 | Or, is the matter of life composed of ordinary matter, differing from it only in the manner in which its atoms are aggregated? |
16474 | So, if I am asked to call myself an"infidel,"I reply: To what doctrine do you ask me to be faithful? |
16474 | To this the priest,"Whence art thou, then, if these are not thy parents?" |
16474 | Under these circumstances it may well be asked, how is one mass of non- nucleated protoplasm to be distinguished from another? |
16474 | Was Augustine heretical when he denied the actual historical truth of the record of the Creation? |
16474 | Was not the arch- humanist, Erasmus, fautor- in- chief of the Reformation, until he got frightened and basely deserted it? |
16474 | Was not the name of"Christian"first used to denote the converts to the doctrine promulgated by Paul and Barnabas at Antioch? |
16474 | Was not their chief,"James, the brother of the Lord,"reverenced alike by Sadducee, Pharisee, and Nazarene? |
16474 | Were Gentile converts bound to obey the Law or not? |
16474 | What better philosophical status has"vitality"than"aquosity"? |
16474 | What do we find when the accounts of the events in question, contained in the three Synoptic gospels, are compared together? |
16474 | What has become of the bones of all these animals? |
16474 | What more intrinsic claim has the story of the Exodus than of the Deluge, to belief? |
16474 | What we desire to know is, is it a fact that evolution took place? |
16474 | What, truly, can seem to be more obviously different from one another, in faculty, in form, and in substance, than the various kinds of living beings? |
16474 | Who is to gainsay our ecclesiastical authority here? |
16474 | Who shall or can forbid him? |
16474 | Why forget the angel who wrestled with Jacob, and, as the account suggests, somewhat over- stepped the bound of fair play, at the end of the struggle? |
16474 | Why trouble ourselves about matters of which, however important they may be, we do know nothing, and can know nothing? |
16474 | [ 26] Must we suppose, therefore, that the Apostle to the Gentiles has stated that which is false? |
16474 | _ Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence?_ No. |
16474 | and what was_ their_ impression from what they heard? |
16474 | or was he ready to accept anything that fitted in with his preconceived ideas? |
16474 | why call one"plant"and the other"animal"? |
5694 | ... What more shall I say? |
5694 | And even all said, what purpose can be served by the gratuitous hypothesis of contact- action or communicated motion? |
5694 | And how comes it that spirits and fuliginous vapours can pass hither and thither without admixture or confusion? |
5694 | And how should it be otherwise? |
5694 | And how should the arteries of the foetus draw air into their cavities through the abdomen of the mother and the body of the womb? |
5694 | And how should the semiluftars hinder the regress of spirits from the aorta upon each supervening diastole of the heart? |
5694 | And so also of the blood, wherefore does it precede all the rest? |
5694 | And so of all the other kinds of pulse, what may be the cause and indication of each? |
5694 | And then, wherefore is there neither swelling nor repletion of the veins, nor any sign or symptom of attraction or afflux, above the ligature? |
5694 | At the very beginning of these researches, for they reveal an entirely new field, what must be insistently demanded? |
5694 | Besides, how can their diastole draw spirits from the heart to warm the body and its parts, and means of cooling them from without? |
5694 | But how can parts attract in which the heat and life are almost extinct? |
5694 | But immediately afterwards M. Traube adds:"Have we here a confirmation of Pasteur''s theory? |
5694 | But is not the thing rather arranged as it is by the consummate providence of nature? |
5694 | But what is the nature of these vibrios? |
5694 | But what was this disease? |
5694 | But why should it be slower? |
5694 | But, if oxygen destroys the vibrios, how can septicemia exist, since atmospheric air is present everywhere? |
5694 | Can this organized being live without air? |
5694 | Does the blood accumulate below the ligature coming through the veins, or through the arteries, or passing by certain hidden porosities? |
5694 | For how can two bodies mutually connected, which are simultaneously distended, attract or draw anything from one another? |
5694 | How can blood, exposed to air, become septic through the dust the air contains? |
5694 | How can such facts be brought in accord with the germ theory? |
5694 | If the mitral cuspidate valves do not prevent the egress of fuliginous vapours to the lungs, how should they oppose the escape of air? |
5694 | In the same way, in considering the pulse, why should one kind of pulse indicate death, another recovery? |
5694 | In what manner were these dogmas at length exploded? |
5694 | Is PURE PUS, though contained in a smallpox pustule, ever capable of producing the smallpox perfectly? |
5694 | Is the ferment, in every fermentation properly so called, an organized being? |
5694 | Is this last fact to be explained by the greater quantity of yeast formed in B? |
5694 | May not these images be like the shades of the unborn in Virgil''s Elysium-- the archetypes of men not yet called into existence?'' |
5694 | May we not be looking into the womb of Nature, and not her grave? |
5694 | Must we, then, believe that such vibrios are absolutely different from those of butyric fermentations? |
5694 | Nay, has not the blood itself or spirit an obscure palpitation inherent in it, which it has even appeared to me to retain after death? |
5694 | Need we add that this assertion is based on no substantial foundation? |
5694 | On the other hand, in what way ought this crushing to affect the hypothesis of hemi- organism? |
5694 | Or does this, which occurred in my own case, happen from the same cause? |
5694 | Or wherefore is there a pulse in the pulmonary artery? |
5694 | Seeing, therefore, that the moderately tight ligature renders the veins turgid and distended, and the whole hand full of blood, I ask, whence is this? |
5694 | Shall we not be able to account for this on a rational principle?] |
5694 | The question now arose, was this yeast, which had developed wholly as an ordinary fungus, still capable of manifesting the character of a ferment? |
5694 | There may be some among those whom I address who are disposed to ask the question, What course are we to follow in relation to this matter? |
5694 | Was I justified in calling this communication"ON THE EXTENSION OF THE GERM THEORY TO THE ETIOLOGY OF CERTAIN COMMON DISEASES?" |
5694 | What but a difference in the organization of glandular bodies constitutes the difference in the qualities of the fluids secreted? |
5694 | What then do we see, in the results that I have just brought out? |
5694 | What were these results? |
5694 | Where can these corpuscles originate? |
5694 | Why could not this salt equally well support the life of the vibrios? |
5694 | Why do we always find this vessel full of sluggish blood, never of air, whilst in the lungs we find abundance of air remaining? |
5694 | Why does an artery differ so much from a vein in the thickness and strength of its coats? |
5694 | Why does not the pulmonary vein pulsate, seeing that it is numbered among the arteries? |
5694 | Why, for instance, has Dr. Brefeld omitted the facts bearing on the life of the vibrios of butyric fermentation? |
5694 | [ Footnote: In what way are we to account for so great a difference between the two fermentations that we have just described? |
5694 | [ Footnote: What effect would a similar treatment produce in inoculation for the smallpox?] |
5694 | and why was nature reduced to the necessity of adding another ventricle for the sole purpose of nourishing the lungs? |
5694 | closed? |
5694 | how should the mitral valves prevent the regurgitation of air and not of blood? |
5694 | or being simultaneously contracted, receive anything from each other? |
18217 | ''And do you see something like wool or hair on it?'' |
18217 | ''And straw, and wood, and a kind of grass''----''Now, are you joking, mother?'' |
18217 | ''And then what should we do?'' |
18217 | ''And what about the handle?'' |
18217 | ''And what do they do with the grass?'' |
18217 | ''Are you tired of your drawing and painting?'' |
18217 | ''Before you were born, mother?'' |
18217 | ''But how do they get it on here?'' |
18217 | ''But mice live indoors, do they not, and eat cheese, and run about in the walls, and make holes?'' |
18217 | ''But the slate itself,''the mother went on,''where did that come from? |
18217 | ''But what is it wanted here for, Joe?'' |
18217 | ''But, I mean, it must feel, or why should it turn and turn to get the light and warmth?'' |
18217 | ''Chalk?'' |
18217 | ''Did he never catch one?'' |
18217 | ''Did that big plant come out of one little pea?'' |
18217 | ''Do n''t they squeak?'' |
18217 | ''Do n''t you see a tiny dot in each dent? |
18217 | ''Do n''t you think,''said Harry,''that a bit of coal would be a good thing for our mineral box?'' |
18217 | ''Do they ever live out of doors?'' |
18217 | ''Do they know you, Mary?'' |
18217 | ''Do you mean Harry and me?'' |
18217 | ''Do you mean, How do they begin to grow? |
18217 | ''Do you remember, Harry, how cold our hands were in winter when we did sums? |
18217 | ''Do you see they swallow it all at once?'' |
18217 | ''Do you think, Harry,''she asked,''that he would save us if we were buried in the snow?'' |
18217 | ''Does it grow on a tree?'' |
18217 | ''Does it? |
18217 | ''Five? |
18217 | ''Has he a short tail or long tail?'' |
18217 | ''He goes early, then, like the birds?'' |
18217 | ''Here, pussy, would you like some milk?'' |
18217 | ''How do they let the cage down? |
18217 | ''How do you get down?'' |
18217 | ''How do you know all this?'' |
18217 | ''How do you know it is poor?'' |
18217 | ''How does he hold on, mother? |
18217 | ''How old?'' |
18217 | ''How?'' |
18217 | ''I like that sound of tearing off the grass, do n''t you?'' |
18217 | ''If I were to dig for it, should I find any, Jim?'' |
18217 | ''In the dark, mother? |
18217 | ''In the fields?'' |
18217 | ''In this garden?'' |
18217 | ''Is this a riddle?'' |
18217 | ''Is this true?'' |
18217 | ''Lazy sheep, pray tell me why In the pleasant fields you lie, Eating grass and daisies white, From the morning till the night? |
18217 | ''May I look at that knife near you, auntie? |
18217 | ''May I touch your tongue, then, with one of my fingers?'' |
18217 | ''Mother, may we help Jim to get it in? |
18217 | ''Nay, my little fellow, nay, Do not serve me so, I pray: Do n''t you see the wool that grows On my back to make you clothes? |
18217 | ''Nuts? |
18217 | ''Oh, do you mean that the ivy eats and drinks?'' |
18217 | ''Oh, then, they did grow? |
18217 | ''Oh, uncle,''said Harry,''do you think I could come here and help to make needles?'' |
18217 | ''Only sides, then?'' |
18217 | ''Or a bit of slate?'' |
18217 | ''Or a grain of wheat?'' |
18217 | ''Suppose we make a box to keep them in?'' |
18217 | ''That slate? |
18217 | ''Then we can look at their houses?'' |
18217 | ''Then you do n''t buy chalk at a shop?'' |
18217 | ''They are not like trees, are they?'' |
18217 | ''They look like cups, do n''t they?'' |
18217 | ''Was it an animal?'' |
18217 | ''Well, would you say it is like wood, or like stone, or is it metal like the poker? |
18217 | ''Were live things ever in them?'' |
18217 | ''What are all these pretty marks on the leaves, mother, lines crossing about all ways?'' |
18217 | ''What are moulds?'' |
18217 | ''What are those sheep eating over there, at the far end of the field? |
18217 | ''What can he do?'' |
18217 | ''What can mother mean?'' |
18217 | ''What comes next?'' |
18217 | ''What did she do with it?'' |
18217 | ''What did you mean, mother,''Harry asked,''about water in turnips?'' |
18217 | ''What food is there in the ground? |
18217 | ''What happens, mother, when they are in the earth?'' |
18217 | ''What has it to do with cabbage?'' |
18217 | ''What have I cut the pudding with?'' |
18217 | ''What have you in your pockets, father?'' |
18217 | ''What is coffee, mother dear? |
18217 | ''What is it, Harry?'' |
18217 | ''What is sap?'' |
18217 | ''What is the good of them?'' |
18217 | ''What is the oldest thing in this room?'' |
18217 | ''What is the paste made of?'' |
18217 | ''What is your mouth useful for?'' |
18217 | ''What sort of things?'' |
18217 | ''What was it like?'' |
18217 | ''What would mother say to us if we ate without chewing?'' |
18217 | ''Where does coal come from, Jim?'' |
18217 | ''Where?'' |
18217 | ''Which do you think is the next in weight?'' |
18217 | ''Why is it taken to the paper- mill?'' |
18217 | ''Why is this called mustard, mother?'' |
18217 | ''Would you like to take hold of this one?'' |
18217 | ''Would you put in a buttercup?'' |
18217 | A railway- man came with a heavy box on a truck, and when the box was opened, what do you think there was inside? |
18217 | All the leaves look rather like hands, do n''t they? |
18217 | Am I, mother?'' |
18217 | And do you see lines coming away from the middle?'' |
18217 | And what were the boys doing? |
18217 | Are you going? |
18217 | Can you think of another flower that is something like it?'' |
18217 | Did it ever grow?'' |
18217 | Did the man make it?'' |
18217 | Do you dig for it?'' |
18217 | Do you know that a sparrow kills four thousand grubs in one day when her babies are in the nest? |
18217 | Do you know that he never eats? |
18217 | Do you know that the wild rose is the mother of all these? |
18217 | Does it grow?'' |
18217 | Does she know no better?'' |
18217 | Everything can something do; Oh what kind of use are you?'' |
18217 | Have you ever been down?'' |
18217 | Have you ever seen one, mother?'' |
18217 | Have you found a ball in yours?'' |
18217 | How were they hardened? |
18217 | How would you like to have two or three of these peas to plant? |
18217 | Is it a kind of wood, do you think? |
18217 | Is it, mother?'' |
18217 | Little thing, in what dark den, Lie you all the winter sleeping, Till warm weather comes again? |
18217 | Now, what comes next?'' |
18217 | Now, what do you say to this?'' |
18217 | Now, what do you think it could be, mother?'' |
18217 | Shall I tell you as much as I know?'' |
18217 | She asked:''Have you looked at pussy''s eyes?'' |
18217 | There is an engine at the top of the shaft''----''What is the shaft?'' |
18217 | They all look as if they liked it, do n''t they?'' |
18217 | They are not round after all, do you see? |
18217 | They went on putting the paper into the sack for a long time, and then Harry asked:''How was paper made before there was old paper to make it of?'' |
18217 | They were alive once?'' |
18217 | We could not go up a hill like that, could we?'' |
18217 | What are you doing?'' |
18217 | What can it be?'' |
18217 | What could this be? |
18217 | What do you call that part?'' |
18217 | What do you know about chalk?'' |
18217 | What food do the roots find?'' |
18217 | What is it that the brooklets say, Rippling onward day by day? |
18217 | What sort of wood are you making the doll''s house of?'' |
18217 | What was going on? |
18217 | When they are taken out, what do you think they are? |
18217 | Where is your chalk?'' |
18217 | Which shall we pick for her?'' |
18217 | Why are there so many holes in the leaves?'' |
18217 | Why does he shoot them?'' |
18217 | Why is he going into a hole?'' |
18217 | Will you read to us, mother?'' |
18217 | You do n''t like to wet your nice fur, do you?'' |
18217 | You know what a horse- tail is?'' |
18217 | You know what chalk is, do you?'' |
18217 | [ Illustration:''What have you in your pockets, father?''] |
18217 | marbles?'' |
18217 | stones? |
7150 | What is the wind? |
7150 | What is this water, and where does it run? |
7150 | What makes this waves in the sea? |
7150 | Where does this animal live, and what is the use of that plant? |
7150 | ***** If primary and secondary education are in this unsatisfactory state, what is to be said to the universities? |
7150 | A hard- headed friend of mine, who was present, put the not unnatural question,"Then why do n''t you say so in your pulpits?" |
7150 | And by way of a beginning, let us ask ourselves-- What is education? |
7150 | And if he honestly believes that, of what avail is it to quote the commandment against stealing, when he proposes to make the capitalist disgorge? |
7150 | And the result? |
7150 | And this leads me to ask, Why should scientific teaching be limited to week- days? |
7150 | And to the learned, the unlearned man said then, as he does now,"What is the use of all your learning, unless you can tell me what I want to know? |
7150 | And what is that but saying that we too, all of us, as individuals, the more thoroughly we carry it out, shall make the more progress?" |
7150 | And whether, of these English books, more than one in ten is the work of a fellow of a college, or a professor of an English university? |
7150 | And would not Terence stop his ears and run out if he could be present at an English performance of his own plays? |
7150 | And, as involved in, and underlying all these questions, how ought they to be educated? |
7150 | Are we then to fall back on the simple reading of the letter of the Bible? |
7150 | But how does this classification differ from that of the scientific Zoologist? |
7150 | But is an education which ignores them all a liberal education? |
7150 | But is the relative imperfection which exists only such as is necessary, or is it made worse by our practical arrangements? |
7150 | But what then? |
7150 | But why should this seven times heated fiery furnace of theological zeal be so desirous to shed its genial warmth over the London School Board? |
7150 | Can it be that these zealous sectaries mean to evade the solemn pledge given in the Act? |
7150 | Do they afford us the smallest ground for refusing to educate women as well as men-- to give women the same civil and political rights as men? |
7150 | For what does the middle- class school put in the place of all these things which are left out? |
7150 | Given the laboratories, how are the investigators to be maintained? |
7150 | Has any one tried to found such an education? |
7150 | How can a lover of literary excellence fail to rejoice in the ancient masterpieces? |
7150 | How did Harvey determine the nature of the circulation, except by experiment? |
7150 | How did Sir Charles Bell determine the functions of the roots of the spinal nerves, save by experiment? |
7150 | How do we know the use of a nerve at all, except by experiment? |
7150 | How does the meaning of the scientific class- name of"Mammalia"differ from the unscientific of"Beasts"? |
7150 | How is that all too brief period spent at present? |
7150 | How long would he be left uneducated? |
7150 | How much is so applied? |
7150 | How then has this notion of the inexactness of Biological science come about? |
7150 | How, and when, are we justified in making our next step-- a_ deduction_ from it? |
7150 | I reply, why should the thing which has been called education do either the one or the other? |
7150 | I said to myself,"Never mind; what''s the next thing to be done?" |
7150 | If there are Doctors of Music, why should there be no Masters of painting, of Sculpture, of Architecture? |
7150 | In the formulary of the Church of England, might not thirty- eight out of the thirty- nine be very well spared? |
7150 | Indeed, if a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger? |
7150 | Is it good and sufficient, or is it insufficient and bad? |
7150 | Is it then the_ results_ of Biological science which are"inexact"? |
7150 | Is that which may be so applied given to help the poor, who can not pay for education, or does it virtually subsidise the comparatively rich, who can? |
7150 | Is the spirit of change, which is working thus vigorously in the South, likely to affect the Northern Universities, and if so, to what extent? |
7150 | Is this from any lack of power in the English as compared with the German mind? |
7150 | Kant has said that the ultimate object of all knowledge is to give replies to these three questions: What can I do? |
7150 | Now that we have arrived at the origin of this word"Biology,"the next point to consider is: What ground does it cover? |
7150 | Now what does this mean? |
7150 | One is constantly asked, When should this scientific education be commenced? |
7150 | Physiology not an experimental science? |
7150 | Quashie''s plaintive inquiry,"Am I not a man and a brother?" |
7150 | Said I not rightly that we are a wonderful people? |
7150 | Suppose that all these things are desirable, what is the best way of obtaining them? |
7150 | The Quaker listened, and at the close said,"Well, but, friend Southey, when dost thee think?" |
7150 | The child asks,"What is the moon, and why does it shine?" |
7150 | The great issue, about which hangs a true sublimity, and the terror of overhanging fate, is what are you going to do with all these things? |
7150 | The next question to which I have to address myself is, What sciences ought to be thus taught? |
7150 | Then I ask,"What are the circumstances of the case, and how was the teaching carried out?" |
7150 | Then you may say,"If that is so, if the education was scientific, why can not you be satisfied with it?" |
7150 | To this my reply is, Why should I, when that statement was made seven years ago? |
7150 | Was any human being wiser for learning that magic formula? |
7150 | Was he not more foolish, inasmuch as he was deluded into taking words for knowledge? |
7150 | Well, what have you to master in those four years upon my supposition? |
7150 | What career is open to those who have been thus encouraged to leave bread- winning pursuits? |
7150 | What have we to do in every- day life? |
7150 | What is his handicraft? |
7150 | What is the cause of this wonderful difference between the dead particle and the living particle of matter appearing in other respects identical? |
7150 | What is the object of medical education? |
7150 | What is the range and position of Physiological Science as a branch of knowledge, and what is its value as a means of mental discipline? |
7150 | What is to be the end to which these are to be the means? |
7150 | What may I hope for? |
7150 | What ought I to do? |
7150 | What ought they to be allowed, or not allowed, to do, be, and suffer? |
7150 | What science can present greater attractions than philology? |
7150 | What social and political rights have women? |
7150 | What was the nature of this air? |
7150 | What, think you, would Cicero, or Horace, say to the production of the best sixth form going? |
7150 | When does the unhappy pupil teacher, or over- drilled student of a training college, find any time to think? |
7150 | Where is such an education as this to be had? |
7150 | Where is there any approximation to it? |
7150 | Who hath it? |
7150 | Why not make him belong to the Iron and Steel Institute, and learn something about cutlery, because he uses knives? |
7150 | Why should he not? |
7150 | Why should we be worse off under one_ régime_ than under the other? |
7150 | Why, there is not a function of a single organ in the body which has not been determined wholly and solely by experiment? |
7150 | Will you give a man with this much information a vote? |
7150 | Would such a catastrophe destroy the parallel? |
7150 | You may ask, by what authority do I venture, being a person not concerned in the practice of medicine, to meddle with that subject? |
7150 | that difference to which we give the name of Life? |
6414 | *([ Footnote]* Need it be said that this is Tennyson''s English for Homer''s Greek?) 6414 Again, what simpler, or more absolutely practical, than the attempt to keep the axle of a wheel from heating when the wheel turns round very fast? 6414 And how has it fared withPhysick"and Anatomy? |
6414 | And the second is: How has it been perpetuated? |
6414 | And what has made this difference? |
6414 | And, after all, is it quite so certain that a genetic relation may not underlie the classification of minerals? |
6414 | Are all the grandest and most interesting problems which offer themselves to the geological student essentially insoluble? |
6414 | Are natural causes competent to play the part of selection in perpetuating varieties? |
6414 | Are these truths ultimate and irresolvable facts, or are their complexities and perplexities the mere expressions of a higher law? |
6414 | But I imagine I hear the question, How is all this to be tested? |
6414 | But can we go no further than that? |
6414 | But has this been done? |
6414 | But how is this remarkable propulsive machine made to perform its functions? |
6414 | But in the next place comes a much more difficult inquiry:--Are the causes indicated competent to give rise to the phenomena of organic nature? |
6414 | But is it not possible to apply a test whereby a true species may be known from a mere variety? |
6414 | But is the analogy a real one? |
6414 | But is the like true of the physiological characteristics of animals? |
6414 | But is this really so? |
6414 | But now what manner of creatures are these which form these hard skeletons? |
6414 | But suppose we prefer to admit our ignorance rather than adopt a hypothesis at variance with all the teachings of Nature? |
6414 | But the plague? |
6414 | But the question now is:--Does selection take place in nature? |
6414 | But to how much has man really access? |
6414 | But what does this attempt to construct a universal history of the globe imply? |
6414 | But what has grown out of this search for natural knowledge of so merely useful a character? |
6414 | But what more have we to guide us in nine- tenths of the most important affairs of daily life than hypotheses, and often very ill- based ones? |
6414 | But what proportion is there between the structural alteration and the functional result? |
6414 | But where does the grass, or the oat, or any other plant, obtain this nourishing food- producing material? |
6414 | But whither does all this tend? |
6414 | But why does a muscle contract at one time and not at another? |
6414 | Can either be shown to fill up or diminish, to any appreciable extent, the structural interval which exists between Man and the man- like apes? |
6414 | Can we find any approximation to this in the different races known to be produced by selective breeding from a common stock? |
6414 | Could not a sensible child confute by obvious arguments, the shallow rhetoricians who would force this conclusion upon us? |
6414 | Did M. Flourens ever visit one of the prettiest watering- places of"la belle France,"the Baie d''Arcachon? |
6414 | Did either of these original specimens, on which Von Wurmb''s descriptions are based, ever reach Europe? |
6414 | Do the physiological differences of varieties amount in degree to those observed between forms which naturalists call distinct species? |
6414 | Does Nature acknowledge, in any deeper way, this unity of plan we seem to trace? |
6414 | For what are the phenomena of Agamogenesis, stated generally? |
6414 | Has not his Paley told him that that seemingly useless organ, the spleen, is beautifully adjusted as so much packing between the other organs? |
6414 | How are the Cretaceous Ichthyosauria, Plesiosauria, or Pterosauria less embryonic, or more differentiated, species than those of the Lias? |
6414 | How could that operation of selection, which is his essential function, be carried out by mere natural agencies? |
6414 | How do you know that the laws of Nature are not suspended during the night? |
6414 | How do you know that the man who really made the marks took the spoons? |
6414 | How then is the production of new species to be rendered intelligible by the analogy of Agamogenesis? |
6414 | How, then, is mud formed? |
6414 | If you find any record of changes taking place at''b'', did they occur before any events which took place while''a''was being deposited? |
6414 | In the first place, do these supposed causes of the phenomena exist in nature? |
6414 | In the first place, what is a species? |
6414 | Is he in the position of a scientific Tantalus-- doomed always to thirst for a knowledge which he can not obtain? |
6414 | Is he something apart? |
6414 | Is it any more than a grandiloquent way of announcing the fact, that we really know nothing about the matter? |
6414 | Is it not probable that teachers, in pursuing such studies, will be led astray from the acquirement of more important but less attractive knowledge? |
6414 | Is it satisfactorily proved, in fact, that species may be originated by selection? |
6414 | Is mother- love vile because a hen shows it, or fidelity base because dogs possess it? |
6414 | Is paleontology able to succeed where physical geology fails? |
6414 | Is such a universal history, then, to be regarded as unattainable? |
6414 | Is there among the plants the same primitive form of organization, and is that identical with that of the animal kingdom? |
6414 | Is there any test of a physiological species? |
6414 | Is there no criterion of species? |
6414 | Is this sound reasoning? |
6414 | It is the question, why should training masters be encouraged to acquire a knowledge of this, or any other branch of physical science? |
6414 | Let us take these points separately; and, first, what great ideas has natural knowledge introduced into men''s minds? |
6414 | No doubt it is a pretty and ingenious way of looking at the structure of any animal; but is it anything more? |
6414 | Now, how many of those are absolutely extinct? |
6414 | Now, the next problem that lies before us-- and it is an extremely important one-- is this: Does this selective breeding occur in nature? |
6414 | Now, what is the effect of this oscillation? |
6414 | Now, what is the result of all this? |
6414 | O solidite de l''esprit Francais, que devenez- vous?" |
6414 | O solidite de l''esprit Francais, que devenez- vous?" |
6414 | On what amount of similarity of their faunae is the doctrine of the contemporaneity of the European and of the North American Silurians based? |
6414 | Or does he differ less from them than they differ from one another, and hence must take his place in the same order with them? |
6414 | Or may I not rather ask, is it possible for you to discharge your functions properly without these aids? |
6414 | Or to turn to the higher Vertebrata-- in what sense are the Liassic Chelonia inferior to those which now exist? |
6414 | Or, suppose for a moment we admit the explanation, and then seriously ask ourselves how much the wiser are we; what does the explanation explain? |
6414 | Shall Biology alone remain out of harmony with her sister sciences? |
6414 | So what is the use of what you have done?" |
6414 | Surely, the principles involved in them are now admitted among the fixed beliefs of all thinking men? |
6414 | Surely, there is nothing in these explanations which is not fully borne out by the facts? |
6414 | That is to say, how many of these orders of animals have lived at a former period of the world''s history, but have at present no representatives? |
6414 | The first is: How has organic or living matter commenced its existence? |
6414 | The first question of course is, Do they thus return to the primitive stock? |
6414 | The great new question would be,"How does all this take place?" |
6414 | Then how can you possibly account for the curious circular form of the atolls by any supposition of this kind? |
6414 | Was the oldest''Homo sapiens''pliocene or miocene, or yet more ancient? |
6414 | Well, then, the yeast plant being essential to the production of fermentation, where does the yeast plant come from? |
6414 | What are these"dunes"? |
6414 | What are those inductions and deductions, and how have you got at this hypothesis? |
6414 | What books shall I read? |
6414 | What if species should offer residual phenomena, here and there, not explicable by natural selection? |
6414 | What if the orbit of Darwinism should be a little too circular? |
6414 | What is Mr. Darwin''s hypothesis? |
6414 | What is he doing? |
6414 | What is it originates, directs, and controls the motive power? |
6414 | What is it that constitutes and makes man what he is? |
6414 | What is the purpose of primary intellectual education? |
6414 | What is the use, it is said, of attempting to make physical science a branch of primary education? |
6414 | What is this very speech that we are talking about? |
6414 | What meaning has this fact upon any other hypothesis or supposition than one of successive modification? |
6414 | What more harmless than the attempt to lift and distribute water by pumping it; what more absolutely and grossly utilitarian? |
6414 | What relation have these two facts to one another? |
6414 | What was the reason of this? |
6414 | What will be the result, then? |
6414 | What will come of a variation when you breed from it, when Atavism comes, if I may say so, to intersect variation? |
6414 | What, then, takes place? |
6414 | When I examine it, what appears to be the most striking character it presents? |
6414 | Where in nature was the analogue of the breeder to be found? |
6414 | Where, then, must we look for primaeval Man? |
6414 | Why does one whole group of muscles contract when the lobster wishes to extend his tail, and another group when he desires to bend it? |
6414 | Your friend says to you,"But how do you know that?" |
6414 | and what is the evidence on which those fundamental propositions demand our assent? |
6414 | is there anything like the operation of man in exercising selective breeding, taking place in nature? |
6414 | or what is really the state of the case? |
6414 | said his opponents;"but what do you know you may be doing when you heat the air over the water in this way? |
6414 | that none of the phenomena exhibited by species are inconsistent with the origin of species in this way? |
6414 | that there is such a thing as natural selection? |
6414 | what are the fundamental assumptions upon which they all logically depend? |
15905 | But what is it that I have been doing? 15905 How do you know that the Lord doeth it?" |
15905 | What made the Mahommedan world? 15905 When I brake the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces took ye up? |
15905 | )[ 42] There is also a good deal said about a very questionable blind man-- one Albricus( Alberich?) |
15905 | And having made his election, what reasons has he to give for his choice? |
15905 | And if he is not, in what sense has this part of the uniformitarian doctrine, as he defines it, lowered its pretensions to represent scientific truth? |
15905 | And if so, how can agnosticism be the"mere negation of the physicist"? |
15905 | And now, what is to be said to Mr. Harrison''s remarkable deliverance"On the future of agnosticism"? |
15905 | And what is historical truth but that of which the evidence bears strict scientific investigation? |
15905 | And what is the state of things we find disclosed? |
15905 | And what made the Christian world? |
15905 | And what was the exact nature of the advice given? |
15905 | And when the seven among the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces took ye up? |
15905 | And, finally, how is this account to be reconciled with those in the first and third gospels-- which, as we have seen, disagree with one another? |
15905 | Are the authors of the versions in the second and third gospels really independent witnesses? |
15905 | Are there then any Christians who say that they know nothing about the unseen world and the future? |
15905 | Are there, then, any"conclusions"that are not"purely mental"? |
15905 | Are we going back to the days of the Judges, when wealthy Micah set up his private ephod, teraphim, and Levite? |
15905 | Are we to accept the Jesus of the second, or the Jesus of the fourth Gospel, as the true Jesus? |
15905 | But if the primitive Nazarenes of whom the Acts speak were orthodox Jews, what sort of probability can there be that Jesus was anything else? |
15905 | But is it true? |
15905 | But to how much does this so- called claim amount? |
15905 | But what conceivable motive could"Mark"have for omitting it? |
15905 | But what is the evidence in this case? |
15905 | But why all this more recent coil about the Gadarene swine and the like? |
15905 | But why should a man be expected to call himself a"miscreant"or an"infidel"? |
15905 | But will any one tell me that death is"necessary"? |
15905 | By whose authority is the signification of that term defined? |
15905 | CONTENTS: What Knowledge is of most Worth? |
15905 | CREATION OR EVOLUTION? |
15905 | Cosmas and Damianus? |
15905 | Did Peter then omit to mention these matters? |
15905 | Did he really fail to speak of the great position in the Church solemnly assigned to him by Jesus? |
15905 | Did he think it, at any subsequent time, worth while"to confer with flesh and blood,"or, in modern phrase, to re- examine the facts for himself? |
15905 | Did the fact testified by the oldest authority extant, that the first appearance of the risen Jesus was to himself seem not worth mentioning? |
15905 | Do you pretend that these poor animals got in your way, years and years after the"Mosaic"fences were down, at any rate so far as you are concerned? |
15905 | Does he hold by the one evangelist''s story, or by that of the two evangelists? |
15905 | Does he really mean to suggest that agnostics have a logic peculiar to themselves? |
15905 | For what is the adverse case? |
15905 | Got in my way? |
15905 | Has Nominalism, in any of its modifications, so completely won the day that Realism may be regarded as dead and buried without hope of resurrection? |
15905 | Has any one then yet seen the production of negroes from a white stock, or_ vice versâ_? |
15905 | Has it now a merely antiquarian interest? |
15905 | How can he have founded the universal religion which was not heard of till twenty years after his death? |
15905 | I am sorry to trouble him further, but what does he mean by"it"? |
15905 | I ask any candid and impartial judge, Is that attacking anybody or anything? |
15905 | I rejoice to think now of the( then) Bishop''s cordial hail the first time we met after our little skirmish,"Well, is it to be peace or war?" |
15905 | If God did not walk in the Garden of Eden, how can we be assured that he spoke from Sinai? |
15905 | If early views of religion and morality had not been imperfect, where had been the development? |
15905 | If it is not historically true that such and such things happened in Palestine eighteen centuries ago, what becomes of Christianity? |
15905 | If such materials were known to"Mark,"what imaginable reason could he have for not using them? |
15905 | If symbolical visions and mythical creations had found no place in the early Oriental expression of Divine truth, where had been the development? |
15905 | If the latter is to be accepted, or rejected, by private judgment, why not the former? |
15905 | If the story of the Fall is not the true record of an historical occurrence, what becomes of Pauline theology? |
15905 | If, he says, there are texts which seem to show that Jesus contemplated the evangelisation of the heathen:... Did not the Apostles hear our Lord? |
15905 | In one''s zeal much of the old gets broken to pieces; but has one made ready something new, fit to be set in the place of the old? |
15905 | Is he the kindly, peaceful Christ depicted in the Catacombs? |
15905 | Is it contained in the so- called Apostle''s Creed? |
15905 | Is it not certain that the Apostles did not gather this truth from His teaching? |
15905 | Is it that contained in the Nicene and the Athanasian Creeds? |
15905 | Is such a thing even conceivable? |
15905 | Is there a Social Science? |
15905 | Is there"no relation to things social"in"mental conclusions"which affect men''s whole conception of life? |
15905 | Melanchthon, Ulrich von Hutten, Beza, were they not all humanists? |
15905 | Might not there, however, be a suspension of a lower law by the intervention of a higher? |
15905 | Much astonished at this remark from a person who was supposed not to have seen the relics, Eginhard asked him how he knew that? |
15905 | Now what is a Christian? |
15905 | On what grounds can a reasonable man be asked to believe any more? |
15905 | Or can he be rightly represented by the bleeding ascetic, broken down by physical pain, of too many mediæval pictures? |
15905 | Really? |
15905 | So, if I am asked to call myself an"infidel,"I reply: To what doctrine do you ask me to be faithful? |
15905 | Still more, on the first day, when it is nothing but a flat cellular disk? |
15905 | The plain answer to this question is, Why should anybody be called upon to say how he knows that which he does not know? |
15905 | The preacher asks,"Might not there be a suspension of a lower law by the intervention of a higher?" |
15905 | The question for me is purely one of evidence: is the evidence adequate to bear out the theory, or is it not? |
15905 | To this the priest,"Whence art thou, then, if these are not thy parents?" |
15905 | WHAT IS ELECTRICITY? |
15905 | Was Augustine heretical when he denied the actual historical truth of the record of the Creation? |
15905 | Was not the arch- humanist, Erasmus, fautor- in- chief of the Reformation, until he got frightened and basely deserted it? |
15905 | Was not the name of"Christian"first used to denote the converts to the doctrine promulgated by Paul and Barnabas at Antioch? |
15905 | Was not their chief,"James, the brother of the Lord,"reverenced alike by Sadducee, Pharisee, and Nazarene? |
15905 | Was that prince of agnostics, David Hume, particularly imbued with physical science? |
15905 | Were Gentile converts bound to obey the Law or not? |
15905 | Were none others current in the Roman communities, at the time"Mark"wrote, supposing he wrote in Rome? |
15905 | Were these all that existed in the primitive threefold tradition? |
15905 | What do we find when the accounts of the events in question, contained in the three Synoptic gospels, are compared together? |
15905 | What is the"entire question"which"arises"in a"narrowed form"upon"secular testimony"? |
15905 | What is to hinder our supposing that the organic creation is also a result of natural laws which are in like manner an expression of His will? |
15905 | What line of my writing can the Duke of Argyll produce which confounds the organic with the inorganic? |
15905 | What more intrinsic claim has the story of the Exodus than that of the Deluge, to belief? |
15905 | What, then, was that labour of unsurpassed magnitude and excellence and of immortal influence which Newton did perform? |
15905 | Where are the secret conspirators against this tyranny, whom I am supposed to favour, and yet not have the courage to join openly? |
15905 | Who is to gainsay our ecclesiastical authority here? |
15905 | Who shall or can forbid him? |
15905 | Who was it? |
15905 | Why should not your friend"levitate"? |
15905 | Will their brethren follow their just and prudent guidance? |
15905 | Would not an English court of justice speedily teach him better? |
15905 | [ 44] Must we suppose, therefore, that the Apostle to the Gentiles has stated that which is false? |
15905 | and what was_ their_ impression from what they heard? |
15905 | or was he ready to accept anything that fitted in with his preconceived ideas? |
5726 | Auntie,she said,"what for it rain inside?" |
5726 | 47)? |
5726 | Again, if I speak to you, how does the sound reach you ear? |
5726 | Again, if I were to put this basin on the stove till all the water had boiled away, where would my drop be then? |
5726 | Again, on a windy night have you not heard the wind sounding a wild, sad note down a valley? |
5726 | Again, what are those curious sounds you may hear sometimes if you rest your head on a trunk in the forest? |
5726 | All this is what is going on outside your ear, but what is happening in your ear itself? |
5726 | And have you any curiosity about''Chemical action,''which works such wonders in air, and land, and sea? |
5726 | And how do you think it is set going? |
5726 | And is there nothing beyond this? |
5726 | And now how large do you think they turn out to be? |
5726 | And now, can you understand why sea- water should taste salt and bitter? |
5726 | And now, what has Ice got to do with the sculpturing of the land? |
5726 | And the life of the plant? |
5726 | And then say, can you fear for your own little life, even though it may have its troubles? |
5726 | And what use is made of the water which we have kept waiting all this time in the leaves? |
5726 | And when you arrived there, how large do you think you would find him to be? |
5726 | Are not these tiny invisible messengers coming incessantly from the sun as wonderful as any fairies? |
5726 | But are they gone for ever? |
5726 | But do we know the history of how they are formed, or what is the use of the different parts of the bud? |
5726 | But have you never seen this water spell- bound and motionless? |
5726 | But how about ice? |
5726 | But how about the coal itself? |
5726 | But how come they to find any empty space to receive them? |
5726 | But how does it grow? |
5726 | But how, then, comes it that I can lift it so easily? |
5726 | But its own pollen is all gone, how then will it get any? |
5726 | But meanwhile, how is new protoplasm to be formed? |
5726 | But people often ask, what is the use of learning all this? |
5726 | But perhaps you will ask, if no one has ever seen these waves not the ether in which they are made, what right have we to say they are there? |
5726 | But tell me, can you see gas before it is lighted, even when it is coming out of the gas- jet close to your eyes? |
5726 | But tell me, does it lead you to love my piece of coral? |
5726 | But we are as yet no nearer the answer to the question, What is a sunbeam? |
5726 | But we have an invisible veil protecting us, made- of what do you think? |
5726 | But we will not be like these, we will open our eyes and ask,"What are these forces or fairies, and how can we see them?" |
5726 | But what becomes of the carbon? |
5726 | But what becomes of the dissolved chalk and other substances? |
5726 | But what fairies are they which have been at work here? |
5726 | But what has this to do with sculpture or cutting out of valleys? |
5726 | But what is it that has changed these beds of dead plants into hard, stony coal? |
5726 | But when it joins itself in this way to its companions, from whom it was parted for a time, does it come back clear and transparent as it left them? |
5726 | But where are the anthers, and where is the stigma? |
5726 | But where does the heat come from which makes this water invisible? |
5726 | But why should the primroses have such golden crowns? |
5726 | Can science bring any tale to match this? |
5726 | Can you help feeling a part of this guided and governed nature? |
5726 | Can you imagine these water- particles, just above any pond or lake, rising up and getting entangled among the air- atoms? |
5726 | Can you picture tiny sunbeam- waves of light and heat travelling from the sun to the earth? |
5726 | Can you tell me why it grows? |
5726 | Did you ever try to run races on a very windy day? |
5726 | Do these then too make waves all across the enormous distance between them and us? |
5726 | Do they come from the glass? |
5726 | Do you care to know how another strange fairy,''Electricity,''flings the lightning across the sky and causes the rumbling thunder? |
5726 | Do you know why we hear a buzzing, as the gnat, the bee, or the cockchafer fly past? |
5726 | Do you never feel tired and"out of sorts,"and want to creep away from your companions, because they are merry and you are not? |
5726 | Do you not remember that the air- atoms are always trying to fly apart, and are only kept pressed together by the weight of air above them? |
5726 | Do you remember how we noticed at the beginning of the lecture that a bee always likes to visit the same kind of plant in one journey? |
5726 | Do you see now how foolish it is to live in rooms that are closely shut up, or to hide your head under the bedclothes when you sleep? |
5726 | Do you think we have now rightly answered the question- What is a sunbeam? |
5726 | First, then, can we discover what air is? |
5726 | For where in the whole world, except indeed upon an anthill, can we find so busy, so industrious, or so orderly a community as among the bees? |
5726 | Had not even this little child some real picture in her mind of invisible water coming from her mouth, and making drops upon the window- pane? |
5726 | Have we anything like them living in the world now? |
5726 | Have you any picture in your mind of the coral animal, its home, or its manner of working? |
5726 | Have you ever amused yourself with trying how many different sounds you can distinguish if you listen at an open window in a busy street? |
5726 | Have you ever heard that invisible waves are travelling every second over the space between the sun and us? |
5726 | Have you ever seen the little club moss or Lycopodium which grows all over England, but chiefly in the north, on heaths and mountains? |
5726 | Have you ever thought why dew forms, or what power has been at work scattering the sparkling drops upon the grass? |
5726 | Have you ever tried to pick limpets off a rock? |
5726 | Have you forgotten our giant force,"gravitation,"which draws things together from a distance? |
5726 | Have you never watched the waves breaking upon a beach in a heavy storm? |
5726 | Have you not observed that different flowers open and close at different times? |
5726 | Having now learned what air is, the next question which presents itself is, Why does it stay round our earth? |
5726 | Hearken to the brook as it flows by, watch the flower- buds opening one by one, and then ask yourself,"How all this is done?" |
5726 | How did they come there? |
5726 | How do these blows of the air speak to your brain? |
5726 | How far away from us do you think he is? |
5726 | How has all this history been worked out from the shapeless stone? |
5726 | How have these crystals been built up? |
5726 | How is it then, that if all these different waves making different colours, hit on our eye, they do not always make us see coloured light? |
5726 | How is it to get this water up into the stem and leaves, seeing that the whole plant is made of closed bags or cells? |
5726 | How will the bee touch them? |
5726 | How, then, has the sound been produced? |
5726 | If I put it in the sunlight which is streaming through the window, what happens? |
5726 | If the air gets less and less dense as it is farther from the earth, where does it stop altogether? |
5726 | If you have any wish to know and make friends of these invisible forces, the next question is How are you to enter the fairy- land of science? |
5726 | Is coal made of burnt plants, then? |
5726 | Is it not that things happen so suddenly, so mysteriously, and without man having anything to do with it? |
5726 | Is not the sunbeam so dear to us that it has become a household word for all that is merry and gay? |
5726 | Is not this a fairy tale of nature? |
5726 | Is not this wonderful, going on as it does at every sound you hear? |
5726 | It seems likely, when we find roots below and leaves and stems above, that the middle is made of plants, but can we prove it? |
5726 | Now look at my plant again, and tell me if we have not already found a curious history? |
5726 | Now, do you believe in, and care for, my fairy- land? |
5726 | Now, has it ever occurred to you to think what sounds is, and how it is that we hear all these things? |
5726 | Stop for a moment and rest, and ask yourself, what is the wind? |
5726 | Tell me, have you any idea where this drop has been? |
5726 | Tell me, why do you love fairy- land? |
5726 | Tell me; what has become of the rain- drops? |
5726 | The next question is, what kind of plants were these? |
5726 | The sun is more than ninety- one millions of miles away; how has he touched the rain- drops? |
5726 | The waves, however, do not only roar as they dash on the ground; have you never noticed how they seem to scream as they draw back down the beach? |
5726 | Upon what then is the plant to live? |
5726 | Week 12 Can we form any idea why the crystals build themselves up so systematically? |
5726 | Week 18 But why then do we not hear all sounds as music? |
5726 | Week 9 But why will it not remain more than 30 inches high in the tube? |
5726 | What are these colours? |
5726 | What are they doing there? |
5726 | What do you think is the reason of this? |
5726 | What fairies are at work here? |
5726 | What forms will it take before it reappears in the rain- cloud, the river, or the sparkling dew? |
5726 | What has been happening here? |
5726 | What has been happening here? |
5726 | What is it, and why is this protoplasm always active and busy? |
5726 | What is that note answering her? |
5726 | What is their use? |
5726 | What is this little green tip peeping up out of the ground under the snowy covering? |
5726 | What makes it become larger? |
5726 | What makes the air restless? |
5726 | What power has been at work arranging their delicate forms? |
5726 | What will happen when they get there? |
5726 | What, then, becomes of all this water? |
5726 | What, you will ask, is this too the work of the sunbeams? |
5726 | When you have reached and entered the gates of science, how are you to use and enjoy this new and beautiful land? |
5726 | Where do the drops come from? |
5726 | Where does the heat come from? |
5726 | Where would it go? |
5726 | Who can say that he is not a great invisible giant, always silently and invisibly toiling in great things and small whether we wake or sleep? |
5726 | Why am I not conscious of the weight? |
5726 | Why are some mere noise, and others clear musical notes? |
5726 | Why do the coals burn and give out a glowing light? |
5726 | Why do you think it sounds so much louder and more musical here than when it is blowing across the plain? |
5726 | Why does it blow sometimes one way and sometimes another, and sometimes not at all? |
5726 | Why does it sing so sweetly, while the wide deep river makes no noise? |
5726 | Why is this? |
5726 | Why is this? |
5726 | Why is this? |
5726 | Why is this? |
5726 | Why is this? |
5726 | Why is this? |
5726 | Why should it sound in one particular tone when all kinds of sound- waves must be surging about in the disturbed air? |
5726 | Why, then, do not all the atoms of oxygen and nitrogen fly away from our earth into space, and leave us without any air? |
5726 | Why? |
5726 | Yes, but how? |
5726 | You have surely heard of gravitation, by which the sun holds the earth and the planets, and keeps them moving round him in regular order? |
5726 | and why are they round, or rather slightly oval? |
5726 | and why have the things in the room become visible by such slow degrees? |
5726 | do you see now the reason why pan- pipes give different sounds, or even the hole at the end of a common key when you blow across it? |
5726 | how does the sun touch our earth? |
5726 | or if they were behind a hedge, and he could not see them, would not the sweet scent tell him where to come and look for them? |
5726 | what changes it has undergone, and what work it has been doing during all the long ages that water has lain on the face of the earth? |
5726 | what is its charm? |
5726 | what makes it spread out its leaves and add to its stalk day by day? |
5726 | where it finds its food? |
5726 | why should it not lie still all round the earth? |
16775 | And you can not pretend,said I to him in_ my_ turn,"to see better than an astronomer by profession? |
16775 | But since the Koran allows you to repudiate even legitimate wives, why do you not send back three of them to their parents? |
16775 | Do they live together on a good understanding? |
16775 | Do you know that you have behaved in this affair like a young inexperienced man, or, to speak out, like a blunderer? 16775 Do you know the accused?" |
16775 | Do you know,said the great lady as soon as she saw him,"a Eulogy of Gresset recently published? |
16775 | Finally,said the examiner to me,"how do you determine the tension of the various cords of which a funicular machine is composed?" |
16775 | Grenadier, what is your name? |
16775 | How many legitimate wives have you? |
16775 | In a word, what country is it? |
16775 | Is much expected of the candidates? |
16775 | Is that indeed your answer, and am I to communicate it to the king? |
16775 | M. Leboullenger,said the professor to him,"you have seen the moon?" |
16775 | They are in great haste,said he;"what will you gain by carrying matters to extremities? |
16775 | What do you think of my enterprise? |
16775 | What have you done? |
16775 | What is that? |
16775 | What is your name, sir? |
16775 | What school is that? |
16775 | What science do you cultivate? |
16775 | What would you wish me to do? |
16775 | Whence do you come? |
16775 | Where is the surgeon,I said to him,"who operated on you?" |
16775 | Who, then, cut off your arm? |
16775 | Why did you choose it? 16775 Why? |
16775 | Would you punish me, sir, because nature has endowed me with the gift of languages? 16775 You are not French then?" |
16775 | --"A duty you say? |
16775 | And yet after all, was it not a fit subject for discussion, whether, these double nominations are of any real utility? |
16775 | Are you satisfied, señor?" |
16775 | As for myself, I think it would be puerile to stop at such a difficulty; have we not leaped high over other difficulties far more embarrassing? |
16775 | Bakri often came to the French Consulate to talk of our affairs with M. Dubois Thainville:"What can you want?" |
16775 | Besides, with double, triple, and quadruple academicians, what would eventually become of the justly boasted unity of the Institute? |
16775 | Between these two extreme positions, how does the diminution of the emissive power operate? |
16775 | But has the converse proposition the same certainty? |
16775 | But might not other forces, by combining with attraction, produce gradually increasing perturbations as Newton and Euler dreaded? |
16775 | But ought we in reality to be astonished at it? |
16775 | But was his promise absolute? |
16775 | But what purpose would philosophy serve, if it did not teach us to conquer our passions? |
16775 | Can it be said, after this, that great men are not subject to strange weaknesses? |
16775 | Could the effect of imagination go so far? |
16775 | Could the two murders committed in the morning be imputed to these men? |
16775 | Did not Plutarch immortalize himself by preserving noble actions and fine sentiments from oblivion? |
16775 | Do you not see, moreover, that this would expose us to the resentment of all those who obey the orders of this redoubted chief? |
16775 | Does it create surprise that it required more than fifteen years to obtain the grant of this most reasonable demand? |
16775 | Does not this suffice to justify the unusual ardour of my conduct? |
16775 | Does this body launch out incessantly in every direction a part of its own substance? |
16775 | Had the petitioners, by assembling on the Champ de Mars, violated any law? |
16775 | Had these forms been violated? |
16775 | Had they committed some assassinations? |
16775 | He answered immediately,"You do not surely pretend to observe better with your bad telescope than I did with my_ Dollond_?" |
16775 | He did not know Latin? |
16775 | How could I forget here the last secretary of the original Academy? |
16775 | How happens it, after such exact observations, that few astronomers now admit the existence of active volcanoes in the moon? |
16775 | I exclaimed;"what could lead you, when it was not your profession, to perform this operation?" |
16775 | I jumped down from my camp bed, and, seizing my servant by the throat,--"Are you mad?" |
16775 | I will endeavour to reproduce this dialogue with all possible fidelity:--"Who are you?" |
16775 | If Fourier honoured himself by refusing to obey certain orders, what are we to think of the minister of the interior from whom those orders emanated? |
16775 | In what did these lenses differ from the double convex lenses? |
16775 | Is it gradually diminishing in volume and mass? |
16775 | Is light an emanation from the sun? |
16775 | Is there any relation between the final temperatures and the distances of the different particles of the bar from the extremity directly heated? |
16775 | Moreover, have not unpublished and very valuable documents come to shed bright colours, just where the spirit of party had spread a thick veil? |
16775 | Must we speak of false characters, perverse hearts, that seemed to regard errors and abuses as their patrimony?" |
16775 | Must we suspect jealousy to have been at work? |
16775 | Napoleon said to him, sneeringly:--"The entire Senate, then, is to merge in the Institute?" |
16775 | Our colleague was informed of this, and the question,"Have you been in Egypt?" |
16775 | People will say to me, What are your claims for daring to modify a page of our revolutionary history, on which every one seemed agreed? |
16775 | Shall I confess it? |
16775 | Should they lightly make just sentiments of disgust and indignation rest upon an immense class of citizens? |
16775 | Some days after Bailly went to pay her a visit; did he hope to hear her speak favourably of the new work? |
16775 | Such is the fact: what says theory? |
16775 | Tell me if I can travel at night? |
16775 | Tell me whether I have any thing to fear from your confederates?" |
16775 | The Grand Master of the Ceremonies having remarked it, approaching Bailly said to him,"You heard the king''s order, Sir?" |
16775 | The National Guard? |
16775 | The Tribunals? |
16775 | The electors in the passage quoted do not enunciate a different opinion: where then is the contradiction? |
16775 | The new historian adds:"How could the Mayor alone labour under this delusion? |
16775 | They availed themselves of this omission( will it be believed?) |
16775 | To lead our colleague to make inexact declarations, or to concealments from a feeling of imminent personal danger? |
16775 | To make virtue finally stagger? |
16775 | To merit the epithet of diffident, must we think ourselves beneath the competitors of whom we are at least the equals? |
16775 | To suggest the thought to him to save his own head at the expense of that of an unhappy woman? |
16775 | To the professors of the art? |
16775 | To the question"Who is there?" |
16775 | To whom should we impute the long duration of this vicious and inhuman organization? |
16775 | Was it at least permitted to depend on the regular armed force? |
16775 | Was it owing to chance that attestations were wanting for the miracles at the Cemetery of St. Médard? |
16775 | Was it requisite, without any sort of proof, to impute to the mass of the people the infernal cynicism of cannibals? |
16775 | Was it thus in the pretended phenomena of animal magnetism? |
16775 | Was the meeting illegal? |
16775 | Was the truth, the strict truth, not sufficiently distressing? |
16775 | Was this a real tint, or did the central reddish body, only through contrast, make the surrounding vapour appear to be coloured? |
16775 | Was this an incident, I ask, to exclaim so much against? |
16775 | Were more important functions reserved for him? |
16775 | Were our colleagues really acquainted with the object of this expedition? |
16775 | Were such great discordances due to the disturbing action of the planets? |
16775 | What are the relations of a curved line to the straight line that is a tangent to it?" |
16775 | What could I add to such an eulogium? |
16775 | What could I say to him? |
16775 | What could be more simple, however? |
16775 | What could be opposed to them? |
16775 | What did they hope for? |
16775 | What happens then? |
16775 | What have you to reproach me with?" |
16775 | What is the distance of the sun from the earth? |
16775 | What remains then of his pamphlet? |
16775 | What signified, after all, this or that qualification of this monstrous trial? |
16775 | What was it in fact? |
16775 | What was the cause of this sudden change? |
16775 | What was the true motive for such a strange measure? |
16775 | What were those for which the public was indebted to the direct exertions of Bailly? |
16775 | What, then, was wanting to the memory of our colleague? |
16775 | Whence did you get it?" |
16775 | Whence then had the illustrious naturalist derived such a great affection for Maury, such violent antipathies against Sedaine? |
16775 | Who had not seen with his own eyes enterprises of a truly desperate nature brought to a fortunate issue? |
16775 | Who has not, for example, read with tears in their eyes, in the_ Mémoires sur les Prisons_, what the author relates of the fourteen girls of Verdun? |
16775 | Who, besides, had not encountered imminent personal danger? |
16775 | Why persist in remaining in a condition that so openly wounds humanity? |
16775 | Will you be so good as to question me? |
16775 | Yet is not red the usual colour of the moon when eclipsed, and when it has not entirely disappeared? |
16775 | You are of Spanish origin, are you not?" |
16775 | You deceived us then?" |
16775 | [ 25] It may perhaps be asked why we place Lagrange among the French geometers? |
16775 | [ 3]"What will they do with us?" |
16775 | and do you not see that in Dauphiny nobody is of the same mind? |
16775 | ought he not to have cast a hasty glance on the components of the Black Prince''s army? |
16775 | said I to him;"are we to discharge the duties of police in this country? |
16775 | to examine whether a body of troops, starting from Bordeaux, recruiting in Guienne, did not contain more Gascons than English? |
16775 | was it to bribe me?" |
16775 | why did you not tell me that at once? |
16775 | you say that you have never seen the moon?" |
10427 | Is anything too hard for the Lord? |
10427 | And consider, Is not man a kind? |
10427 | And courage? |
10427 | And does the fact of the demon and his doings, being as yet unseen and unknown, make them spiritual, or the harm that he may do, a spiritual harm? |
10427 | And for woman-- What might I not say on that point? |
10427 | And has not mankind varied, physically, intellectually, spiritually? |
10427 | And how do I know that the chalk was covered with sand- beds? |
10427 | And if any say( as is often too rashly said): This is not the God of the New: I answer, but have you read your New Testament? |
10427 | And if any shall reply-- And what use if I do try? |
10427 | And if you say-- Who is sufficient for these things?--Who can answer these questions? |
10427 | And is not that fear of the spiritual world? |
10427 | And is this all which the facts mean? |
10427 | And now you are here, how do you get your living? |
10427 | And the sacred tree? |
10427 | And was it sawn asunder merely by the age- long gnawing of the waves? |
10427 | And when did each come hither? |
10427 | And why should they try or wish to lift it? |
10427 | Another: It is all physiological units; but his reason asks: What is the"physis,"the nature and"innate tendency"of the units? |
10427 | Are we to reverence Him less or more, if we hear that His might is greater, His wisdom deeper, than we ever dreamed? |
10427 | Are you and your children thriving, like decent people who can take care of themselves, or growing pauperised and degraded, and dying out? |
10427 | As for God, who can find Him? |
10427 | Because the land was more friable originally? |
10427 | Because there was more rain then than now? |
10427 | Bio- geology, then, begins with asking every plant or animal you meet, large or small, not merely-- What is your name? |
10427 | But again, does that fact really cut off any great space of time from his hundreds of thousands of years? |
10427 | But did all the powers of the universe combine to prevent it growing? |
10427 | But does the matter end here? |
10427 | But has the savage no other faculties, save his five senses and five passions? |
10427 | But how came these tertiary sandstones to be so very hard, while the strata around them are so soft? |
10427 | But how do I know that there was a shore- line here? |
10427 | But how was it raised? |
10427 | But is not that still a hasty assumption? |
10427 | But is there not, besides that law, a law of mutual help? |
10427 | But what are they finding, more and more, below their facts, below all phenomena which the scalpel and the microscope can show? |
10427 | But what do we find in the Bible, with the exception of that first curse? |
10427 | But what has that to do with mere fear of the unseen? |
10427 | But what has this to do with a gravel- pit? |
10427 | But what if the fear be not rational, but irrational? |
10427 | But what if the wasp tribe had no captives? |
10427 | But what if they began to fail? |
10427 | But what success had they? |
10427 | But where did the sandstone come from? |
10427 | But which child reverences his father most? |
10427 | But why? |
10427 | But why? |
10427 | But, fear of the unknown? |
10427 | By what road did you come? |
10427 | Did not all the powers of the universe also combine to make it grow, if only it had valour and worth wherewith to grow? |
10427 | Did not the rains feed it, the very mortar in the wall give lime to its roots? |
10427 | Do I say that this is all? |
10427 | For then there comes to him the thought-- And are these all the facts? |
10427 | From whence did vegetable and animal life crawl back to the land, as it rose again; and cover its mantle of glacial drift with fresh life and verdure? |
10427 | Had not he deserted them? |
10427 | Have you read the Book of Revelations? |
10427 | Have you read the latter chapters of St. Matthew? |
10427 | Have you read the opening of the Epistle to the Romans? |
10427 | He that planted the ear, shall He not hear?" |
10427 | He walks by day past a black cavern mouth, and thinks, with a shudder-- Something ugly may live in that ugly hole: what if it jumped out upon me? |
10427 | How could it be otherwise? |
10427 | How did these three floras get each to its present place? |
10427 | How do I know that? |
10427 | How does that suit your conception of a God of love? |
10427 | How should they escape it? |
10427 | I answer-- Who but you, or your pupils after you, if you will but try? |
10427 | I know that many, especially men of business, are inclined to sneer at it, and ask what is the use of it? |
10427 | If a rock falls from the cliff above him, what more natural than to suppose that there is some giant up there who threw it at him? |
10427 | If the old words,"He that made the eye, shall He not see? |
10427 | Is it a study to make men conceited and self- sufficient? |
10427 | Is it not likely, then, to be afraid of the wrong object? |
10427 | Is not that a joy, a prize, which wealth can not give, nor poverty take away? |
10427 | Is not that a one- sided statement of facts? |
10427 | Is not that an evidence of its personality? |
10427 | Is not that fear of the unseen world? |
10427 | Is not the Bible, from beginning to end, a history of the variations of mankind, for worse or for better, from their original type? |
10427 | Learnt what a gravel- pit is? |
10427 | Mary Queen of Scots was"beautiful and unfortunate"--what heart would not bleed for a beautiful woman in trouble? |
10427 | May it not sleep there all day, and prowl for prey all night? |
10427 | May not their denuding power have been far greater in old times than now? |
10427 | Now, if there should come to any thinking man of this tribe, at this epoch, the new thought-- Who made the world? |
10427 | Now, what do these two plants mark? |
10427 | Now, whence did they come? |
10427 | Now-- how do we know that? |
10427 | One says: It is all vibrations; but his reason, unsatisfied, asks: And what makes the vibrations vibrate? |
10427 | Or are you among the weak, the failing, the dwindling, the doomed? |
10427 | Or by a mighty current? |
10427 | Or by water draining off a vast flat as it was upheaved out of the sea? |
10427 | Or, if not there, where? |
10427 | Ought God to seem less or more august in our eyes, when we are told that His means are even more simple than we supposed? |
10427 | Reverence? |
10427 | Shall I be the happier for it? |
10427 | Shall I be the wiser? |
10427 | Shall we quarrel with Science if she should show how those words are true? |
10427 | So, you plant or you animal, are you among the strong, the successful, the multiplying, the colonising? |
10427 | That brute competition is the one law of his life? |
10427 | That he is doomed for ever to be the slave of his own needs, enforced by an internecine struggle for existence? |
10427 | That is Nature''s law: and is it not at first sight a fearful law? |
10427 | That man is merely a part of Nature, the puppet of circumstances and hereditary tendencies? |
10427 | The next question is, What study? |
10427 | Three worlds? |
10427 | Try and conceive, then, what a much more vast mass of chalk must have been washed away, to leave that vast mass of gravel behind it.--Conceive? |
10427 | Was Theophrastus''s superstitious man so very foolish for pouring oil on every round stone? |
10427 | Was it made by an earthquake? |
10427 | Was it not written of old:"Whither shall I go from Thy presence, or whither shall I flee from Thy spirit?" |
10427 | Was its bed, sea or dry land, or under an ice sheet, during the long ages of the glacial epoch? |
10427 | Was not the wasp- king angry with them? |
10427 | Well-- what do those stones tell us? |
10427 | What broke them up? |
10427 | What chain of misreasoning had they in their heads when they hit on that as a device for making the crops grow? |
10427 | What cure is there? |
10427 | What deliverance is there from this mysterious house- fiend, save brute force? |
10427 | What difference is there between a savage''s fear of a demon, and a hunter''s fear of a fall? |
10427 | What does the savage fear? |
10427 | What formed the magnificent escarpment of the Beacon Hill, or the lesser one of Finchamstead Ridges? |
10427 | What furrowed out their steep side- valleys? |
10427 | What if he be right? |
10427 | What if it be, in plain homely English, blind fear; fear of the unknown, simply because it is unknown? |
10427 | What if the agony and death of slaves did not appease the wasps? |
10427 | What makers or builders more cunning than those wasps of whom his foolish head is full? |
10427 | What matter to the sentimentalist? |
10427 | What meant the fruit, the flowers, the honey, which the slaves left there by night? |
10427 | What need for the soldier and the man of science to fraternise just now? |
10427 | What next will be demanded of us by physical science? |
10427 | What she will do in her maturity, who dare predict? |
10427 | What swept away all but a thin cap of them on the upper part of Dogmersfield Park, another under Winchfield House; another at Bearwood, and so forth? |
10427 | What then? |
10427 | What use if I succeed in answering every question which you have propounded to- night? |
10427 | What use, if I do try? |
10427 | What was the result? |
10427 | What was your last place of abode? |
10427 | What were those Red Men thinking of? |
10427 | What would be the result? |
10427 | When, finally, did it dwindle down to the brook which now runs through Wareham town? |
10427 | When? |
10427 | Where did each come from? |
10427 | Where the Straits of Dover are now? |
10427 | Which is the oldest? |
10427 | Who but the nymphs? |
10427 | Who can make the crooked straight, or number that which is wanting? |
10427 | Who can tell? |
10427 | Who had done it? |
10427 | Why not? |
10427 | Why not? |
10427 | Why not? |
10427 | Why pry into her awful secrets? |
10427 | Why should it? |
10427 | Why stop to ascertain what sort of a prison it was? |
10427 | Why stop to ask whether she brought it on herself? |
10427 | Will any one tell me what harm it has ever done? |
10427 | Will any one tell me whether the healthy floras of the moors, or the thymy flora of the chalk downs, were the earlier inhabitants of these isles? |
10427 | You ask why this is? |
10427 | You demur? |
10427 | You must ask--Was there not land to the south of the Isle of Wight in those ages, and for ages after; and what was its extent and shape? |
10427 | does not St. Paul hold the identity of the whole Jewish race with Israel their forefather, as strongly as any prophet of the Old Testament? |
10427 | to be hurtful, ruinous to animals as well as to man? |
16729 | What is the wind? |
16729 | What is this water, and where does it run? |
16729 | What makes the waves in the sea? |
16729 | Where does this animal live, and what is the use of that plant? |
16729 | A hard- headed friend of mine, who was present, put the not unnatural question,"Then why do n''t you say so in your pulpits?" |
16729 | Again, what simpler, or more absolutely practical, than the attempt to keep the axle of a wheel from heating when the wheel turns round very fast? |
16729 | And by way of a beginning, let us ask ourselves-- What is education? |
16729 | And how has it fared with"Physick"and Anatomy? |
16729 | And if he honestly believes that, of what avail is it to quote the commandment against stealing, when he proposes to make the capitalist disgorge? |
16729 | And in that case what is the value of M. Comte''s praise of him? |
16729 | And is he consistent with fact? |
16729 | And now, what is the ultimate fate, and what the origin, of the matter of life? |
16729 | And the result? |
16729 | And this leads me to ask, Why should scientific teaching be limited to week- days? |
16729 | And this question subdivides itself into two:--the first, are we really contravening such conclusions? |
16729 | And what has made this difference? |
16729 | And what is the dire necessity and"iron"law under which men groan? |
16729 | And whether, of these English books, more than one in ten is the work of a fellow of a college, or a professor of an English university? |
16729 | And would not Terence stop his ears and run out if he could be present at an English performance of his own plays? |
16729 | And, after all, is it quite so certain that a genetic relation may not underlie the classification of minerals? |
16729 | And, as involved in, and underlying all these questions, how ought they to be educated? |
16729 | And,_ à fortiori_, between all four? |
16729 | Are all the grandest and most interesting problems which offer themselves to the geological student essentially insoluble? |
16729 | Are modern geologists prepared to say that all life was killed off the earth 50,000, 100,000, or 200,000 years ago? |
16729 | But I imagine I hear the question, How is all this to be tested? |
16729 | But how does this classification differ from that of the scientific Zoologist? |
16729 | But how is this remarkable propulsive machine made to perform its functions? |
16729 | But if this apparently vital operation were explicable as a simple mechanism, might not other vital operations be reducible to the same category? |
16729 | But is an education which ignores them all, a liberal education? |
16729 | But is the analogy a real one? |
16729 | But is the earth nothing but a cooling mass,"like a hot- water jar such as is used in carriages,"or"a globe of sandstone?" |
16729 | But suppose we prefer to admit our ignorance rather than adopt a hypothesis at variance with all the teachings of Nature? |
16729 | But the plague? |
16729 | But what has Comtism to do with the"New Philosophy,"as the Archbishop defines it in the following passage? |
16729 | But what has grown out of this search for natural knowledge of so merely useful a character? |
16729 | But what is all we really know and can know about the latter phænomenon? |
16729 | But what then? |
16729 | But whither does all this tend? |
16729 | But why does a muscle contract at one time and not at another? |
16729 | Can it, therefore, be said that chemical analysis teaches nothing about the chemical composition of calc- spar? |
16729 | Did M. Flourens ever visit one of the prettiest watering- places of"la belle France,"the Baie d''Arcachon? |
16729 | Do they afford us the smallest ground for refusing to educate women as well as men-- to give women the same civil and political rights as men? |
16729 | Do you think that the Christianity of the seventeenth century looks nobler and more attractive for such treatment of such a man?" |
16729 | Does Nature acknowledge, in any deeper way, this unity of plan we seem to trace? |
16729 | Does biology, whether"abstract"or"concrete,"occupy itself with any other form of life than those which exist, or have existed? |
16729 | Does he speculate upon the possible movements of bodies which may attract one another in the inverse proportion of the cube of their distances, say? |
16729 | Does the astronomer occupy himself with any other system of the universe than that which is visible to him? |
16729 | FOOTNOTE:[ 1] Need it be said that this is Tennyson''s English for Homer''s Greek? |
16729 | Fact I know; and Law I know; but what is this Necessity, save an empty shadow of my own mind''s throwing? |
16729 | Finally, it occurs to me that, such being my feeling about the matter, it may be useful to all of us if I ask you,"What is yours? |
16729 | For what are the phænomena of Agamogenesis, stated generally? |
16729 | For what does the middle- class school put in the place of all these things which are left out? |
16729 | For, after all, what do we know of this terrible"matter,"except as a name for the unknown and hypothetical cause of states of our own consciousness? |
16729 | Goethe has condensed a survey of all the powers of mankind into the well- known epigram:--"Warum treibt sich das Volk so und schreit? |
16729 | Has any one tried to found such an education? |
16729 | How and when are we justified in making our next step-- a_ deduction_ from it? |
16729 | How are the Cretaceous Ichthyosauria, Plesiosauria, or Pterosauria less embryonic, or more differentiated, species than those of the Lias? |
16729 | How can a lover of literary excellence fail to rejoice in the ancient masterpieces? |
16729 | How did Harvey determine the nature of the circulation, except by experiment? |
16729 | How did Sir Charles Bell determine the functions of the roots of the spinal nerves, save by experiment? |
16729 | How do we know the use of a nerve at all, except by experiment? |
16729 | How does the meaning of the scientific class- name of"Mammalia"differ from the unscientific of"Beasts"? |
16729 | How does the sensation of redness arise? |
16729 | How is that all too brief period spent at present? |
16729 | How is the existence of this long succession of different species of crocodiles to be accounted for? |
16729 | How long would he be left uneducated? |
16729 | How many among these instructed persons understand how the voice is produced and modified? |
16729 | How many of us know that the voice is produced in the larynx, and modified by the mouth? |
16729 | How then has this notion of the inexactness of Biological science come about? |
16729 | How then is the production of new species to be rendered intelligible by the analogy of Agamogenesis? |
16729 | I reply, why should the thing which has been called education do either the one or the other? |
16729 | If I study a living being, under what heads does the knowledge I obtain fall? |
16729 | If primary and secondary education are in this unsatisfactory state, what is to be said to the universities? |
16729 | Is M. Comte consistent with himself in making these assertions? |
16729 | Is any such unity predicable of their forms? |
16729 | Is he in the position of a scientific Tantalus-- doomed always to thirst for a knowledge which he can not obtain? |
16729 | Is it any more than a grandiloquent way of announcing the fact, that we really know nothing about the matter? |
16729 | Is it both; or is it neither? |
16729 | Is it built up of ordinary matter, and again resolved into ordinary matter when its work is done? |
16729 | Is it satisfactorily proved, in fact, that species may be originated by selection? |
16729 | Is it then the_ results_ of Biological science which are"inexact"? |
16729 | Is palæontology able to succeed where physical geology fails? |
16729 | Is such a universal history, then, to be regarded as unattainable? |
16729 | Is there any test of a physiological species? |
16729 | Is this a plant; or is it an animal? |
16729 | Is this from any lack of power in the English as compared with the German mind? |
16729 | It is not probable that teachers, in pursuing such studies, will be led astray from the acquirement of more important but less attractive knowledge? |
16729 | It is the question, why should training masters be encouraged to acquire a knowledge of this, or any other branch of physical science? |
16729 | Let us take these points separately; and, first, what great ideas has natural knowledge introduced into men''s minds? |
16729 | May it not help us if it be pleased, or( as seems to be by far the more general impression) hurt us if it be angered? |
16729 | No doubt it is a pretty and ingenious way of looking at the structure of any animal, but is it anything more? |
16729 | Now does this mean that it may have been two, or three, or four hundred million years? |
16729 | Now what does this mean? |
16729 | O solidité de l''esprit Français, que devenez- vous?" |
16729 | O solidité de l''esprit Français, que devenez- vous?" |
16729 | On what amount of similarity of their faunæ is the doctrine of the contemporaneity of the European and of the North American Silurians based? |
16729 | One is constantly asked, When should this scientific education be commenced? |
16729 | Or may I not rather ask, is it possible for you to discharge your functions properly without these aids? |
16729 | Or may it not be also considered as an organized body? |
16729 | Or to turn to the higher Vertebrata-- in what sense are the Liassic Chelonia inferior to those which now exist? |
16729 | Or, is the matter of life composed of ordinary matter, differing from it only in the manner in which its atoms are aggregated? |
16729 | Or, suppose for a moment we admit the explanation, and then seriously ask ourselves how much the wiser are we; what does the explanation explain? |
16729 | Quashie''s plaintive inquiry,"Am I not a man and a brother?" |
16729 | Said I not rightly that we are a wonderful people? |
16729 | Shall Biology alone remain out of harmony with her sister sciences? |
16729 | Surely this quality must be in the thing, and not in our minds? |
16729 | Surely, the principles involved in them are now admitted among the fixed beliefs of all thinking men? |
16729 | Surely, there is nothing in these explanations which is not fully borne out by the facts? |
16729 | The child asks,"What is the moon, and why does it shine?" |
16729 | The first inquiry which arises plainly is, has it ever been denied that this period_ may_ be enough for the purposes of geology? |
16729 | The great new question would be,"How does all this take place?" |
16729 | The next question to which I have to address myself is, What sciences ought to be thus taught? |
16729 | This is obvious from the mention of Catholicism,"demonstrates that Mr. Congreve has no acquaintance with the"Philosophie Positive"? |
16729 | Under these circumstances it may well be asked, how is one mass of non- nucleated protoplasm to be distinguished from another? |
16729 | What are these"dunes?" |
16729 | What better philosophical status has"vitality"than"aquosity"? |
16729 | What books shall I read? |
16729 | What even, if such a being exists, is beyond the reach of his powers of delusion? |
16729 | What have we to do in every- day life? |
16729 | What if species should offer residual phænomena, here and there, not explicable by natural selection? |
16729 | What if the orbit of Darwinism should be a little too circular? |
16729 | What is it originates, directs, and controls the motive power? |
16729 | What is it that happens? |
16729 | What is the cause of this wonderful difference between the dead particle and the living particle of matter appearing in other respects identical? |
16729 | What is the purpose of primary intellectual education? |
16729 | What is the use, it is said, of attempting to make physical science a branch of primary education? |
16729 | What is this wide- spread component of the surface of the earth? |
16729 | What more harmless than the attempt to lift and distribute water by pumping it; what more absolutely and grossly utilitarian? |
16729 | What ought they to be allowed, or not allowed, to do, be, and suffer? |
16729 | What science can present greater attractions than philology? |
16729 | What social and political rights have women? |
16729 | What think you would Cicero, or Horace, say to the production of the best sixth form going? |
16729 | What, then, is certain? |
16729 | What, truly, can seem to be more obviously different from one another in faculty, in form, and in substance, than the various kinds of living beings? |
16729 | When I examine it, what appears to be the most striking character it presents? |
16729 | Where is such an education as this to be had? |
16729 | Where is there any approximation to it? |
16729 | Who knows but that the"& c."may include Hume? |
16729 | Why does one whole group of muscles contract when the lobster wishes to extend his tail, and another group, when he desires to bend it? |
16729 | Why should he not? |
16729 | Why should we be worse off under one_ régime_ than under the other? |
16729 | Why trouble ourselves about matters of which, however important they may be, we do know nothing, and can know nothing? |
16729 | Will it not be well to do towards it those things which would have soothed the man and put him in good humour during his life? |
16729 | Will it not retain somewhat of the powers it possessed during life? |
16729 | Will you give a man with this much information a vote? |
16729 | Would such a catastrophe destroy the parallel? |
16729 | Yet, if one has anything to say, what is easier than to say it? |
16729 | _ Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence_? |
16729 | and has its cooling been uniform? |
16729 | and what is the evidence on which those fundamental propositions demand our assent? |
16729 | and whence did it come? |
16729 | that difference to which we give the name of Life? |
16729 | that none of the phænomena exhibited by species are inconsistent with the origin of species in this way? |
16729 | that there is such a thing as natural selection? |
16729 | the second, if we are, are those conclusions so firmly based that we may not contravene them? |
16729 | what are the fundamental assumptions upon which they all logically depend? |
16729 | why call one"plant"and the other"animal"? |
34698 | And what doth the Lord require of thee, but to{ 96} do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? |
34698 | Understood? |
34698 | What made the Mahommedan world? 34698 )[ 102] There is also a good deal said about a very questionable blind man-- one Albricus( Alberich?) 34698 23)--is not this Deity conceived as manlike in form? 34698 27 David says to Zadok the priest,Art thou not a seer?" |
34698 | ARE THE EFFECTS OF USE AND DISUSE INHERITED? |
34698 | And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me to bring me up? |
34698 | And Samuel said, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing that Jahveh is departed from thee and is become thine adversary? |
34698 | And having made his election, what reasons has he to give for his choice? |
34698 | And if he is not, in what sense has this part of the uniformitarian doctrine, as he defines it, lowered its pretensions to represent scientific truth? |
34698 | And if so, how can agnosticism be the"mere negation of the physicist"? |
34698 | And now, what is to be said to Mr. Harrison''s remarkable deliverance"On the future of agnosticism"? |
34698 | And what is historical truth but that of which the evidence bears strict scientific investigation? |
34698 | And what is the state of things we find disclosed? |
34698 | And what made the Christian world? |
34698 | And what was the exact nature of the advice given? |
34698 | And, finally, how is this account to be reconciled with those in the first and third gospels-- which, as we have seen, disagree with one another? |
34698 | And, in matter of fact, can the record, with due regard to legitimate historical criticism, be pronounced true? |
34698 | Are the authors of the versions in the second and the third gospels really independent witnesses? |
34698 | Are there then any Christians who say that they know nothing about the unseen world and the future? |
34698 | Are there, then, any"conclusions"that are not"purely mental"? |
34698 | Are they, as the healthy common sense of the ancient Greeks appears to have led them to assume without hesitation, the remains of animals and plants? |
34698 | Are we going back to the days of the Judges, when wealthy Micah set up his private ephod, teraphim, and Levite? |
34698 | Are we to accept the Jesus of the second, or the Jesus of the fourth Gospel, as the true Jesus? |
34698 | But I ask in this case also, how is it conceivable that any man, in possession of all his natural faculties, should hold such an opinion? |
34698 | But have we a right to do so? |
34698 | But if the primitive Nazarenes of whom the Acts speaks were orthodox Jews, what sort of probability can there be that Jesus was anything else? |
34698 | But is it true? |
34698 | But to Saul nothing is visible, for he asks,"What seest thou?" |
34698 | But to how much does this so- called claim amount? |
34698 | But what conceivable motive could"Mark"have for omitting it? |
34698 | But what is the good of it all in the face of Leviticus on the one hand and of palæontology on the other? |
34698 | But what is the meaning of this expression? |
34698 | But when one tried to think it out, what in the world became of force considered as an objective entity? |
34698 | But why should a man be expected to call himself a"miscreant"or an"infidel"? |
34698 | But will any one tell me that death is"necessary"? |
34698 | By whom? |
34698 | By whose authority is the signification of that term defined? |
34698 | Can any other conclusion be drawn from the history of Abraham and Isaac? |
34698 | Can such a statement as this be seriously made in respect of any human being? |
34698 | Cosmas and Damianus? |
34698 | Did he think it,{ 426} at any subsequent time, worth while"to confer with flesh and blood,"or, in modern phrase, to re- examine the facts for himself? |
34698 | Does Abraham exhibit any indication of surprise when he receives the astounding order to sacrifice his son? |
34698 | Does Mr. Lilly suppose that I put aside"as unverifiable"all the truths of mathematics, of philology, of history? |
34698 | Does he hold by the one evangelist''s story, or by that of the two evangelists? |
34698 | Does he really mean to suggest that agnostics have a logic peculiar to themselves? |
34698 | Does not the action of Saul, on a famous occasion, involve exactly the same theological presuppositions? |
34698 | Does this mean that Seth resembled Adam only in a spiritual and figurative sense? |
34698 | For what is the adverse case? |
34698 | Has Nominalism, in any of its modifications, so completely won the day that Realism may be regarded as dead and buried without hope of resurrection? |
34698 | Has any one ever disputed the contention, thus solemnly enunciated, that the doctrine of evolution was not invented the day before yesterday? |
34698 | Has any one ever dreamed of claiming it as a modern innovation? |
34698 | Has any one then yet seen the production of negroes from a white stock, or_ vice versa_? |
34698 | Has it now a merely antiquarian interest? |
34698 | He next asked him how he knew it was the spirit of Toogoo Ahoo? |
34698 | How can I tell you_ how_ I knew it? |
34698 | How can he have founded the universal religion which was not heard of till twenty years after his death? |
34698 | How could its subsidence, by any possibility, be an affair of weeks and months? |
34698 | I am really grieved to be obliged to say that this third( or is it fourth?) |
34698 | I am sorry to trouble him further, but what does he mean by"it"? |
34698 | I rejoice to think now of the( then) Bishop''s cordial hail the first time we met after our little skirmish,"Well, is it to be peace or war?" |
34698 | If God did not walk in the Garden of Eden, how can we be assured that he spoke from Sinai? |
34698 | If Jonah''s three days''residence in the whale is not an"admitted reality,"how could it"warrant belief"in the"coming resurrection?" |
34698 | If divine authority is not here claimed for the twenty- fourth verse of the second chapter of Genesis, what is the value of language? |
34698 | If early views of religion and morality had not been imperfect, where had been the development? |
34698 | If it is not historically true that such and such things happened in Palestine eighteen centuries ago, what becomes of Christianity? |
34698 | If no Flood swept the careless people away, how is the warning of more worth than the cry of"Wolf"when there is no wolf? |
34698 | If symbolical visions and mythical creations had found no place in the early Oriental expression of Divine truth, where had been the development? |
34698 | If the latter is{ 9} to be accepted, or rejected, by private judgment, why not the former? |
34698 | If the story of the Fall is not the true record of an historical occurrence, what becomes of Pauline theology? |
34698 | If, he says, there are texts which seem to show that Jesus contemplated the evangelisation of the heathen:... Did not the Apostles hear our Lord? |
34698 | In what other way than by such an appeal to their experience could he so surely awaken in his audience the tragic pity and terror? |
34698 | Is he the kindly, peaceful Christ depicted in the Catacombs? |
34698 | Is it contained in the so- called Apostles''Creed? |
34698 | Is it not certain that the Apostles did not gather this truth from His teaching? |
34698 | Is it that contained in the Nicene and the Athanasian Creeds? |
34698 | Is such a thing even conceivable? |
34698 | Is there any known historical work which is throughout exactly true, or is there not? |
34698 | Is there"no relation to things social"in"mental conclusions"which affect men''s whole conception of life? |
34698 | It may be so, or it may not be so; but where is the evidence which would justify any one in making a positive assertion on the subject? |
34698 | Laban indignantly demands of his son- in- law,"Wherefore hast thou stolen my Elohim?" |
34698 | Melanchthon, Ulrich von Hutten, Beza, were they not all humanists? |
34698 | Middle Palæozoic Vertebrate_ land_-population( Amphibia, Reptilia[?]). |
34698 | Might not there, however, be a suspension of a lower law by the intervention of a higher? |
34698 | Much astonished at this remark from a person who was supposed not to have seen the relics, Eginhard asked him how he knew that? |
34698 | Now what is a Christian? |
34698 | On what grounds can a reasonable man be asked to believe any more? |
34698 | Or can he be rightly represented by the bleeding ascetic, broken down by physical pain, of too many mediæval pictures? |
34698 | Or of Micah''s inquiry,"Will Jahveh be pleased with thousands of rams or with ten thousands of rivers of oil?" |
34698 | Really? |
34698 | Saul goes to this woman, who, after being assured of immunity, asks,"Whom shall I bring up to thee?" |
34698 | So if I am asked to call myself an"infidel,"I reply: To what doctrine do you ask me to be faithful? |
34698 | Still more, on the first day, when it is nothing but a flat cellular disk? |
34698 | Still the spectre remains invisible to Saul, for he asks,"What form is he of?" |
34698 | The plain answer to this question is, Why should anybody be called upon to say how he knows that which he does not know? |
34698 | The preacher asks,"Might not there be a suspension of a lower law by the intervention of a higher?" |
34698 | Then said Saul to his servant, But behold if we go, what shall we bring the man? |
34698 | To this the priest,"Whence art thou, then, if these are not thy parents?" |
34698 | Was Augustine heretical when he denied the actual historical truth of the record of the Creation? |
34698 | Was not the arch- humanist, Erasmus, fautor- in- chief of the Reformation, until he got frightened and basely deserted it? |
34698 | Was not the name of"Christian"first used to denote the converts to the doctrine promulgated by Paul and Barnabas at Antioch? |
34698 | Was not their chief,"James, the brother of the Lord,"reverenced alike by Sadducee, Pharisee, and Nazarene? |
34698 | Was that prince of agnostics, David Hume, particularly imbued with physical science? |
34698 | Were Gentile converts bound to obey the Law or not? |
34698 | What do we find when the accounts of the events in question, contained in the three Synoptic gospels, are compared together? |
34698 | What have we? |
34698 | What is the"entire question"which"arises"in a"narrowed form"upon"secular testimony"? |
34698 | What is to hinder our supposing that the organic creation is also a result of natural laws which are in like manner an expression of his will? |
34698 | What line of my writing can the Duke of Argyll produce which confounds the organic with the inorganic? |
34698 | What more intrinsic claim has the story of the Exodus than that of the Deluge, to belief? |
34698 | What, then, could be more natural than that a Chaldæan poet should seek for the incidents of a great catastrophe among such phenomena? |
34698 | What, then, was that labour of unsurpassed magnitude and excellence and immortal influence which Newton did perform? |
34698 | When Jesus spoke, as of a matter of fact, that"the Flood came and destroyed them all,"did he believe that the Deluge really took place, or not? |
34698 | Where are the secret conspirators against this tyranny, whom I am supposed to favour, and yet not have the courage to join openly? |
34698 | Who is to gainsay our ecclesiastical authority{ 475} here? |
34698 | Who shall or can forbid him? |
34698 | Who was it? |
34698 | Why are we to retain a corresponding fiction for the nervous organs? |
34698 | Why forget the angel who wrestled with Jacob, and, as the account suggests, somewhat overstepped the bounds of fair play, at the end of the struggle? |
34698 | Why not? |
34698 | Why should not your friend"levitate"? |
34698 | Will their brethren follow their just and prudent guidance? |
34698 | Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh, thy Elohim, giveth thee to possess?" |
34698 | Would not an English court of justice speedily teach him better? |
34698 | [ 104] Must we suppose, therefore, that the Apostle to the Gentiles has stated that which is false? |
34698 | [ 47] Compare:"And Samuel said unto Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me?" |
34698 | and what was_ their_ impression from what they heard? |
34698 | or was he ready to accept anything that fitted in with his preconceived ideas? |
28758 | ( As whether a_ fierce_ Dog, by being often quite new stocked with the blood of a_ cowardly_ Dog, may not become more tame;_& vice versa,& c_?) |
28758 | ( As whether the blood of a_ Mastiff_, being frequently transfused into a_ Blood- hound_, or a_ Spaniel_, will not prejudice them in point of scent?) |
28758 | ( As_ Iron- stone_ affords store of a dark Glass or Slagg) And, if it do, what those Recrements are? |
28758 | ( The like Questions are to be made concerning the_ sparre_,_ Caulk_, and other Teguments or mixtures of the Ore?) |
28758 | * What are the Odors, Colours and Tasts, observable in Sea- water? |
28758 | 10, How strong the Expansion of freezing water is? |
28758 | 12, How to estimate the solidity of the Body of Ice, or how strong is the mutual adhesion of its parts? |
28758 | 7, What Bodies are expanded by being frozen, and how that expansion is evinced? |
28758 | 8, What Bodies they are, that are contracted by Cold; and how that Contraction is evinced? |
28758 | 9, What are the wayes of_ Measuring_ the_ Quantity_ of the Expansion and Contraction of Liquors by Cold? |
28758 | And after what manner they refrigerate it? |
28758 | And also, whether frozen and thawed Harts- horn will yield the same quantity and strength of Salt and saline Spirit, as when unfrozen? |
28758 | And as to that_ Quære_ of his, Whether a heavy Body descends in the same_ Proportion_ of swiftness in_ Water_, that it would do in_ Air_? |
28758 | And besides, how we do know, but that there may be in other parts, Eruptious of large Springs at the bottom of the Sea, as well as there? |
28758 | And how long the Wood will last, without being spoyled with the subterraneous fumes and waters? |
28758 | And how long, upon a{ 387} Vein opened of a Dog, the admitted blood will be found to retain_ Chyle_? |
28758 | And how much Ore in a determinate time, as a week or a day, is wo nt to be reduced to Metal? |
28758 | And how several Miners work on the same Vein? |
28758 | And how they differ in their vertue from the Embalmed ones? |
28758 | And how those Instruments are conducive; and how long they last? |
28758 | And if curve, whether regular or irregular? |
28758 | And if it be not, how much it differs? |
28758 | And if it be not, what differences are observ''d between the produced portions of Metal; and what disparity that amounts to in the price? |
28758 | And if it be, how good it is in reference to the Metal of other Mines, or other parts of the same Mine or Vein? |
28758 | And if it dippe, what_ inclination_ it hath, how deep the lowest part lies; and consequently how much deeper than the uppermost? |
28758 | And if so, of what kind? |
28758 | And if the many Tides and Eddies, so famous by the name of the_ Euripi_, have any certain Period? |
28758 | And if there be more than one, how and at what depths they are wo nt to lye respectively? |
28758 | And if there be_ several_ Air- shafts, what their Distances and scituation are in reference to the Groove, and to each other? |
28758 | And if they have not also some discernable Metalline or Mineral Concretes, to be met within the small Cavities and Pores of their substance? |
28758 | And in case it be mountainous, what kind of Hills they are; whether high, or low, or indifferently elevated? |
28758 | And in general, whether there be any such thing, as a true and real Transmutation of one Mettal into another? |
28758 | And in what season of the Moon and year''tis sowed? |
28758 | And particularly, what is the bigness and structure of the Aquaeducts, made in several places about_ Constantinople_ by_ Solyman_ the Magnificent? |
28758 | And what are the marks and{ 339} characters, that distinguish one sort from another? |
28758 | And what are, the Dimensions, Situation,& c. of the Bellows? |
28758 | And what effect it will have upon the Whelps? |
28758 | And what is observable in it as to Weight, Colour, Mixture,& c? |
28758 | And what is the best way of getting all the Ore in a Vein, and most conveniently? |
28758 | And whether Damps considerably increase the weight of it? |
28758 | And whether a_ sound_ Dog may receive such diseases from the blood of a_ sick_ one, as are not otherwise of an infectious nature? |
28758 | And whether he will do such things better or worse at some time after the Operation? |
28758 | And whether in process of time it will harden into a metal, or Mineral Concretion? |
28758 | And whether in the places, where the Vein is interrupted, there be any peculiar Stone or Earth, that does, as it were, seal up the Extremity of it? |
28758 | And whether it is caused by the intrusion of Air? |
28758 | And whether it runs directly_ North_ or_ South_,_ East_ or_ West_; or seem rather to have a Casual tendency, than any determinate one by Nature? |
28758 | And whether that spring not from the quenching of_ Marchasites_? |
28758 | And whether the Bottom of the Sea does always rise towards the Shore, unless accidentally interrupted? |
28758 | And whether the Eastern Winds do not Plague the said City with Mists, and cause that inconstancy of Weather, it is said to be subject to? |
28758 | And whether the Rule holds constantly? |
28758 | And whether the Work- men deliver them one to another; or the same Work- men carry them all the way? |
28758 | And whether the people in that Country live, many of them, to a hundred and twenty years, in good health? |
28758 | And whether the terminating part of the Vein tend upwards, downwards, or neither? |
28758 | And whether these Isles be not very Cavernous? |
28758 | And whether this_ Phænomenon_ may be solved, either by the_ Cartesian_, or_ Epicurean_ Hypothesis? |
28758 | And whether those parts of this Isle, which abound in_ Cyprus- trees_, are more or less healthful, than others? |
28758 | And who they are( if there be any in your Country) that have reduced_ Heaths_ into profitable Lands? |
28758 | And yet, how such Bodies, when unfrozen, will appear quite vitiated by the excessive Cold? |
28758 | And, if any way fruitful, what it produces, and what it most abounds with? |
28758 | And, if so, what way he means to make use{ 345} of, commodiously to handle a Tube of that length? |
28758 | And, if there be, whether they be barely fuliginous and recrementitious exhalations, or, at least in part, Metallin Flowers? |
28758 | And, if they do, what Minerals they or their residences, when they are evapourated away, do appear to abound with, or to participate of? |
28758 | And, if they do, with what circumstances they make the fusion? |
28758 | As also, what it''s Flexures, if it have any, are? |
28758 | As is often observed in the Tin- Mines of_ Cornwall_, over which such kind of Stones are divers times found lying above ground? |
28758 | At what season of the year, and in what manner''tis taken up,& c? |
28758 | At what seasons and how often they are ploughed; what kind of Ploughs are used for several sorts of Ground? |
28758 | By what_ Signs_ they know or guess, that there is a Mine in such a place? |
28758 | Fourthly, what the celebrated_ Philosophers Stone_ was among the Ancients, and what they understood by the same? |
28758 | He inquires, since all Comets have the peculiar_ Ingenite_ Motion, what kind of Line it is, they describe by that Motion of their own? |
28758 | How Veins are follow''d, lost, and recover''d? |
28758 | How deep generally it lieth from the surface? |
28758 | How long the several Grounds are let lie fallow? |
28758 | How many loads to an Acre? |
28758 | How much an Acre of good Corn, well ordered, generally useth to yield, in very good, in less good,& in the worst years? |
28758 | How much heavier the_ Atmosphere_ is at the bottom of the Mine, than at the top? |
28758 | How much is put in at a time? |
28758 | How neer it is placed to the Groove; and in what position? |
28758 | How often it is renewed? |
28758 | How such_ Marled_ Land is to be used afterwards,& c? |
28758 | How the Groove is supported? |
28758 | How the Mine- men work; whether naked or cloathed? |
28758 | How the Miners deal with the Rocks and Sparrs, they often meet with, before they come at the Ore? |
28758 | How the above mentioned sorts of Soyl are prepared, when they are used for Pasture or Meadow? |
28758 | How the_ Armenians_ keep Meat fresh and sweet so long, as''tis said they do? |
28758 | How their Damasco steel is made and temper''d? |
28758 | How they are separated from the Metal; and to what Uses they are employed? |
28758 | How they convey out their Ore, and other things, that are to be carried out of the Mine? |
28758 | How they employ it, and with what measure of success? |
28758 | How wide the Interruptions are? |
28758 | How, and for what productions,_ Heathy_ Grounds may be improved? |
28758 | How_ Nutrition_ is performed, and the nourishing substance assimilated? |
28758 | I do not use to be much apprehensive of Thunder and Lightning, but I was at this time( I know not well, why?) |
28758 | If in the_ Euxine- Sea_ there can be found any sign of the_ Caspian Seas_ emptying it self into it by a passage under ground? |
28758 | If there be any different Colour, or Temper as to Heat or Cold; or any Current or Motion in the Water, that may give light to it? |
28758 | If there be any thing peculiar and remarkable? |
28758 | In case an Additament be employed, what that is, and in what proportion it is added? |
28758 | In what part of_ Turky_ the*_ Rusma_ is to be found; and in what quantity? |
28758 | It is also inquired into, what the uses of the_ Lungs_ are in_ hot_ Animals? |
28758 | It will be, it is presumed, lawful to ask, Why in many other places there may not be found the like? |
28758 | Of the Motion of the Sea by Winds, and how far Storms reach downwards towards the Bottom of the Sea? |
28758 | Of the Power ascribed to the Sea to eject Dead Bodies,_ Succinum_,_ Ambergris_? |
28758 | Of the shining of the Sea in the night? |
28758 | Of what breadth the Air- shaft is at the Orifice? |
28758 | Of what thickness and consistence they are; and in what Order the Diggers meet with them? |
28758 | Or acuated by the blast of Bellows; and, if so, whether these Bellows be mov''d by a Wheel, turn''d by Water running under it, or falling on it? |
28758 | Or by mixing it, and with what? |
28758 | Or how Air is supplied, if there be no Air- shafts? |
28758 | Or whether the Ore requires no such preparation? |
28758 | Ore by the course of Waters? |
28758 | Secondly, of the_ Philosophers Stone_, what is meant by it, and whether by means thereof true Gold can be produced? |
28758 | There being other Annoyances, the growing Corn is exposed to, as Weeds, Worms, Flies, Birds, Mice, Moles,& c. how they are remedied? |
28758 | To what depth the Cold in those parts peirces the Earth and Water? |
28758 | Upon what grounds it is used? |
28758 | Upon what occasions they use to cut the young Corn in the Blade, or to seed it; and what are the benefits thereof? |
28758 | What Air- shaft belongs to the Mine? |
28758 | What Arts or Trades they have worth Learning? |
28758 | What Clay, Sand, or Mould they let it run or pour it through? |
28758 | What Cold operates in the Fermentation of Liquors? |
28758 | What Expedients and Engines are employed to free the Mines from Water? |
28758 | What Flux- powders, and other ways they have to try{ 340} and examine the goodness of the Ore in small quantities? |
28758 | What Grains_ Marled_ Land will bear, and how many years together? |
28758 | What Instruments they use to break the Rock& c? |
28758 | What Quantity of each kind is sown upon the Statute- Acre? |
28758 | What Tools are used in Smelting, their Figures, use,& c. And the whole manner of working? |
28758 | What are the Conditions, Number,& c. of the_ Adits_? |
28758 | What are the Laws, Constitutions, and Customs,_ Oeconomical_,_ Political_,_ Ethical_, that are receiv''d and practis''d among the Mine- men? |
28758 | What are the Medical vertues of the Sea, especially against_ Hydrophobia_? |
28758 | What are the Wayes of distinguishing them, and estimating their goodness? |
28758 | What are the best waies of Drayning Marshes, Boggs, Fenns,& c? |
28758 | What are the chief circumstances observable in the Cutting of Grass; and what in the making and preserving of Hay? |
28758 | What are the kinds, length, bigness, and way of placing the Timber, Poles,& c. that are employed to support it? |
28758 | What are the principal Qualities of these Extraneous substances? |
28758 | What are the seasons and waies of Reaping and Ordering each sort of Grain, before it be carried off the Ground? |
28758 | What are the several kinds of Grass, and which are counted the best? |
28758 | What are the several waies of preserving Grain in the Straw, within and without doors, from all kind of Annoyance, as Mice, Heating, Rain,& c? |
28758 | What are the waies of preserving any stores of separated Grain, from the Annoyances they are obnoxious to? |
28758 | What are the waies of separating the several sorts of Grain from the Straw, and of dressing them? |
28758 | What are, the Situation, Materials, Dimensions, Shape, Bigness, and in short what is the whole structure and Contrivance of the Furnace? |
28758 | What communication there is of Seas by Streights and Subterraneal Conveyances? |
28758 | What contrivance they have, to let or take out the Metal, that is in fusion; and cast it into Barrs, Sows, Pigs,& c? |
28758 | What ground_ Marle_ hath over head? |
28758 | What is its vertue to Manure Land? |
28758 | What is observable in them, and what Minerals they signify, and may be supposed to be produced by? |
28758 | What is the Proportion of Salt, that is in the Water of differing Seas; And whether in the same Sea it be always the same? |
28758 | What is the Wideness of the Groove at the Top, and elsewhere? |
28758 | What is the depth of the sea in several places, and the Order of its increase and Decrements? |
28758 | What is the depth of the_ Marle_ it self? |
28758 | What is the fineness and goodness of the Ore, by which the Mine is wo nt to be estimated? |
28758 | What is the greatest_ Dose_, any men are known to have taken of_ Opium_? |
28758 | What is the way of making Pot- ashes in_ Poland_? |
28758 | What is their way of dressing and making Leather, which though thin and supple, will hold out water? |
28758 | What is to be observ''d in the Digging of_ Sal Gemmæ_ in_ Poland_? |
28758 | What is to be observed about_ Succinum_ or Amber? |
28758 | What kind of Furnaces they use, to melt the Ore in? |
28758 | What kind of Grass is fittest to be preserved for Winter feeding? |
28758 | What kinds of Fewel, and what quantities of it, are wo nt to be employed in the Furnace, within the compass of a day, or week? |
28758 | What method they observe in breeding those excellent Horses, they are so much famed for? |
28758 | What proportion of Metal it affords? |
28758 | What store of_ Amianthus_ there is in_ Cyprus_; and how they work it? |
28758 | What the Figuration of the Seas from North to South, and from East to West, and in the several Hemispheres and Climats? |
28758 | What the colour of it? |
28758 | What the weight? |
28758 | What things in Nature, or by Art, or Mechanical contrivance will retain a warming Heat longest, or a melting or scorching Heat? |
28758 | What will continue or maintain Fire longest? |
28758 | Where''tis inquired, whether_ Chymical Oyles_ will, by Congelation, be like expressed Oyls, contracted, or, like aqueous Liquors, expanded? |
28758 | Whereunto an Inquiry is subjoyned, whence this prodigious force, observed in water, expanded by Glaciation, should proceed? |
28758 | Whether Birds and Wilde Beasts grow white there in Winter, and recover their native colour in Summer? |
28758 | Whether Colours may be concentred by a sharp cold? |
28758 | Whether Heat or Damps give any assurance or a probability of finding a Mine? |
28758 | Whether Mists use to rise from Grounds stored with Minerals? |
28758 | Whether Swallows do lie under water in Winter, and revive in Summer? |
28758 | Whether Water of any kind, met with in Digging, especially at this or that depth, do betoken a Mine? |
28758 | Whether a Dog, that is_ sick_ of some disease chiefly imputable to the mass of blood, may be cured by exchanging it for that of a_ sound_ Dog? |
28758 | Whether a Purging Medicine, being given to the_ Emittent_ Dog a while before the Operation, the_ Recipient_ Dog will be thereby purged, and how? |
28758 | Whether about_ Reame_ in the Southern part of_ Arabia Foelix_, there be Grapes without any grains? |
28758 | Whether accurate Observations evince, that all Fishes dye in frozen Waters, if the Ice be not broken? |
28758 | Whether acquired Habits will be destroy''d or impair''d by this Experiment? |
28758 | Whether all Fruits, Herbs, Earth, Fountains, are naturally saltish in the Isle of_ Cyprus_? |
28758 | Whether all Stones of that kind do equally signify that Mine? |
28758 | Whether almost equal or very un- equal in height? |
28758 | Whether any Medicated Liquors may be injected together with the blood into the_ Recipient_ Dog? |
28758 | Whether any part of the Metal be found in the Mine perfect and complete? |
28758 | Whether at present he employs himself, as is related, in grinding a_ Telescope_ of 120 foot long? |
28758 | Whether by this way of Transfusing Blood; the disposition of Individual Animals of the same kind, may not be much altered? |
28758 | Whether by_ steeping_, and in what kind of Liquor? |
28758 | Whether fruitful or barren; cold or temperate; rocky or not; hollow or solid? |
28758 | Whether here be differing kinds of it? |
28758 | Whether in droughts or long Frosts the proportion of Salt or weight increaseth? |
28758 | Whether in the Aquæducts, they make, they line the inside with as good Plaister, as the Ancients did? |
28758 | Whether in those places, where the Metal is melted, there be not elevated some Corpuscles, that stick to the upper parts of the Furnace, or Building? |
28758 | Whether in_ Candia_ there be no poysonous Creatures; and whether those Serpents, that are there, are without poyson? |
28758 | Whether it be Clayie, Marley, Chalkye,& c. And, if it be of several kinds, how many they are; and by what properties they are distinguish''d? |
28758 | Whether it be convenient enough, or not? |
28758 | Whether it be mingled with the Ore, before that be put into the Fire, or cast in afterwards; and, if so, at what time,& c? |
28758 | Whether it be observed, that Trees and other greater Plants seem to have their tops burnt, or other leaves or outsides discoloured? |
28758 | Whether it be_ single_, or more than One? |
28758 | Whether or no, having once brought the Ore to fusion, they melt all the Metal it self, to have it the more pure? |
28758 | Whether the Blood affords both the Matter for the structure of the Body, and such parts also, as are fit for the nourishment of the same? |
28758 | Whether the Burning and Beating of the Ore be used to prepare it for the Furnace? |
28758 | Whether the Country be Mountainous, Plain, or distinguish''d with Vales? |
28758 | Whether the Country be barren or fruitful? |
28758 | Whether the Country be, or be not furnish''d with Rivers, Brooks, Springs, and other Waters; and how these waters are conditioned? |
28758 | Whether the Earth- quakes in_ Zant_ and_ Cephalonia_ be so frequent, as now and then to happen nine or ten times a Month? |
28758 | Whether the Groove be perpendicular or crooked; and if crooked, after what manner, and with what distance it winds? |
28758 | Whether the Ground be made barren by Metalline or Mineral Effluviums? |
28758 | Whether the Metal, being brought to fusion, affords{ 342} any Recrements? |
28758 | Whether the Mine be troubled with_ Damps_, and of what kind they are? |
28758 | Whether the Natives, and other Inhabitants, live longer or shorter than ordinary? |
28758 | Whether the Ore be melted by a Wind, excited by the Fire it self; as in Wind- ovens? |
28758 | Whether the Ore be pure in its kind from other Metals, and, if not, of what Metals it participates; and in what proportion? |
28758 | Whether the Purgative virtue of_ Catharticks_ be increased or lessened, or even totally destroy''d by a strong and continued Cold? |
28758 | Whether the Subterraneous Springs do rise with any wind or determinate change of weather? |
28758 | Whether the Territorie, that bears the Mine, abounds with no other Kind of Mineral in some distinct part of it? |
28758 | Whether the Transfusion may be practic''d upon pregnant Bitches, at least at certain times of their gravidation? |
28758 | Whether the Vein be inclosed every way in its Coats; or whether it only lye between them? |
28758 | Whether the Vein lie near, or much beneath the surface of the Earth, and at what depth? |
28758 | Whether the Vein run or lye Horizontal, or dippe? |
28758 | Whether the Waters of the place proposed, do by their tast, smell, ponderousness,& c. disclose themselves to contain Minerals? |
28758 | Whether the leaving the Ore expos''d to the open Air and Rain for a good while, be used as a Præparative? |
28758 | Whether the parts about the City of_ Constantinople_ or_ Asia Minor_, be as subject to Earth- quakes now, as they have been formerly? |
28758 | Whether the produced Metal be all of the same goodness? |
28758 | Whether the_ Electrical_ virtue of_ Amber_, and the_ Attractive_ and_ Directive_ force of the_ Magnet_, be changed by a vehement Cold? |
28758 | Whether the_ Hungarian Bolus_ like the_ Armenus_? |
28758 | Whether the_ Soyle_ that is neer the Surface of the Earth, be Stony; and, if it be, what kind of Stones it abounds with? |
28758 | Whether the_ Turks_ employ it to any other Uses, besides that of the taking away of Hair? |
28758 | Whether the_ Virgula Divinatoria_ be used to find out the Veins of proposed Mines; and, if it be, with what success? |
28758 | Whether the_ same_ Comet returns again, as the Spots in the Sun? |
28758 | Whether their Oyls in hard frosts are turn''d into true, that is, hard and britle, Ice? |
28758 | Whether their Watches go slower by the intense cold? |
28758 | Whether there be a_ Nervous_ and_ Nutritious_ Juice? |
28758 | Whether there be any Clayes, Marles, or other Mineral Earths, yellow or liquid matters, that usually give notice of the Ore? |
28758 | Whether there be any Signs of the depth of the Vein beneath the surface of the Earth; and what they are? |
28758 | Whether there be any Signs of the neerness of the Mine, and what they are? |
28758 | Whether there be in the_ Bodnick Bay_ a Whirl- pool, as is related to be in the Sea of_ Norway_, which is commonly call''d the_ Maal- stroom_? |
28758 | Whether they are constant or temporary? |
28758 | Whether they be all of one sort and bigness, or of differing? |
28758 | Whether they be so skilful in Poysoning, as it is said; and how their Poysons are curable? |
28758 | Whether they can congeal meer_ Blood_, all the serous part thereof being sever''d? |
28758 | Whether they do any thing to the Metal, after it is once brought to Fusion, and, if need be, melt it over again, to give it a melioration? |
28758 | Whether they ever meet with places and Stones actually very hot, as_ Matthesius_ relates? |
28758 | Whether they find any strange substances in the Mines, as Vessels, Anchors, Fishes inclos''d in Sparr or Metal,& c.? |
28758 | Whether they find in the Mines any Mineral Gelly, such as the_ German_ Naturalists call_ Ghur_? |
28758 | Whether they live more or less healthy? |
28758 | Whether they meet with any Waters in the Mine? |
28758 | Whether they use Fire to soften, calcine, or crack them? |
28758 | Whether those Dogs, that have_ Peculiarities_, will have them either abolisht, or at least much impaired by transfusion of blood? |
28758 | Whether( besides these Coats) the Vein have belonging to it any other_ Heterogeneous_ substance? |
28758 | Whether_ Mercury_ be made use off, to extract the nobler from the baser metals? |
28758 | Whether_ Mummies_ be found in the sands of_ Arabia_, that are the dryed flesh of men buried in those sandy Deserts in travelling? |
28758 | With what declivity the Water runs out of the_ Euxine- Sea_ into the_ Propontis_? |
28758 | With what depth? |
28758 | With what instruments they do Harrow, Clod and Rowl, and at what seasons? |
28758 | _ Degrees_) either in placing it, or in observing, he shall not mistake the thickness of a single thred of Silk? |
28758 | _ E.g._ A strong Decoction of Cocheneel in a fit Glass? |
28758 | _ It hath been more than once asked of your Chieftains, whether they had a Demonstration for asserting the motion of the Earth? |
28758 | and how far it reaches in all? |
28758 | and how prepared? |
28758 | and how theirs is made? |
28758 | and what wood lasts longest? |
28758 | and whether it keeps the same seasons of Changes? |
28758 | and whether the seasons and changes of the Air and Weather can be thereby discover''d, and the now hidden causes of many other_ Phænomena_ detected? |
28758 | and whether they can be certainly foretold? |
28758 | and with what circumstances; as, how long the Ignition lasts at a time, whether the Ore be suffer''d to cool of it self, or be quench''d? |
28758 | and, whether in the time of great_ Conjunctions_ they are more easily generated? |
28758 | as also, how in extreme Cold Countries, the Bodies of Dead Men and other Animals may be preserved very many years entire and unputrified? |
28758 | if regular, whether Elliptick, or Parabolar, or Hyperbolical? |
28758 | in hotter or colder weather? |
28758 | or, that, of such Arches, equal in length,_ That is the more crooked, whose ends by bowing are brought nearest together_?) |
28758 | what Signs fore- run them? |
28758 | what Signs, whereby to find the Vein again? |
28758 | what is the Depth of the Mines, stored with this Salt? |
28758 | what mischief they do? |
28758 | what the cause of this acceleration and retardation of their true Motion? |
28758 | what their distance from the Sea,& c? |
28758 | whether circular, or streight, or curve, or partly streight and partly curve? |
28758 | whether in wet weather or dry? |
28758 | whether in{ 155} high Winds or Calms? |
28758 | whether it be an Exsudation of the Sea? |
28758 | whether it be seen to float upon the surface of the Sea? |
28758 | whether it be soft, when''tis first cast on shore? |
28758 | whether it be washed betwixt each Ignition? |
28758 | whether most when a North, or when a South, when an East or a West wind blows? |
28758 | whether on such as lie neerer to the_ Sea_, or further up into the_ Mainland_? |
28758 | whether they come often or seldom at any set time, or altogether irregularly? |
28758 | which is the swiftest, and which the slowest Motion they are capable of? |
28758 | { 106} He refers to his_ Cometography_ these Disquisitions: whether all Comets( in their innate Motion) move equal_ spaces_ in equal_ Times_? |
28758 | { 93} What time of the year it is to be laid on? |
29838 | Am I deaf and dumb? |
29838 | Downmerely means toward the earth, and the earth can not very well fall toward itself, can it? |
29838 | How could it get to your eye at all,the third boy said,"if the mirror did n''t face you? |
29838 | _ Water seeks its own level._Why does a spring bubble up from the ground? |
29838 | After touching the comb what does it do? |
29838 | And do n''t you know that light is just a kind of radiant heat? |
29838 | As he starts to toss the ball up, will he weigh more or less?] |
29838 | As the holes make the air vibrate do you get any sound? |
29838 | As you turn faster, does the sound become higher or lower? |
29838 | But how are you going to get a drink? |
29838 | But how is the compass made? |
29838 | But in which case is more steam given off? |
29838 | But what is each of these made of? |
29838 | Ca n''t you see that the yellow flame gives more light? |
29838 | Can the zinc shaving stand as many amperes as the fuse wire you ordinarily use? |
29838 | Can they get hot all at once, or will they have to travel out or up a way before they have time to get hot enough to combine? |
29838 | Can you feel them vibrate? |
29838 | Can you hear the bell ring? |
29838 | Can you hear the sound? |
29838 | Can you pinch the finger this way harder or less hard than in the way you first tried? |
29838 | Can you see your breath? |
29838 | Comets swing around close to the sun, then off again into space; how do they get away from the sun? |
29838 | Could he have siphoned the water from one reservoir to the other? |
29838 | Did he get a shock? |
29838 | Did you ever make soda lemonade? |
29838 | Did you ever notice how tiresome the whistle on a peanut roaster gets? |
29838 | Did you notice the warmth when you shook the tube? |
29838 | Do the points or handles move farther as you close the shears? |
29838 | Do you get the higher sound when the column of water is shorter or when it is longer? |
29838 | Do you hear the snap as the small spark jumps from the comb to your ear? |
29838 | Do you know that you can make an arc light with two ordinary pencils? |
29838 | Do you want some mashed potatoes? |
29838 | Do you want to know why all this would happen? |
29838 | Does a short strand give a higher or lower pitch than a long strand? |
29838 | Does air press up and sidewise as well as down? |
29838 | Does any of the cornstarch pass through? |
29838 | Does any of the red ink pass through the membrane? |
29838 | Does anything happen? |
29838 | Does anything happen? |
29838 | Does anything happen? |
29838 | Does anything look red? |
29838 | Does heating expand the ring? |
29838 | Does it burn now? |
29838 | Does it draw the mercury up as it would draw up water? |
29838 | Does it look larger or smaller than you? |
29838 | Does it make a higher or a lower sound as you increase the tightness? |
29838 | Does it rise? |
29838 | Does it taste sour? |
29838 | Does it turn milky? |
29838 | Does the bell ring? |
29838 | Does the colored cloth absorb more or less light than the white one? |
29838 | Does the heat travel faster through the iron or through the glass?] |
29838 | Does the hydrogen in it burn? |
29838 | Does the image become clearer or less clear if you move the lens closer to the candle? |
29838 | Does the other instrument click? |
29838 | Does the pail move a greater or less distance than your hand, or does it move the same distance? |
29838 | Does the pail move a longer or a shorter distance up and down than your hand? |
29838 | Does the part of the match in the center of the flame catch fire? |
29838 | Does the part on the edge? |
29838 | Does the thermometer register a higher or a lower temperature than it did at the beginning? |
29838 | Does the water become appreciably hotter over the very hot fire than it does over the low fire, if it is boiling in both cases? |
29838 | Does the water follow the plunger up, stand still, or go down in the pump? |
29838 | Does the zinc shaving work satisfactorily as a fuse wire? |
29838 | Does your body tend to go up or down while you are making the ball go up? |
29838 | Feeling one live wire does not give her a shock, but what would happen if she touched the gas pipe with her other hand?] |
29838 | From which bottle has most of the light been reflected back into the air by the cloth around it? |
29838 | Has all the gas gone out of it? |
29838 | Has it struck you as strange that we do not all burn up, since burning is a combining with oxygen, and we are walking around in oxygen all the time? |
29838 | Have you ever sat on a spinning platform, sometimes called"the social whirl,"in an amusement park, and tried to stay on as it spun faster and faster? |
29838 | He is always heavier-- why does n''t he overbalance the small child? |
29838 | How are jewels formed in the earth? |
29838 | How can a man lift up a heavy automobile by using a jack? |
29838 | How can a wire be safely spliced? |
29838 | How can it when the water from the oceans can not evaporate to form clouds? |
29838 | How can the electric iron be used after one wire has been cut?] |
29838 | How can you make an electric arc? |
29838 | How could he have made a compass? |
29838 | How do acids act? |
29838 | How does a brake stop a car? |
29838 | How does a microscope make things look larger? |
29838 | How does a springboard help you dive? |
29838 | How does a steam engine go? |
29838 | How does a stove make the whole room warm? |
29838 | How does a telescope show you the moon, stars, and planets? |
29838 | How does a towel dry your face? |
29838 | How does cold cream keep your face from becoming chapped? |
29838 | How does pulling the trigger make a gun go off? |
29838 | How does the pencil look? |
29838 | How has the acid affected the color? |
29838 | How is silver plating done by electricity? |
29838 | How is soap made? |
29838 | How many amperes will they stand? |
29838 | How should he connect them?] |
29838 | How should the mirror be placed?] |
29838 | If he had wanted the bicycle for racing, which should he have chosen? |
29838 | If iron sinks, why do iron ships not sink? |
29838 | If the father was right, should they have got a fuse marked_ 6A_, one marked_ 10A_, or one marked_ 15A_? |
29838 | If the pull of adhesion is the stronger, would not all the water stay on your finger, none dropping off? |
29838 | If the pull of gravity is stronger, would not all the water drop off, leaving your finger dry? |
29838 | If you hear a sizzling and sputtering in your electric- light socket, what does it mean? |
29838 | If you use an extension light, where should it be turned off? |
29838 | If you wanted to move the pail with the least effort, where would you put your hand? |
29838 | If you were out in a rowboat in a storm, would it be better to sit up straight in the seat or to lie in the bottom of the boat? |
29838 | In Application 55, page 228, if the rat had gnawed the wire in two while the electric iron was being used, would anything have happened to the rat? |
29838 | In making cream of tomato soup, soda is added to the tomatoes before the milk is, so that the milk will not curdle How does the soda prevent curdling? |
29838 | Is a higher or a lower sound produced as the slide shortens the length of the prongs? |
29838 | Is everything made out of dust? |
29838 | Is it a magnet now? |
29838 | Is it a magnet? |
29838 | Is it good to drink water with your meals? |
29838 | Is it harder or easier to lift the pail from here than from the first position? |
29838 | Is it harder or easier to raise than before? |
29838 | Is it right side up or upside down? |
29838 | Is it vibrations of sound or of electricity that go through the telephone wire, or does your voice travel over it, or does the wire itself vibrate? |
29838 | Is salt an acid or a base? |
29838 | Is starch formed where the light does not reach the leaf? |
29838 | Is the glass hot? |
29838 | Is the greater amount of motion in your hand or in the pail? |
29838 | Is the hair attracted or repelled? |
29838 | Is the pail easier to lift in this way or in the way you first tried? |
29838 | Is the pail harder or easier to lift? |
29838 | Is the pitch higher or lower than before? |
29838 | Is there any danger in defective sockets with switches that do not snap off completely? |
29838 | Is there any picture of the candle flame on it? |
29838 | Not a drop runs between your fingers-- which way can it run, since there is no down? |
29838 | Notice what you do with your lips; when is the opening the smaller? |
29838 | Now do you see why you make two holes in the top of a can of evaporated milk when you wish to pour the milk out evenly? |
29838 | Now move them downward; when they_ start_ down, do you weigh more or less? |
29838 | Now will it stay on its side? |
29838 | On a hot day, how is it that you see"heat waves"rising from the street? |
29838 | One of the most natural questions in the world is,"What is this made of?" |
29838 | Or could he have secured the same result by moving his finger up and down the string to lengthen or shorten it? |
29838 | Or is it a mixture of them? |
29838 | Should he have grasped the spokes near the hub, near the rim, or in the middle? |
29838 | Should he have tuned the piano to a higher pitch than he wanted it to have on the concert night, to the exact pitch, or to a lower pitch? |
29838 | Should she have worn a robe of red, yellow, white, green, or blue? |
29838 | Should the company have obtained resistance wire or copper wire to carry it? |
29838 | Should the wire have been large or fine? |
29838 | Suppose you wanted to lift the pail with the least possible effort, where would you put your hand? |
29838 | Then what are the earth, water, and air made of? |
29838 | Then where would you expect the greater amount of force? |
29838 | Then which is moving faster, your hand or the pail? |
29838 | To make a string give a higher note, should he have tightened or loosened it? |
29838 | Under which does the snow melt first? |
29838 | WHAT MAKES WINDS? |
29838 | Was the boy or was the father right? |
29838 | Was there any way in which she might have made the gingerbread light without spoiling it? |
29838 | What are they? |
29838 | What carries your voice when you telephone? |
29838 | What caused the mist when you breathed across the ice? |
29838 | What causes material to be colored? |
29838 | What causes the Northern Lights? |
29838 | What causes the picture in the camera to be inverted? |
29838 | What causes this circulation? |
29838 | What color do you get by combining all the colors of the rainbow? |
29838 | What color does it make the flame? |
29838 | What color does the starch turn? |
29838 | What color does the vinegar turn it? |
29838 | What do you suppose is the reason for this? |
29838 | What do you suppose is the reason for this? |
29838 | What does it do to them? |
29838 | What does the needle do? |
29838 | What does this show must have been in the liquid? |
29838 | What effect does heat have on the water? |
29838 | What happens to it? |
29838 | What happens to the flame? |
29838 | What happens to the flame? |
29838 | What happens to them? |
29838 | What happens to them? |
29838 | What happens? |
29838 | What happens? |
29838 | What happens? |
29838 | What happens? |
29838 | What happens? |
29838 | What happens? |
29838 | What happens? |
29838 | What has the gas in the upper tube done? |
29838 | What has the lemon juice done to the silver knife? |
29838 | What has the light done to the silver chlorid( AgCl) that it shone on? |
29838 | What has the needle become? |
29838 | What is a short circuit? |
29838 | What is coldness? |
29838 | What is color? |
29838 | What is free alkali? |
29838 | What is gravity? |
29838 | What is in it? |
29838 | What is iron made of? |
29838 | What is it that forces the water up and out of the bottle? |
29838 | What is it that has boiled and then condensed: the water, the alcohol, or the blueing? |
29838 | What is left in the dish? |
29838 | What is liquid air? |
29838 | What is meant by 99- 44/100% pure? |
29838 | What is suction? |
29838 | What is taking up the heat from the mercury? |
29838 | What is the black stuff on the bottom of the saucer? |
29838 | What is the danger? |
29838 | What is"down,"and what is"up"? |
29838 | What made it condense? |
29838 | What makes a gun kick? |
29838 | What makes a rainbow? |
29838 | What makes a ring around the moon? |
29838 | What makes a soap"strong"? |
29838 | What makes an automobile go? |
29838 | What makes an electric light glow? |
29838 | What makes an electric toaster get hot? |
29838 | What makes an iceberg float? |
29838 | What makes cooked foods taste different from raw ones? |
29838 | What makes electricity come into our houses? |
29838 | What makes fire burn? |
29838 | What makes freckles? |
29838 | What makes glowworms glow? |
29838 | What makes it stay up in the air? |
29838 | What makes the balloon expand? |
29838 | What makes the clouds? |
29838 | What makes the cork fly out of the bottle? |
29838 | What makes the foam on soda water? |
29838 | What makes the mercury rise in it? |
29838 | What makes the sky blue? |
29838 | What makes the stars twinkle? |
29838 | What makes the water circulate?] |
29838 | What makes the water come up through the pipe into your house? |
29838 | What makes the wind howl when it blows through the branches of trees? |
29838 | What makes thunder and lightning? |
29838 | What must have been holding the suction cap against the inside of the jar? |
29838 | What pushed the balloon into the empty space? |
29838 | What put the salt into the ocean? |
29838 | What should I have done? |
29838 | What should they have done? |
29838 | What should you do? |
29838 | What was really in the"empty"bottle? |
29838 | What will happen when she pulls the cardboard out?] |
29838 | What will happen when the cardboard is withdrawn?] |
29838 | What will happen when the pin is thrust through the cords and the electricity turned on?] |
29838 | What would happen if you touched your other hand to the gas pipe or water pipe? |
29838 | When a wire is broken in an electric light, why does it not light? |
29838 | When are the cords in your throat looser? |
29838 | When are the greater number of amperes of electricity flowing through the zinc shaving? |
29838 | When the hydrogen in the fuel joins oxygen, what must we get? |
29838 | When the tank is full, will the oil overflow the top of the tube?] |
29838 | When we use sour milk for cooking, why does the food not taste sour? |
29838 | When you are cooking potatoes, are you trying to keep them very hot or are you trying to boil the water away from them? |
29838 | When you heat one end of a nail, how does the heat get through to the other end? |
29838 | When you jerk a piece of paper from under an inkwell, why does the inkwell stay still? |
29838 | When you pour them together, how many inches high do you think the mixture will be? |
29838 | When you pull your finger all the way out, has the mercury wet it at all? |
29838 | When your hand moves down from the nail to the floor, how far up does the pail move? |
29838 | Where a wire is screwed into an electric- light socket, what harm, if any, might result from not screwing it in tightly? |
29838 | Where are the cold gas and air rushing in? |
29838 | Where did the water on the outside of the glass of ice water come from? |
29838 | Where do rain and snow come from? |
29838 | Where do you suppose the center of weight of the Leaning Tower of Pisa is,--near the bottom or near the top? |
29838 | Where in this circuit is the resistance supposed to be? |
29838 | Where is the best location for the tank?] |
29838 | Where is there more force? |
29838 | Where is there more motion? |
29838 | Where would you expect to find more force, in the cogs or in the blades? |
29838 | Which advice should he have followed? |
29838 | Which advice, if any, do you think he followed? |
29838 | Which are you trying to do in making candy, to keep the sugar very hot or to boil the water away from it? |
29838 | Which arrangement would work? |
29838 | Which bicycle should James have chosen? |
29838 | Which cloth absorbed most of the light and changed it into heat? |
29838 | Which color is warmest in the sunlight?] |
29838 | Which could be used as insulators? |
29838 | Which evaporates more quickly? |
29838 | Which girl was right? |
29838 | Which has kept its color the better? |
29838 | Which image is larger than the flame? |
29838 | Which is moving farther, your hand or the pail? |
29838 | Which is moving faster? |
29838 | Which is smaller? |
29838 | Which lets more electricity pass through it, the lamp or the resistance wire? |
29838 | Which makes the highest sound? |
29838 | Which man was right? |
29838 | Which move farther, the points of the shears or the handles? |
29838 | Which move faster? |
29838 | Which moves farther this time, your hand or the pail? |
29838 | Which moves farther up and down, your hand or the pail? |
29838 | Which moves faster, the handle or the blade? |
29838 | Which moves faster? |
29838 | Which of the following methods would have served to clean the coat? |
29838 | Which of the three sizes burned out? |
29838 | Which of the ways he tried, if any, would have been right? |
29838 | Which of them, if any, would it have been well to put in the rinsing water? |
29838 | Which of these are good conductors of electricity? |
29838 | Which of these did he do well to oil and which should he have let alone? |
29838 | Which of these might have been used to advantage in putting out the fire? |
29838 | Which of these things could he have made use of in connecting the broken ends of the telegraph wire? |
29838 | Which part closes with the greater force? |
29838 | Which parts of the advice should you have followed if you had been on board? |
29838 | Which row has the most holes in it? |
29838 | Which should he choose to connect the broken wires?] |
29838 | Which should she have put on her apron? |
29838 | Which should she have put on the boy''s hand? |
29838 | Which should she have used? |
29838 | Which vase would be the hardest to upset?] |
29838 | Which was right? |
29838 | Which was right? |
29838 | Which was right? |
29838 | Which was satisfactory? |
29838 | Which way does it wear off more quickly? |
29838 | Which way does the nail get hotter? |
29838 | Which way was best? |
29838 | Which way would I have received more milk for my money? |
29838 | Which way would the floats have worked best? |
29838 | Which would be the best to use in taking up the milk? |
29838 | Which would have been best for her to use? |
29838 | Which would have been the best way or ways? |
29838 | Which would have been the right thing for him to do? |
29838 | Who was right? |
29838 | Who was right? |
29838 | Who was right? |
29838 | Who was right? |
29838 | Who was right? |
29838 | Why are automobile and bicycle tires filled with air? |
29838 | Why are diamonds hard? |
29838 | Why can we see clouds and not the air? |
29838 | Why can you crack a hard nut with a nutcracker when you can not crack it by squeezing it between two pieces of iron? |
29838 | Why can you hear an approaching train better if you put your ear to the rail? |
29838 | Why can you so quickly smell gas that is escaping at the opposite side of a room? |
29838 | Why can you sometimes hear an echo and sometimes not? |
29838 | Why could it do this when the air was pumped out of the bell jar and not before? |
29838 | Why could it not expand before you pumped the air out from around it? |
29838 | Why could it not push the cork out until you had pumped the air out of the jar? |
29838 | Why did the bottle break when the water in it turned to ice?] |
29838 | Why do electric irons and toasters often blow out fuses? |
29838 | Why do fire commissions condemn extension lights? |
29838 | Why do not the stars come out in the daytime? |
29838 | Why do sparks fly from the fur of a cat when you stroke it in the dark? |
29838 | Why do they straighten up? |
29838 | Why do things wear out? |
29838 | Why do we use fuses? |
29838 | Why do you feel cold when you get out of the bathtub? |
29838 | Why do you get a shock if your hands are wet when you touch a live wire? |
29838 | Why do you sink when you stop swimming? |
29838 | Why do you want to change it?" |
29838 | Why do you wash dishes in hot water? |
29838 | Why does a rowboat tip over more easily if you stand up in it? |
29838 | Why does a top stand on its point while it is spinning? |
29838 | Why does air keep us alive? |
29838 | Why does an apple turn brown after you peel it? |
29838 | Why does chalk stay on the blackboard? |
29838 | Why does cloth fade in the sun? |
29838 | Why does cold quicklime boil when you pour cold water on it? |
29838 | Why does cork float on the water and why do heavier substances sink? |
29838 | Why does heat make things get larger? |
29838 | Why does lightning kill people when it strikes them? |
29838 | Why does n''t the flame above the wire gauze set fire to the gas below?] |
29838 | Why does n''t the water spill out?] |
29838 | Why does not the wire in an electric lamp melt when it is red hot? |
29838 | Why does soda water run up a straw when you draw on the straw? |
29838 | Why does the barrel or cap of a fountain pen pick up small bits of paper after it has been rubbed on your coat sleeve? |
29838 | Why does the earth never stop moving? |
29838 | Why does the moving of your fingers up and down on a violin string make it play different notes? |
29838 | Why does this not give you a shock? |
29838 | Why does water gurgle when you pour it out of a bottle? |
29838 | Why is a fire engine needed to pump water up high? |
29838 | Why is a flat- bottomed boat safer than a canoe? |
29838 | Why is a magnifying glass able to set things on fire when you let the sun shine through it? |
29838 | Why is a pair of new shoes or anything smooth usually shiny? |
29838 | Why is an electric arc in a circuit dangerous? |
29838 | Why is it that when you touch one electric wire you feel no shock, while if you touch two wires you sometimes get a shock? |
29838 | Why is the whistle of a peanut roaster so shrill, and why is the whistle of a boat so deep? |
29838 | Why is there sugar around the mouth of a syrup jug? |
29838 | Why should any soap injure fabrics? |
29838 | Why should it matter where the larger child sits? |
29838 | Why should rails be laid in this way? |
29838 | Why should wires be brought into houses and through walls in iron conduits? |
29838 | Why should wires not be twisted together to make electric connections? |
29838 | Why should you not stick pins through electric cords? |
29838 | Why should you pull out the plug of an electric iron, percolator, toaster, heater, or stove? |
29838 | Why waste gas?" |
29838 | Why will a lasso go so far after it is whirled? |
29838 | Why will evaporated milk not flow freely out of a can in which there is only one hole? |
29838 | Why will gasoline take a grease spot out of your clothes? |
29838 | Why, do you suppose, does the gas below the screen not burn? |
29838 | Why? |
29838 | Will a very hot fire make the water boil away more rapidly than a low fire? |
29838 | Will boiling water get hotter if you make it boil harder?] |
29838 | Will electricity go through the glass?] |
29838 | Will heating the water make more salt dissolve?] |
29838 | Will hot water dissolve things more readily or less readily than cold? |
29838 | Will hydrogen burn? |
29838 | Will it burn? |
29838 | Will it burn? |
29838 | Will it fall? |
29838 | Will it seem heavier or lighter than with the arrangement shown in Figure 32?] |
29838 | Will it stay on its side now? |
29838 | Will the cylinder tip over now? |
29838 | Will the hot ball go through the ring?] |
29838 | Will the lamp glow? |
29838 | Will the volume be doubled when the alcohol and water are poured together?] |
29838 | Will the water be drawn up higher in the fine glass tube or in a tube with a larger opening?] |
29838 | Will they pinch hard enough to hurt?] |
29838 | Would he have had to buy more hose? |
29838 | Would it be easier to lift it by the end of the handle or by the part of the handle nearest the pan? |
29838 | Would there have been any danger to the house? |
29838 | You have looked at people under the mercury- vapor lights in photo- postal studios, have you not? |
29838 | _ A real place where things weigh nothing and where there is no up or down._ Why is it that the oceans do not flow off the earth? |
29838 | _ APPLICATION 39._ If you were going to the tropics, would it be better to wear outside clothes that were white or black? |
29838 | _ Acids._ Why are lemons sour? |
29838 | _ Action and reaction._ How can a bird fly? |
29838 | _ Analysis._ How can people tell what things are made of? |
29838 | _ Bases._ Why does strong soap make your face sting? |
29838 | _ Boiling and condensing._ What makes a geyser spout? |
29838 | _ Burning: Oxidation._ What makes smoke? |
29838 | _ Centrifugal force._ Why does not the moon fall down to the earth? |
29838 | _ Chemical change caused by electricity._ How are storage batteries charged? |
29838 | _ Chemical change caused by heat._ Why do you have to strike a match to make it burn? |
29838 | _ Chemical change caused by light._ How can a camera take a picture? |
29838 | _ Chemical change helped by solution._ Why does iron have to get wet to rust? |
29838 | _ Chemical change releases energy._ Why is fire hot? |
29838 | _ Clouds, rain, and dew: Humidity._ Why is it that you can see your breath on a cold day? |
29838 | _ Color._ What makes the ocean look green in some places and blue in others? |
29838 | _ Complete circuits._ Why does a doorbell ring when you push a button? |
29838 | _ Conduction of electricity._ How does electricity travel? |
29838 | _ Conduction of heat and convection._ Why does a feather comforter keep you so warm? |
29838 | _ Cooling from expansion._ We get our heat from the sun; then why is it so cold up on the mountain tops? |
29838 | _ Crystals._ How is rock candy made? |
29838 | _ Diffusion._ How does food get into the blood? |
29838 | _ Do not try it!_ But what would happen if you did? |
29838 | _ Echoes._ When you put a sea shell to your ear, how is it that you hear a roar in the shell? |
29838 | _ Effervescence._ What makes baking powder bubble? |
29838 | _ Elasticity._ What makes a ball bounce? |
29838 | _ Electromagnets._ How is a telegram sent? |
29838 | _ Evaporation._ Why is it that when ink is spilled it dries up, but when it is in the bottle it does not dry up? |
29838 | _ Explosions._ What makes a gun shoot? |
29838 | _ Focus._ How can you take pictures with a camera? |
29838 | _ Freezing and melting._ When water freezes in a pipe, why does the pipe burst? |
29838 | _ Friction._ What makes ice slippery? |
29838 | _ Heat makes things expand._ How does a thermometer work? |
29838 | _ How liquids are absorbed: Capillary attraction._ Why do blotters pull water into themselves when a flat piece of glass will not? |
29838 | _ How things are kept from toppling over: Stability._ Why is it harder to keep your balance on stilts than on your feet? |
29838 | _ How things stick to one another: Adhesion._ Why is it that when a thing is broken it will not stay together without glue? |
29838 | _ Inertia._ Why is it that if you push a miniature auto rapidly, it will go straight? |
29838 | _ Magnets; the compass._ What makes the needle of a compass point north? |
29838 | _ Magnification._ Why is it that things look bigger under a magnifying glass than under other kinds of glass? |
29838 | _ Making electricity flow._ What causes a battery to produce electricity? |
29838 | _ Neutralization._ When you put soda in vinegar, what makes the vinegar less sour? |
29838 | _ Pitch._ What makes the keys of a piano give different sounds? |
29838 | _ Reflection._ How is it that you can see yourself in a mirror? |
29838 | _ Resistance._ What makes an electric heater hot? |
29838 | _ Scattering of light: Diffusion._ Why is it that on a dark day the sun can not be seen through light clouds? |
29838 | _ Short circuits and fuses._ Why does a fuse blow out? |
29838 | _ Sinking and floating: Displacement._ What keeps a balloon up? |
29838 | _ Softening due to oil or water._ Why does fog deaden a tennis racket? |
29838 | _ Solutions and emulsions._ How does soap make your hands clean? |
29838 | _ Static electricity._ What is electricity? |
29838 | _ The bending of light: Refraction._ How do glasses help your eyes? |
29838 | _ The electric arc._ How can electricity set a house on fire? |
29838 | _ The force that makes a thing hold together: Cohesion._ What makes rain fall in drops? |
29838 | _ The sea of compressed air in which we live: Air pressure._ Does a balloon explode if it goes high in the air? |
29838 | _ What sound is._ What makes a dictaphone or a phonograph repeat your words? |
29838 | _ What things are made of: Elements._ What is water made of? |
29838 | if you move it farther from the candle? |
29838 | than the black one? |
29838 | the ammonia? |
29838 | to the steel one? |
26139 | ( A continuation of the stem) What did the other buds, called lateral buds, become? |
26139 | ( Close together) What would such trees be good for? |
26139 | ( Far apart) What would such trees be good for? |
26139 | ( Making timber or lumber) If we want trees to grow low and have thick and bushy tops, how should we plant them? |
26139 | A railway bridge? |
26139 | After exercise why do we feel more hungry? |
26139 | After three or four weeks? |
26139 | And what do you do when your hair is white And the children come to play? |
26139 | Are a squirrel''s feet close together or wide apart when it is climbing? |
26139 | Are all apple trees of the same shape? |
26139 | Are all bears wholly flesh- eating animals? |
26139 | Are all dragon- flies of the same size, build, and colour? |
26139 | Are all good conductors equally good? |
26139 | Are all robins of the same colour? |
26139 | Are any two seeds alike in shape? |
26139 | Are crows often seen on the ground? |
26139 | Are earthworms ever found out of their burrows during the day? |
26139 | Are leaves all of the same shape? |
26139 | Are metals generally good conductors? |
26139 | Are mosquitoes ever seen during fall or winter? |
26139 | Are mosquitoes of any use? |
26139 | Are scarecrows effective in keeping crows off the grain fields? |
26139 | Are the branches the same length on all sides of the trunk? |
26139 | Are the eyes of the horse so placed that he can see behind him and to either side as well as in front? |
26139 | Are the flowers that you have in your hands withering? |
26139 | Are the leaf buds and flower buds more numerous near the inside of the tree top or more numerous at the outer part of the top? |
26139 | Are the leaves placed in the right way, and are they of the right form to get these things? |
26139 | Are the leaves spread out flat or curled up? |
26139 | Are the many webs that are found on the meadow grass in the dewy mornings the homes of spiders? |
26139 | Are the seeds easy to find if they are spilled upon the ground? |
26139 | Are there any buds on the branches? |
26139 | Are there any countries in which people do not need to gather in the grains, vegetables, and fruits? |
26139 | Are there any differences in the cocoons from which they emerge? |
26139 | Are there any distinct lines of white? |
26139 | Are there any of these foods that are not good for its health? |
26139 | Are there any other animals that would be as useful as the horse for all these things? |
26139 | Are there any patches of red? |
26139 | Are there any small, prematurely ripe apples on the ground in the orchard? |
26139 | Are there any stripes or spots on its breast or head? |
26139 | Are there more entrances than one? |
26139 | Are there worms in these apples? |
26139 | Are these sugar maples infested with insects or attacked by fungi? |
26139 | Are they found singly or in flocks? |
26139 | Are toads that live in light- coloured sand of the same colour as those that live in black clay? |
26139 | Are wood- chucks ever seen during the winter? |
26139 | Assign the pupils some other things to discover, as for example: Through how many months of the summer does the bird sing? |
26139 | At what time of year are dragon- flies most numerous? |
26139 | At what times of day does the ground- hog come out? |
26139 | Between the third and fourth? |
26139 | By conduction? |
26139 | CONVECTION Water is not a conductor, how then is it heated? |
26139 | CONVERSATION LESSON How many of you keep chickens at your homes? |
26139 | CORRELATIONS Literature: Do you know the chickadee, In his brownish ashen coat, With a cap so black and jaunty, And a black patch on his throat? |
26139 | Can a dog be induced to seize a toad? |
26139 | Can a small boy"teeter"on a board against a big boy? |
26139 | Can an earthworm live in water? |
26139 | Did the mother bird make much noise as she rose from the nest? |
26139 | Did this help to reveal its presence? |
26139 | Did you notice any dead limbs on those in the woods? |
26139 | Did you notice any difference between the shapes of the pines in the deep woods and the pines in the open fields? |
26139 | Discuss the means taken to protect the various crops, as follows: Why can grain be kept in barns or granaries or in stacks? |
26139 | Discuss with the pupils such questions as: What are people busy doing on their farms and in their gardens at this time of year? |
26139 | Do all liquids expand on freezing? |
26139 | Do all morning- glory vines twine in the same direction? |
26139 | Do all twigs grow at the same rate? |
26139 | Do its movements reveal energy or listlessness? |
26139 | Do more wood- chucks than one live in one burrow? |
26139 | Do the flowers grow higher than the leaves? |
26139 | Do the holes made by the downy injure the trees? |
26139 | Do the insects bite the leaves or suck the juices? |
26139 | Do the larvà ¦ feed by biting or by sucking? |
26139 | Do the leaves overlap one another or does each make room for its neighbours? |
26139 | Do the scars look like fresh wounds, or are they healed over? |
26139 | Do the young ducks need to be taught to swim? |
26139 | Do these trees yield sap that is suitable for making maple syrup? |
26139 | Do they draw back if the ground is jarred near them? |
26139 | Do they draw back when the light falls upon them? |
26139 | Do they expand equally? |
26139 | Do they keep well in bouquets? |
26139 | Do they look better when with the leaves or when alone? |
26139 | Do they stand hot, dry weather as well as other flowers? |
26139 | Do they use the same burrow year after year? |
26139 | Do they walk or hop? |
26139 | Do trilliums grow from the same root- stock year after year? |
26139 | Do you find the birds in pairs during winter? |
26139 | Do you see white specks moving? |
26139 | Does it ever crack? |
26139 | Does it use its sharp beak as a drill or as a pick? |
26139 | Does strong wind help or hinder the growth of a tree? |
26139 | Does the bear climb a pole in the same way that a boy does? |
26139 | Does the bird run or hop? |
26139 | Does the bird sing this song often? |
26139 | Does the cup close up as soon as the petals fall? |
26139 | Does the cup fall off when the petals fall? |
26139 | Does the father bird aid in bringing food to the young? |
26139 | Does the heat reach the hand by convection? |
26139 | Does the kind of soil make any difference? |
26139 | Does the larva feed by biting or by sucking? |
26139 | Does the point of the beak pierce the skin? |
26139 | Does the squirrel come down a tree head foremost, or tail foremost? |
26139 | Does the water at the bottom soon become warm? |
26139 | Does this account for the colour of Arctic animals? |
26139 | During summer? |
26139 | Examine a squirrel''s tracks in the snow; which foot- prints are in front? |
26139 | FIELD EXERCISE FOLLOWING CLASS- ROOM LESSON( Just after the blossoms are fully open) What is the colour of the apple blossom? |
26139 | Farther? |
26139 | Find out what kind of seeds each weed produces? |
26139 | From this experiment could you recommend a certain depth for the planting of wheat and buckwheat? |
26139 | From what part of the body is the silk obtained? |
26139 | Hard to capture? |
26139 | Has the candle used up_ all_ the air when it goes out? |
26139 | Has the earthworm any eyes, ears, or nose? |
26139 | Have all chipmunks the same number of stripes? |
26139 | Hence, what is one use of the root? |
26139 | Hence, what kind of home must we have ready for the rabbit? |
26139 | Hence, what must the flower get from the stem? |
26139 | How are alluvial plains formed? |
26139 | How are barrels of salt and sugar loaded and unloaded? |
26139 | How are heavy logs loaded on a sleigh or truck? |
26139 | How are rabbits prepared for living during cold weather? |
26139 | How are the buds protected from rain? |
26139 | How are the claws fitted for seizing prey? |
26139 | How are the claws protected from being made dull by striking against objects when the cat is walking? |
26139 | How are the ears fitted for life in water? |
26139 | How are the edible parts stored for winter use? |
26139 | How are the eggs protected? |
26139 | How are the eyes protected? |
26139 | How are the hind legs fitted for making long hops? |
26139 | How are the poison claws adapted for seizing and piercing? |
26139 | How are the seed cases fitted for protecting the seeds? |
26139 | How are the seeds protected? |
26139 | How can a large class of children be managed in the woods or fields? |
26139 | How can the cold snow keep the earth warm? |
26139 | How can you keep them from withering? |
26139 | How could you manufacture salt from sea water? |
26139 | How do ducks feed on land? |
26139 | How do mosquitoes find their victims? |
26139 | How do the stems differ? |
26139 | How do they compare with the pines? |
26139 | How do you account for their rapid increase in number early in summer? |
26139 | How does a dog hold a bone while he is picking it, and how does he get the meat off the bone? |
26139 | How does a rabbit move? |
26139 | How does a squirrel open a nut? |
26139 | How does cold affect it? |
26139 | How does heat affect the ball? |
26139 | How does it do it? |
26139 | How does it move down a tree trunk? |
26139 | How does it move up a tree trunk? |
26139 | How does one know it is larger? |
26139 | How does this plant grow? |
26139 | How has it changed in feeling? |
26139 | How has nature fitted the cow and the horse respectively, for defence? |
26139 | How has the ball changed in feeling? |
26139 | How is it fitted for doing this? |
26139 | How is it fitted for hearing faint sounds? |
26139 | How is the animal fitted for this habit of life, etc.? |
26139 | How is the bill adapted for picking up grains and seeds? |
26139 | How is the cocoon fastened to the tree? |
26139 | How is the nest concealed? |
26139 | How is the size of the earth changing? |
26139 | How many are in each bunch? |
26139 | How many are placed at one spot? |
26139 | How many blossoms are in one bud? |
26139 | How many eggs? |
26139 | How many forms of spiders''webs can you find? |
26139 | How many in the flower beds? |
26139 | How many in the vegetable garden? |
26139 | How many kinds of feeling can a squirrel express by its voice? |
26139 | How many kinds of mosquitoes have you seen? |
26139 | How many legs has the larva? |
26139 | How many other breeds do you know? |
26139 | How many seeds are in each case? |
26139 | How many toads can you find on your lawn in one evening? |
26139 | How many wasps enter and how many leave the nest in a minute? |
26139 | How may soil be treated so as to lessen evaporation of water? |
26139 | How old are the lambs before they can keep up with the old sheep when running? |
26139 | How old is the stem between the first and second whorls? |
26139 | How old is the very top, down to the first whorl of branches? |
26139 | How old is your twig? |
26139 | How? |
26139 | ICE GLACIERS.--How do these act on rocks? |
26139 | If a ton of hay is unloaded at five equal forkfuls, what weight has the horse to draw at each load? |
26139 | If not of the same colour, what difference do you note? |
26139 | If only one class be taken, how, in an ungraded school, are the rest of the children to be employed? |
26139 | If so, on what kind of days? |
26139 | If so, where are the buds? |
26139 | If the interior of the earth is very hot, why do we not feel it? |
26139 | If the surface of the body is eight square feet, what weight does it have to sustain? |
26139 | If we want trees to grow tall, how should we plant them? |
26139 | In bathing, where do you find the coldest water of a pond or still river? |
26139 | In helping to move a wagon, why grasp the wheel near its rim? |
26139 | In how many directions can a horse move his ears? |
26139 | In making a balance, why should the arms be equal? |
26139 | In size? |
26139 | In size? |
26139 | In using shears, is it better to place the object you wish to cut near the handles or near the points? |
26139 | In what case is it farthest to the top? |
26139 | In what localities are they most plentiful? |
26139 | In what respect are the leaves of these plants alike or unlike? |
26139 | In what ways are these places all alike? |
26139 | In what ways does this home protect the rabbit? |
26139 | In which do plants succeed best? |
26139 | In which is there less danger of drowning, lake or sea water? |
26139 | Is it a tree of rapid or slow growth? |
26139 | Is it cheerful or gloomy? |
26139 | Is it loud or low? |
26139 | Is it possible to recover the substance dissolved? |
26139 | Is it sweet or harsh? |
26139 | Is it true that a toad is attracted by music? |
26139 | Is the crop around the tree inferior to that in the rest of the field? |
26139 | Is the decrease in weight as evident? |
26139 | Is the gas heavier than air? |
26139 | Is the nest easy to see? |
26139 | Is the opening ever deserted? |
26139 | Is the song bright and cheerful or dull and gloomy? |
26139 | Is there a long or a short growth? |
26139 | Is this gas likely to be in the air? |
26139 | Is water a good conductor? |
26139 | Look into the top of the flower; what figure do the tips of the six flower leaves form? |
26139 | Measure the girth of the trunk of the largest? |
26139 | OBSERVATIONS I Why is"checkerboard"a good name for this bird? |
26139 | Of what advantage is it to the rabbit to move silently? |
26139 | Of what use are the bud scales? |
26139 | Of what use are the gum and scales? |
26139 | Of what use are the tufts of hair? |
26139 | Of what use is it to the bud to be between the twig and the leaf stalk? |
26139 | Of what use is the brown colour of the bud? |
26139 | Of what use is the bulky part of the seed? |
26139 | Of what use is the hard shell of the seed? |
26139 | Of what use is the tail in cold weather? |
26139 | Of what use is the tail in leaping? |
26139 | Of what use to the tree is the healing of the scar? |
26139 | Of what use to the young leaves is the downy covering? |
26139 | Of what use was this habit to wild horses? |
26139 | Of what use was this to wild horses? |
26139 | Of what use was this to wild horses? |
26139 | Of what use were these habits to wild horses? |
26139 | Of what use were these long legs to the wild horses? |
26139 | Of what value are these qualities to the tree during winter storms? |
26139 | Of what value to the toad are these differences in colour? |
26139 | On which species do the leaves persist longest? |
26139 | PROBLEMS Why does the fish require a large mouth? |
26139 | Reading and literature: By interpreting Where did you spend the dreary winter? |
26139 | SPIDERS~Problems in observation.~--In how many places can you find spiders''webs? |
26139 | STUDIES FROM THE GARDEN AS A WHOLE What plants grow tallest? |
26139 | STUDIES IN THE PUPIL''S INDIVIDUAL PLOT What plant is the first to appear above ground? |
26139 | Should dragon- flies be protected? |
26139 | Should we encourage the visits of woodpeckers to the orchards? |
26139 | Since the rabbit likes a soft bed, what can you bring for its bed? |
26139 | Spray the insects with a little oil, such as kerosene, or with water in which the stub of a cigar has been soaked; what is the effect? |
26139 | Sprinkle paris- green on the leaves; does this kill the insects? |
26139 | THE SHEEP PROBLEMS FOR FIELD WORK How do sheep find one another when they have become separated? |
26139 | THE SQUIRREL FIELD EXERCISES~Problems~: Is it true that squirrels have little roads along the ground? |
26139 | The pupils should be asked to observe the feeding of birds thus: Watch the wrens returning to the nest; what do they carry to their young? |
26139 | Their colour? |
26139 | Then ask a few questions bearing upon their own observations, such as: What was the soil like where you found the pine tree growing? |
26139 | Through which soil does it rise faster? |
26139 | Thus: Do you ever see ground- hogs out during winter? |
26139 | Upon what does the animal feed? |
26139 | Upon what does the young tadpole feed? |
26139 | What advertisements do the flowers put out for attracting themselves? |
26139 | What allowance is made for contraction in a wire fence? |
26139 | What are the arrangements for lessening the shock when the hoof strikes the ground? |
26139 | What are the conditions that are best suited for keeping the latter products? |
26139 | What are the seeds for? |
26139 | What are the uses of these movements? |
26139 | What are these birds doing? |
26139 | What are they? |
26139 | What bird sounds do you hear? |
26139 | What birds are seen tapping at the bark scales of the apple trees during winter? |
26139 | What birds come to it? |
26139 | What birds do you see? |
26139 | What branches are oldest? |
26139 | What breeds of chickens do you keep? |
26139 | What caused the end bud to grow larger than the others? |
26139 | What caused these changes? |
26139 | What causes bread to rise? |
26139 | What causes earthquakes? |
26139 | What causes horses to"shy"? |
26139 | What causes some horses to be lean and weary while others are fat and brisk? |
26139 | What causes the biscuits to"rise"? |
26139 | What did the centre bud become? |
26139 | What different features of the flower enable it to attract attention? |
26139 | What do the leaves need to make them green and healthy? |
26139 | What do the movements of the cat indicate? |
26139 | What do they feed upon during the winter? |
26139 | What does it carry with it? |
26139 | What does the green cup grow to be? |
26139 | What does the rabbit eat? |
26139 | What does this animal do? |
26139 | What does your mother do if the metal rim refuses to come off the fruit jar? |
26139 | What effect has cold weather, warm weather, dry weather, on the growth of the plants? |
26139 | What features give to the bear his great strength? |
26139 | What features of build give to the horse greater speed than the cow? |
26139 | What fits it for growing in this way? |
26139 | What fits the lamb for running so well? |
26139 | What garden plants produce flowers? |
26139 | What gives to the crow its swift flight? |
26139 | What has been noticed about them and their nests? |
26139 | What has caused these changes? |
26139 | What has made the corners smooth and rounded? |
26139 | What holds the leaves out straight and flat? |
26139 | What if the woods are miles away? |
26139 | What injury does the animal cause to the fields? |
26139 | What insect does it resemble in shape? |
26139 | What insect friends visit the dandelion? |
26139 | What insects visit the flowers? |
26139 | What is another use that you have discovered for the root? |
26139 | What is growing in the field? |
26139 | What is in them? |
26139 | What is the advantage of external gills at this stage in the tadpole''s life? |
26139 | What is the condition of ground- hogs in late summer and in autumn? |
26139 | What is the height of the trunk? |
26139 | What is the kind of soil dug out in making the burrow? |
26139 | What is the need for the great quantity of pollen that the plant produces? |
26139 | What is the shape, size, and build of the nest? |
26139 | What is the use of the great store of fat that they have in their bodies? |
26139 | What kind of root has each weed? |
26139 | What kind was the largest? |
26139 | What kinds are the most useful for driving? |
26139 | What kinds are the most useful for general farm work? |
26139 | What kinds of food do the parent birds bring to the young? |
26139 | What kinds of horses are most useful for hauling heavy loads? |
26139 | What kinds of stables should horses have as to warmth, dryness, and fresh air? |
26139 | What makes it easy to find even in long grass? |
26139 | What makes it strong? |
26139 | What makes them hard to find? |
26139 | What makes these movements possible? |
26139 | What organ of the insect was contained in the"handle"of the chrysalis? |
26139 | What other examples like this have you noticed? |
26139 | What part of the cocoon is made first and what part is made last? |
26139 | What percentage of the apples are wormy? |
26139 | What plant is the last to appear? |
26139 | What plants are most suitable for borders? |
26139 | What plants are valuable for their edible roots, for their edible leaves, for their edible seeds? |
26139 | What plants are valuable for their flowers? |
26139 | What plants grow the fastest? |
26139 | What provision is made in the cocoon for warmth, for protection from birds, for shelter from rain? |
26139 | What reward do they receive for their work? |
26139 | What seeds are up first? |
26139 | What seeds last? |
26139 | What size of stones are dug out in burrowing? |
26139 | What sort of home does a rabbit have? |
26139 | What time is required for making the cocoon? |
26139 | What use is made of gravel? |
26139 | What useful work do insects do for the flower? |
26139 | What uses do spiders make of their webs? |
26139 | What weeds grow in the plot? |
26139 | When a horse is warm from driving on a cold day, how should he be protected if hitched out- of- doors? |
26139 | When did the frost kill them? |
26139 | When do the young wood- chucks first come out of the burrow? |
26139 | When does the duck sleep? |
26139 | When horses in a field are alarmed, do they rush together or keep apart, and where are the young foals found at this time? |
26139 | When we call a bottle"empty"what is in it? |
26139 | When your ink- bottle was placed on the stove, which end became warmer? |
26139 | Where are the youngest branches and how old are they? |
26139 | Where do nearly all seeds spend the winter? |
26139 | Where do the wrens get the snails and grubs? |
26139 | Where do they prefer to make their nests? |
26139 | Where do wild rabbits live? |
26139 | Where does the stem get the moisture? |
26139 | Where is the best place to put the load on a wheel- barrow? |
26139 | Where were the apples that grew last year attached? |
26139 | Where were the buds two years ago? |
26139 | Where would you grasp the pump- handle when you wish to pump( 1) easily,( 2) quickly? |
26139 | Which are best after a week? |
26139 | Which are highest in one week, in two weeks, in four weeks? |
26139 | Which bakes hardest in the sun? |
26139 | Which blossoms first? |
26139 | Which buds are the larger, those at the end or those on the side of the twig? |
26139 | Which cools most rapidly? |
26139 | Which end of its body does the cow raise first? |
26139 | Which end of the body does the horse raise first when it is getting up? |
26139 | Which form of insect places the egg mass and is therefore the female? |
26139 | Which is easier to climb? |
26139 | Which is easier, to dig when the spade is thrust full length or half length into the earth? |
26139 | Which is the coolest colour to wear in the hot sun? |
26139 | Which is the sharper, a dog''s eye or his nose? |
26139 | Which is the warmest colour to wear in winter? |
26139 | Which legs are the more useful for hopping? |
26139 | Which makes the best road in wet weather, gravel, sand, or clay? |
26139 | Which seems to mature most quickly? |
26139 | Which shape do you think is the prettiest? |
26139 | Which suffers most from the drought? |
26139 | Which warms faster? |
26139 | Who has the oldest twig? |
26139 | Who has the twig that had the most rapid growth? |
26139 | Why are the bulbs planted near the top of the soil? |
26139 | Why are there no openings from the surface directly into the ears? |
26139 | Why are there so many different breeds? |
26139 | Why are they most plentiful in these places? |
26139 | Why are they most useful? |
26139 | Why are they the most useful? |
26139 | Why can apples, turnips, and potatoes not be kept in the same way as grains? |
26139 | Why can it not sleep upon a perch as hens do? |
26139 | Why can no dew form on a cloudy night? |
26139 | Why can they not be kept in these ways? |
26139 | Why did some of the ink- bottles burst in the cold room? |
26139 | Why did they die? |
26139 | Why do earthworms burrow deep in dry weather? |
26139 | Why do farmers plough in the fall? |
26139 | Why do fish die if many are kept in a jar of water? |
26139 | Why do king- birds chase and thrash the crow? |
26139 | Why do many kinds of people keep chickens? |
26139 | Why do the stove- pipes crack when the fire is first started? |
26139 | Why do these weeds obstruct the growth of the other plants? |
26139 | Why do they harvest and store the wheat, oats, corn, potatoes, and apples, etc.? |
26139 | Why do we breathe faster? |
26139 | Why do we feel warmer? |
26139 | Why does a coat of snow keep the earth warm? |
26139 | Why does a cow or horse take a zigzag path when climbing a steep hill? |
26139 | Why does dew form? |
26139 | Why does ice float? |
26139 | Why does ice float? |
26139 | Why does it not? |
26139 | Why does the cat bring home living animals to her kittens, while the dog buries dead animals? |
26139 | Why does the crow perch high up in trees? |
26139 | Why does the earth cool off at night? |
26139 | Why does the fire burn better when the damper is opened? |
26139 | Why does the house go"thump"on a very cold night? |
26139 | Why does the water leave the flask? |
26139 | Why does the water return? |
26139 | Why does this weight not crush us? |
26139 | Why does your hand freeze to metals but not to wood? |
26139 | Why is a large mouth useful? |
26139 | Why is a long- handled spade easier to dig with than a short- handled one? |
26139 | Why is a mountain top or a desert so cold, especially at night? |
26139 | Why is each weed hard to keep out of fields? |
26139 | Why is fall- ploughed land so mellow in spring? |
26139 | Why is it cruel to put a frosty bit into a horse''s mouth? |
26139 | Why is it cruel to put an earthworm on a fishhook? |
26139 | Why is it difficult to pull an earthworm out of its burrow? |
26139 | Why is it hard to find? |
26139 | Why is it necessary for the rabbit to be able to hear faint sounds? |
26139 | Why is it necessary to"shake"the bottle before taking medicine? |
26139 | Why is the crayfish hard to find? |
26139 | Why is the dandelion easy to find? |
26139 | Why is the duck more plain in dress than the drake? |
26139 | Why is the mouth of the toad better suited to its manner of life than the small mouth of the tadpole would be? |
26139 | Why is the pot set in a cool, dark place for a month or more? |
26139 | Why is the rabbit able to defend itself by kicking with its hind feet? |
26139 | Why is the soil packed firmly around the bulbs? |
26139 | Why is this soil suitable for the burrow? |
26139 | Why is this? |
26139 | Why must the soil be well wetted? |
26139 | Why should a plant have so many seeds? |
26139 | Why should sheep be kept in a well- ventilated building that protects them from snow and rain but is not very warm? |
26139 | Why should the downy be welcomed in our orchards? |
26139 | Why should we have stoves and stove- pipes dull black? |
26139 | Why should we have the outside of a tea- kettle, teapot, or hot- air shaft of a bright colour? |
26139 | Why then did it crack? |
26139 | Why was it difficult to see such a large, and now that it is seen, conspicuous object? |
26139 | Why will spraying with a poison, such as paris- green, kill these insects? |
26139 | Why will the rabbit, when kept in a hutch, require less food than one that runs about? |
26139 | Why would gills be unsuitable for the life of the toad? |
26139 | Why, when he is warm from driving, should the blanket not be put on until he has been in the stable for a little while? |
26139 | Why? |
26139 | Will he seize it as readily a second time as he did the first? |
26139 | Will the excursion not degenerate into a mere outing? |
26139 | Will the human body sink in water? |
26139 | With what organs are the threads placed in position? |
26139 | yellow as gold, What do you do all day? |
26139 | ~Difficulties.~--Where is the time to be found? |
26139 | ~Lesson.~--The matter and method are suggested by the following: What are the different things for which horses are useful? |
26139 | ~Questions and Observations.~--At what time of the year are mosquitoes most plentiful? |
26139 | ~Questions and Observations.~--What is the use of the dark colour of the area from which the tadpole is formed? |
26139 | ~Questions.~--What movements has the toad which the tadpole did not have? |
39713 | Burali- Forti''s reasoning,I said,"does it not seem to you irreproachable?" |
39713 | What more do you want? |
39713 | Yes, I know; but then what good are you? |
39713 | ( 2) Can we reduce to one and the same measure facts which transpire in different worlds? |
39713 | 201 The Mind Dispelling Optical Illusions 202 Euclid not Necessary 202 Without Hypotheses, no Science 203 What Outcome? |
39713 | 2º Once in possession of the concept of the mathematical continuum, is one safe from contradictions analogous to those which gave birth to it? |
39713 | A naturalist who never had studied the elephant except in the microscope, would he think he knew the animal adequately? |
39713 | After all, have we any other reason to believe in the existence of material objects? |
39713 | After what we have just said, is there still need to answer this objection? |
39713 | Among all these possible explanations, how make a choice for which the aid of experiment fails us? |
39713 | Among the terms proportional to the squares of the velocities, how distinguish those which come from_ T_ or from_ U_? |
39713 | Among these thousand routes opening before us, it is necessary to make a choice, at least provisional; in this choice, what shall guide us? |
39713 | And Newton''s law itself? |
39713 | And after that? |
39713 | And are such signals inconceivable, if we admit with Laplace that universal gravitation is transmitted a million times more rapidly than light? |
39713 | And besides, why do we speak of measuring? |
39713 | And does our ether really exist? |
39713 | And first of all, are they such uncompromising realists as has been said? |
39713 | And first what does this question mean? |
39713 | And first what should we understand by objectivity? |
39713 | And first, can we conserve the principles of relativity? |
39713 | And first, what is chance? |
39713 | And for these, then, what is the measure of their objectivity? |
39713 | And further: how is error possible in mathematics? |
39713 | And here a question arises: How can a demonstration not sufficiently rigorous for the analyst suffice for the physicist? |
39713 | And how is this deduction made? |
39713 | And if it can not, how dare we reason about it? |
39713 | And if the law should one day be found false? |
39713 | And if there are, how recognize them? |
39713 | And if there were not this accord, should we not have also the right to say experience had proven the falsity of the non- Euclidean geometry? |
39713 | And if we wish to combat them, which should be favored? |
39713 | And in mathematics? |
39713 | And inversely, if the experiment succeeds, shall we believe that we have demonstrated all the hypotheses at once? |
39713 | And now, why have I entitled this chapter_ French Geodesy_? |
39713 | And on the other hand what means the phrase''very complex''? |
39713 | And then a question presents itself: among all these quantities measured experimentally, which shall we choose to represent the parameters_ q_? |
39713 | And then comes a question: Is not this amorphous continuum, that our analysis has allowed to survive, a form imposed upon our sensibility? |
39713 | And then when we ask: Can one imagine non- Euclidean space? |
39713 | And then, has one the right to say that the scientist creates the scientific fact? |
39713 | And this convention of language once adopted, when I shall be asked: Is it such an hour? |
39713 | And to return to America, is not the_ Monist_ published at Chicago, that review which even to us seems bold and yet which finds readers? |
39713 | And to- day, a century and a half after the victory of the Newtonians, think you geodesy has nothing more to teach us? |
39713 | And what gives us the right to make this hypothesis? |
39713 | And what group? |
39713 | And what is the null class? |
39713 | And why are they more noteworthy? |
39713 | And why do we say this transportation is effected without deformation? |
39713 | And why may this probability be regarded as constant within a small interval? |
39713 | And why? |
39713 | And yet if we accept Gouy''s ideas on the Brownian movement, does not the microscope seem on the point of showing us something analogous? |
39713 | And yet is this legitimate, if the unknown be the simple and the known the complex? |
39713 | And yet, in this case, would it have any meaning, to say the earth turns round? |
39713 | And yet, think you the partisans of the kinetic theory are adversaries of determinism? |
39713 | And, in this latter case, do we not risk marring everything? |
39713 | And, this group chosen, which of its sub- groups shall we take to characterize a point of space? |
39713 | And, yet, would it not be more logical in remaining silent? |
39713 | Another thing: whence does space get its quantitative character? |
39713 | Are not appearances against him? |
39713 | Are the chances that these circles will cover a great number of times the celestial sphere? |
39713 | Are the differential equations of the problem too simple for us to apply the laws of chance? |
39713 | Are the law of acceleration, the rule of the composition of forces then only arbitrary conventions? |
39713 | Are there more points in space than points in a plane? |
39713 | Are these mechanical actions too small to be measured, or are they accessible to experiment? |
39713 | Are they absolutely refractory, I do not say to metaphysic, but at least to everything metaphysical? |
39713 | Are they disguised conventions? |
39713 | Are they experimental verities? |
39713 | Are they imposed on us by logic? |
39713 | Are they obtainable by deductive reasoning? |
39713 | Are they synthetic_ a priori_ judgments, as Kant said? |
39713 | Are they the characteristics of a form imposed either upon our sensibility or upon our understanding? |
39713 | Are they then arbitrary? |
39713 | Are we absolutely sure they are unimportant? |
39713 | Are we on the eve of a second crisis? |
39713 | Because it is''lived,''that is, because we love it and believe in it? |
39713 | Besides how do we know whether this law, true for so many centuries, will still be true next year? |
39713 | Besides, do you think they have always marched step by step with no vision of the goal they wished to attain? |
39713 | But I can understand also: Will such a chemical effect happen? |
39713 | But am I sure the body_ P_ has retained the same weight when I have transported it from the first body to the second? |
39713 | But are there any simple facts? |
39713 | But at what moment should we stop? |
39713 | But by what right do we consider as equal these two figures which the Euclidean geometers call two circles with the same radius? |
39713 | But can we not then pass over immediately to the goal? |
39713 | But can we regret that earthly paradise where man brute- like was really immortal in knowing not that he must die? |
39713 | But could I not just as well say: The points which turn up on the two dice can form 6 × 7/2= 21 different combinations? |
39713 | But could not experience have given a contrary result? |
39713 | But did not M. LeRoy make it still too great? |
39713 | But do you think mathematics has attained absolute rigor without making any sacrifice? |
39713 | But even stopping short of such models, does he not already expose himself to the same danger? |
39713 | But even this, what does it mean? |
39713 | But for that how does he proceed? |
39713 | But has any one ever experimented on bodies withdrawn from the action of every force? |
39713 | But has even this any meaning? |
39713 | But have we the right to admit the hypothesis of central forces? |
39713 | But he means something more; and we think we understand it because we think we know what impact is in itself; why? |
39713 | But how can it be possible that there are several parameters whose variations are independent? |
39713 | But how do we decide that this object is more noteworthy? |
39713 | But how does one perceive these analogies and these differences? |
39713 | But how generalize? |
39713 | But how has he not understood that what remained to do was not less considerable and would be not less profitable? |
39713 | But how have the stars composing it reached all at the same time adult age, an age so briefly to endure? |
39713 | But how is this prediction made? |
39713 | But how many different ideas are hidden under this same word? |
39713 | But how measure force, or mass? |
39713 | But how much after? |
39713 | But how much heat would thus be produced? |
39713 | But how reconcile that with what we have said above on the absence of a noteworthy proportion of dark matter? |
39713 | But how shall we ascertain experimentally whether it belongs to this or that concrete object? |
39713 | But how shall we justify it in the presence of discoveries that show us every day new details that are richer and more complex? |
39713 | But how shall we recognize that the antecedents_ A_ and_ A''_ are''slightly different''? |
39713 | But how should electricity in its turn enter into the general unity, how should it be reduced to the universal mechanism? |
39713 | But if truth be the sole aim worth pursuing, may we hope to attain it? |
39713 | But in the end the Copernicus would come-- how? |
39713 | But is it always needful to say it so many times? |
39713 | But is it at least logic, or, better, is it correct? |
39713 | But is that true? |
39713 | But is the art of sound reasoning not also a precious thing, which the professor of mathematics ought before all to cultivate? |
39713 | But is this definition altogether satisfactory? |
39713 | But may not this assemblage be compared to that of the molecules of a gas, whose properties the kinetic theory of gases has made known to us? |
39713 | But of what importance is that? |
39713 | But once equal, if asked about the anterior state, what can we answer? |
39713 | But still more; how define energy itself? |
39713 | But then doubtless men can no longer live and must give place to other beings-- should I say far smaller or far larger? |
39713 | But then why have we this right? |
39713 | But then, if experiment is everything, what place will remain for mathematical physics? |
39713 | But then, what have we gained by this stroke? |
39713 | But then, why is the principle true only if the motion of the movable axes is rectilinear and uniform? |
39713 | But then, why not say the mass is the quotient of the force by the acceleration? |
39713 | But this hypothesis is improbable; why, in fact, would all the corpuscles of the same mass take always the same velocity? |
39713 | But this is not enough; who does not feel that this is still to leave to chance too great a rôle? |
39713 | But this simplicity being only apparent, will the ground be firm enough? |
39713 | But to answer the question: Is this theorem true? |
39713 | But to know this is to know something and then why tell us we can know nothing? |
39713 | But we always meet again the same difficulty; at what precise moment does it begin to be too much so? |
39713 | But what could they deduce from it? |
39713 | But what does that mean? |
39713 | But what does this signify? |
39713 | But what good is it? |
39713 | But what is chance? |
39713 | But what is the nature of these rules? |
39713 | But whence came the error of this philosopher? |
39713 | But whence can come to us this revelation, if not from the accord of a theory with experiment? |
39713 | But where is the simple fact? |
39713 | But why assemble these elements in this way when a thousand other combinations were possible? |
39713 | But why? |
39713 | But why? |
39713 | But why? |
39713 | But, after all, what have we done? |
39713 | But, first, what do you understand by geometric properties of the bodies? |
39713 | But, one will say, if raw experience can not legitimatize reasoning by recurrence, is it so of experiment aided by induction? |
39713 | By operating upon the canal rays as Kaufmann did upon the[ beta] rays? |
39713 | By what mechanism? |
39713 | By what right do we strive to put them into the same mold, to measure them by the same standard? |
39713 | CHAPTER III MATHEMATICS AND LOGIC INTRODUCTION Can mathematics be reduced to logic without having to appeal to principles peculiar to mathematics? |
39713 | CHAPTER IV CHANCE I"How dare we speak of the laws of chance? |
39713 | CHAPTER IX THE FUTURE OF MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS_ The Principles and Experiment._--In the midst of so much ruin, what remains standing? |
39713 | CHAPTER VII THE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS_ The Past and the Future of Physics._--What is the present state of mathematical physics? |
39713 | CHAPTER VIII THE PRESENT CRISIS OF MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS_ The New Crisis._--Are we now about to enter upon a third period? |
39713 | Can it even be defined? |
39713 | Can it return of itself? |
39713 | Can logic give it to us? |
39713 | Can one apply to all matter what has been proved only for such light corpuscles, which are a mere emanation of matter and perhaps not true matter? |
39713 | Can science teach us the true relations of things? |
39713 | Can that be regarded as a true solution? |
39713 | Can the straight line be defined? |
39713 | Can this demonstration be deduced from experiments or from_ a priori_ considerations? |
39713 | Can this law be verified by experiment? |
39713 | Can we not be content with just the bare experiment? |
39713 | Can we show this deformation? |
39713 | Can we subscribe to this conclusive condemnation? |
39713 | Can we without danger act as if it were? |
39713 | Complex causes we have said produce a blend more and more intimate, but after how long a time will this blend satisfy us? |
39713 | Consequently, how distinguish the two parts of energy? |
39713 | Considering the slight density of the milky way, is it the image of gaseous matter or of radiant matter? |
39713 | Could Galileo and the Grand Inquisitor, to settle the matter, appeal to the witness of their senses? |
39713 | Could it be otherwise? |
39713 | Could we recognize with a little attention that this pure intuition itself could not do without the aid of the senses? |
39713 | Do we find it in nature, or do we ourselves introduce it there? |
39713 | Do we say that it is impossible for us to understand anything about this machine so long as we are not permitted to take it to pieces? |
39713 | Do you think American geometers are concerned only about applications? |
39713 | Do you think that in such a world we should be what we are? |
39713 | Do you think the moralists themselves are irreproachable when they come down from their pedestal? |
39713 | Do you think the second phase could have come into existence without the first? |
39713 | Does it make us understand its unity and harmony? |
39713 | Does it mean that we_ represent_ to ourselves external objects in geometric space? |
39713 | Does the earth rotate? |
39713 | Does the harmony the human intelligence thinks it discovers in nature exist outside of this intelligence? |
39713 | Does the mathematical method proceed from the particular to the general, and, if so, how then can it be called deductive? |
39713 | Does this form exist, or, if you choose, can we represent to ourselves space of more than three dimensions? |
39713 | Does this mean that nothing is left of this objection of the philosophers? |
39713 | Does this mean that our most legitimate, most imperative aspiration is at the same time the most vain? |
39713 | Does this mean that the definition guarantees, as it should, the existence of the object defined? |
39713 | Does this mean that these atoms or these cells constitute reality, or rather the sole reality? |
39713 | Does this mean the work of Fresnel was in vain? |
39713 | Doubtless we should first bend our efforts to assuage human suffering, but why? |
39713 | Even if they had entirely succeeded, would the Kantians be finally condemned to silence? |
39713 | Experiments have been made which should have disclosed the terms of the first order; the results have been negative; could that be by chance? |
39713 | For subtraction it is quite otherwise; it may be logically defined as the operation inverse to addition; but should we begin in that way? |
39713 | From this rapid exposition, what shall we conclude? |
39713 | Has chance thus defined, in so far as this is possible, objectivity? |
39713 | Has not M. de Cyon said that the Japanese mice, having only two pair of semicircular canals, believe that space is two- dimensional? |
39713 | Has one the right to give this extension to the meaning of the word_ logic_? |
39713 | Has one the right, therefore, to say he knows the distance between two points? |
39713 | Has probability been defined? |
39713 | Has science any place for such theories? |
39713 | Has the discarded hypothesis, then, been barren? |
39713 | Has this a meaning, and if so what? |
39713 | Has this word the same meaning for all the world? |
39713 | Have I the right to believe this? |
39713 | Have the peoples whose ideal most conformed to their highest interest exterminated the others and taken their place? |
39713 | Have these relations an objective value? |
39713 | Have we finally attained absolute rigor? |
39713 | Have we not just seen that it is by astronomy that, to speak his language, humanity has passed from the theological to the positive state? |
39713 | Have we the right to reason in this way? |
39713 | Have we the right, for instance, to enunciate Newton''s law? |
39713 | He has set himself questions like these: Are there more points in space than whole numbers? |
39713 | How am I led to regard these two series_ S_ and_ S''''_ as corresponding to the same displacement_ AB_? |
39713 | How are we led thereto? |
39713 | How are we led to conclude thence that they are identical? |
39713 | How can a law become a principle? |
39713 | How can intuition deceive us on this point? |
39713 | How can that be? |
39713 | How can we estimate the value of the new weapon thus won? |
39713 | How can we explain the very singular appearances presented by the spiral nebulæ, which are too regular and too constant to be due to chance? |
39713 | How can we explain this apparent contradiction? |
39713 | How can we know that two possible cases are equally probable? |
39713 | How could he be so short- sighted? |
39713 | How could he do it if we should leave between instruments and objects the deep chasm hollowed out by the logicians? |
39713 | How could that be, if time were not a form pre- existent in our minds? |
39713 | How could they have believed that motion stops when the cause which gave birth to it ceases? |
39713 | How could we know there were empty compartments, if these compartments were revealed to us only by their content? |
39713 | How define this group then without moving some solids? |
39713 | How do they accomplish it? |
39713 | How do we know whether two points of space are identical or different? |
39713 | How does Hilbert demonstrate this essential point? |
39713 | How does it happen that so many refuse to understand mathematics? |
39713 | How does it happen there are people who do not understand mathematics? |
39713 | How enunciate rules applicable to circumstances so complex? |
39713 | How is it possible? |
39713 | How is it then for the milky way? |
39713 | How long would it be necessary to wait? |
39713 | How many dimensions has this continuum? |
39713 | How many unexpected guests must be stowed away? |
39713 | How save ourselves from this_ petitio principii_? |
39713 | How shall we decide between these two hypotheses? |
39713 | How shall we define force? |
39713 | How shall we even reconcile it with the belief in the unity of nature? |
39713 | How should the equations of mathematical physics be treated? |
39713 | How should we picture a receptacle filled with gas? |
39713 | How so? |
39713 | How then am I led to distinguish them? |
39713 | How then choose the interesting fact, which is that which begins again? |
39713 | How then could we have been led to distinguish between the two? |
39713 | How then do they choose between the facts of nature? |
39713 | How then shall we recognize the equivalence of these two series? |
39713 | How was the order of the universe understood by the ancients; for instance, by Pythagoras, Plato or Aristotle? |
39713 | How was this triumph obtained? |
39713 | How, under these conditions, can we make out in this total mass the part of the real mass and that of the fictitious electromagnetic mass? |
39713 | How? |
39713 | However, because no painter has made a perfect portrait, should we conclude that the best painting is not to paint? |
39713 | I am asked: Did the eclipse happen at the hour predicted? |
39713 | I can understand that that means: Will such a mechanical effect happen? |
39713 | I have shown above by examples that the first two can not give us certainty; but who will seriously doubt the third, who will doubt arithmetic? |
39713 | I repeat my question: Do you think that in such a world we should be what we are? |
39713 | I should like to know who was to prevent him, and can it be said a thing does not exist, when we have called it[ Omega]?" |
39713 | I will explain myself; how did the ancients understand law? |
39713 | III I once said no to this question:[12] should our reply be modified by the recent works? |
39713 | II_ Comparison with Astronomic Observations_ Can the preceding theories be reconciled with astronomic observations? |
39713 | IV Why now have all these spaces three dimensions? |
39713 | If Larmor has failed, as it seems to me he has, does that mean that a mechanical explanation is impossible? |
39713 | If a modern physicist studies a new phenomenon, and if he discovers its law Tuesday, would he have said Monday that this phenomenon was fortuitous? |
39713 | If it was perceived that the concordance of the two effects, mechanical and chemical, is not constant? |
39713 | If it were ruled by caprice, what could prove to us it was not ruled by chance? |
39713 | If it were so, how should the Greeks have failed to recognize it? |
39713 | If not, why had this combination more right to exist than all the others? |
39713 | If science did not succeed, it could not serve as rule of action; whence would it get its value? |
39713 | If the coefficient of inertia is not constant, can the attracting mass be? |
39713 | If there is no absolute space, can one turn without turning in reference to something else? |
39713 | If there is no longer any mass, what becomes of Newton''s law? |
39713 | If therefore, during an eclipse, it is asked: Is it growing dark? |
39713 | If they deceived themselves, do we not likewise cheat ourselves? |
39713 | If this is only an illusion, why is this illusion so tenacious? |
39713 | If this science is deductive only in appearance, whence does it derive that perfect rigor no one dreams of doubting? |
39713 | If we construct a theory based on a number of hypotheses, and if experiment condemns it, which of our premises is it necessary to change? |
39713 | If you put the question to me: Is such a fact true? |
39713 | If, then, experiment confirms his conclusions, will he think that he has demonstrated, for instance, the real existence of atoms? |
39713 | In a word, is not the subliminal self superior to the conscious self? |
39713 | In fact, how will a gaseous mass let loose in the void act, if its elements attract one another according to Newton''s law? |
39713 | In fact, what is mathematical creation? |
39713 | In how far is it exact? |
39713 | In other words, do we mean that we must be sure not to meet contradictions, on condition of agreeing to stop just when we are about to encounter one? |
39713 | In other words, should we constrain the young people to change the nature of their minds? |
39713 | In presence of this general collapse of the principles, what attitude will mathematical physics take? |
39713 | In the applications we have to make of these three concepts, do they present themselves to us as defined by these three postulates? |
39713 | In the edifices built up by our masters, of what use to admire the work of the mason if we can not comprehend the plan of the architect? |
39713 | In the first place, what instrument have we at our disposal for this conquest? |
39713 | In the measurements of which we speak in the preceding section, what is it we determine in measuring the two deviations? |
39713 | In this multitude how shall we choose those which are worthy to fix our attention? |
39713 | In what measure does the mind get this satisfaction and why is it not content with it? |
39713 | Is Mr. Russell preparing to show that one at least of the two contradictory reasonings has transgressed the code? |
39713 | Is experience the source of geometry? |
39713 | Is is really deductive, as is commonly supposed? |
39713 | Is it a simple chance which confers this privilege? |
39713 | Is it by caprice? |
39713 | Is it certain it will never be contradicted by experiment? |
39713 | Is it certain our imaginary astronomers would do the same? |
39713 | Is it desired that this common part of the enunciations be expressible in words? |
39713 | Is it impossible that experiment may some day contradict our postulate? |
39713 | Is it impossible to conceive physical phenomena, the mechanical phenomena, for example, otherwise than in space of three dimensions? |
39713 | Is it likely that it is able to form all the possible combinations, whose number would frighten the imagination? |
39713 | Is it meant that we could not experimentally demonstrate Euclid''s postulate, but that our ancestors have been able to do it? |
39713 | Is it not as if one strove to measure length with a gram or weight with a meter? |
39713 | Is it not evident that from the principle so understood we could no longer infer anything? |
39713 | Is it possible to fulfill so many opposing conditions? |
39713 | Is it possible to reconcile it with the principle of the conservation of energy? |
39713 | Is it the radius of the disc? |
39713 | Is it the same with two physical facts? |
39713 | Is it the thickness? |
39713 | Is it this which Russell calls the''zigzaginess''? |
39713 | Is it thought that ordinary language by aid of which are expressed the facts of daily life is exempt from ambiguity? |
39713 | Is it true they afford means of proving the principle of complete induction without any appeal to intuition? |
39713 | Is it well to let them know this is only approximative? |
39713 | Is its orientation about to be modified? |
39713 | Is mathematical analysis, then, whose principal object is the study of these empty frames, only a vain play of the mind? |
39713 | Is nature governed by caprice, or does harmony rule there? |
39713 | Is not chance the antithesis of all law?" |
39713 | Is not human intelligence, more specifically the intelligence of the scientist, susceptible of infinite variation? |
39713 | Is not my present nearer my past of yesterday than the present of Sirius? |
39713 | Is not the very spectrum of the spark, in which we recognize the lines of the metal of the electrode, a proof of it? |
39713 | Is not this the means of escaping the ridicule that we foresee? |
39713 | Is space revealed to us by our senses? |
39713 | Is that not something of a paradox? |
39713 | Is the abyss which separates them less profound than it at first appeared? |
39713 | Is the milky way thus constituted truly the image of a gas properly so called? |
39713 | Is the principle of inertia, which is not an_ a priori_ truth, therefore an experimental fact? |
39713 | Is there a law of errors? |
39713 | Is there in nature some familiar object which is so to speak the rough and vague image of it? |
39713 | Is there something to change in all that when we pass to the following stages? |
39713 | Is this a simple illusion of ours, or are there cases where this way of thinking is legitimate? |
39713 | Is this a third way of conceiving chance? |
39713 | Is this a truth imposed_ a priori_ upon the mind? |
39713 | Is this a useless luxury? |
39713 | Is this a verifiable fact? |
39713 | Is this affirmative answer forced upon us by the facts I have just given? |
39713 | Is this apparent contiguity a mere effect of chance? |
39713 | Is this because it is too remote from all other bodies to experience any appreciable action from them? |
39713 | Is this enough? |
39713 | Is this evolution ended? |
39713 | Is this hypothesis rigorously exact? |
39713 | Is this not enough to show they are capable of making ascensions otherwise than in a captive balloon? |
39713 | Is this not for us mathematicians in a way a professional procedure? |
39713 | Is this possible in particular when it is a question of giving a definition? |
39713 | Is this the case here? |
39713 | Is this then a question of method? |
39713 | Is this to say that the principle has no meaning and vanishes in a tautology? |
39713 | Is this way of looking at it legitimate? |
39713 | It is doubtless something intermediate; but what can we say then of the thickness itself, or of the radius of the disc? |
39713 | It is evident from the first that systematic errors can not satisfy Gauss''s law; but do the accidental errors satisfy it? |
39713 | It is useless to seek to change anything of that, and besides would it be desirable? |
39713 | It may be asked, for instance, what is the present distribution of the minor planets? |
39713 | May we not fear lest some day a new experiment should come to falsify the law in some domain of physics? |
39713 | Might it not happen that it can accord with experience only by violating the principle of sufficient reason or that of the relativity of space? |
39713 | Might not new experiments some day lead us to modify or even to abandon them? |
39713 | Might there not be an abrupt fall of potential in the neighborhood of one of the armatures, of the negative armature, for example? |
39713 | Moreover, do we not often invoke what Bertrand calls the laws of chance, to predict a phenomenon? |
39713 | Must geometry be regarded both as a branch of kinematics and as a branch of optics? |
39713 | Must not this existence be established, in order that the existence of the class of which it is a part may be deduced? |
39713 | Must we believe that the evolution of the milky way began when the matter was still dark? |
39713 | Must we combat them? |
39713 | Must we continue to use the method of least squares? |
39713 | Must we lament this? |
39713 | Must we show those content with the pure logic that they have seen only one side of the matter? |
39713 | Must we therefore translate as follows? |
39713 | Must we use them? |
39713 | Must we, therefore, abandon science and study only morals? |
39713 | Need I also recall that M. Hermite obtained a surprising advantage from the introduction of continuous variables into the theory of numbers? |
39713 | Need I point out that the fall of Lavoisier''s principle involves that of Newton''s? |
39713 | Need I recall that thus have been made all the important discoveries? |
39713 | Need we add that mathematicians themselves are not infallible? |
39713 | No one doubts it; but whence comes this confidence? |
39713 | Nor may you ask: Does the infallibility of arithmetic prevent errors in addition? |
39713 | Now can we affirm that the hypotheses I have just made are absurd? |
39713 | Now how do we know that this continuum of displacements has six dimensions? |
39713 | Now on what condition is the use of hypothesis without danger? |
39713 | Now what do we see? |
39713 | Now what is science? |
39713 | Now what is this creed? |
39713 | Now when we say that the Euclidean motions are the_ true_ motions without deformation, what do we mean? |
39713 | Now why is the first method of enumerating the possible cases more legitimate than the second? |
39713 | Now, what do we see? |
39713 | Of these two inverse tendencies, which seem to triumph turn about, which will win? |
39713 | On the other hand, if the principles of mechanics are only of experimental origin, are they not therefore only approximate and provisional? |
39713 | On the other hand, what happens with regard to the straight line? |
39713 | On what then could be based experiments which should serve as foundation for geometry? |
39713 | One could at most have said to us:''Your fillips are doubtless legitimate, but you abuse them; why move the exterior objects so often?'' |
39713 | Only a privileged few are called to enjoy it fully, it is true, but is not this the case for all the noblest arts? |
39713 | Only, is the compensation perfect? |
39713 | Or again that every body if nothing prevents, will move in a circle, the noblest of motions? |
39713 | Or can we, despite all, approach truth on some side? |
39713 | Or further, what criterion will enable me to apprehend this? |
39713 | Or is there here a play of evolution and natural selection? |
39713 | Or is this action by so much the less as the medium is less refractive and more rarefied, becoming null in the void? |
39713 | Or need we say to those not so cheaply satisfied that what they demand is not necessary? |
39713 | Or rather what is the probable value of the sine of the longitude at the instant_ t_, that is to say of sin(_ at_+_ b_)? |
39713 | Or, perhaps, does the apparent correspond to a real contiguity? |
39713 | Our body is formed of cells, and the cells of atoms; are these cells and these atoms then all the reality of the human body? |
39713 | PART III THE OBJECTIVE VALUE OF SCIENCE CHAPTER X IS SCIENCE ARTIFICIAL? |
39713 | Pardon, can you not imagine that the door opens, or that two of these walls separate? |
39713 | Probability opposed to certainty is what we do not know, and how can we calculate what we do not know? |
39713 | Scarcely fifteen years ago was there anything more ridiculous, more naïvely antiquated, than Coulomb''s fluids? |
39713 | Shall I recall to you how it was in its turn thrown into discredit? |
39713 | Shall we believe that with one single equation we have determined several unknowns? |
39713 | Shall we ever arrive at that? |
39713 | Shall we know then what is a point thus defined by its relative position with regard to ourselves? |
39713 | Shall we let ourselves be guided solely by our caprice? |
39713 | Shall we say that if we introduce others, of which we are fully conscious, we shall only aggravate the evil? |
39713 | Shall we say that the first has been useless? |
39713 | Shall we then admit that the enunciations of all those theorems which fill so many volumes are nothing but devious ways of saying_ A_ is_ A_? |
39713 | Shall we think God, contemplating his work, feels the same sensations as we in watching a billiard match? |
39713 | Should each therefore decide according to his temperament, the conservatives going to one side and the lovers of the new to the other? |
39713 | Should we abandon one of the two hypotheses, and which? |
39713 | Should we here understand by finite number every number to which by definition the principle of induction applies? |
39713 | Should we not always have been able to justify these fillips by the same reasons? |
39713 | Should we retain the classic definition of parallels and say parallels are two coplanar straights which do not meet, however far they be prolonged? |
39713 | Should we simply deduce all the consequences and regard them as intangible realities? |
39713 | Should we therefore conclude that the axioms of geometry are experimental verities? |
39713 | Should your rules be followed blindly? |
39713 | Since several geometries are possible, is it certain ours is the true one? |
39713 | So much for the rotation of the earth upon itself; what shall we say of its revolution around the sun? |
39713 | So that to ask what geometry it is proper to adopt is to ask, to what line is it proper to give the name straight? |
39713 | So we shall put the question otherwise; can geodesy aid us the better to know nature? |
39713 | So what must we conclude? |
39713 | Suppose we find the ray of light does not satisfy Euclid''s postulate( for example by showing that a star has a negative parallax), what shall we do? |
39713 | THE IMPLICIT AXIOMS.--Are the axioms explicitly enunciated in our treatises the sole foundations of geometry? |
39713 | That granted, what do we do? |
39713 | That is an experimental truth, but it can not be invalidated by experience; in fact, what would a more precise experiment teach us? |
39713 | That means: Are these relations the same for all? |
39713 | That supposes the field uniform; is this certain? |
39713 | That would be easy, I have said, but that would be rather long; and would it not be a little superficial? |
39713 | The English are right, that goes without saying; but how could the other method have been persisted in so long? |
39713 | The engineer should receive a complete mathematical education, but for what should it serve him? |
39713 | The example ordinarily cited is that of a ball rolling a very long time on a marble table; but why do we say it is subjected to no force? |
39713 | The experimenter puts to nature a question: Is it this or that? |
39713 | The nominalist attitude is justified only when it is convenient; when is it so? |
39713 | The principle is intact, but thenceforth of what use is it? |
39713 | The rule of tric- trac is indeed a rule of action like science, but does any one think the comparison just and not see the difference? |
39713 | The rules of perfect logic, are they the whole of mathematics? |
39713 | The way these cells are arranged, whence results the unity of the individual, is it not also a reality and much more interesting? |
39713 | Then does the scientist create science? |
39713 | Then what are we to think of that question: Is the Euclidean geometry true? |
39713 | Then what happens? |
39713 | There is connection between the warning_ A1_ and the parry_ B1_, this is an internal property of our intelligence; but why this connection? |
39713 | There is no difficulty as to_ U_, but can_ T_ be regarded as the_ vis viva_ of a material system? |
39713 | There is the event, what is the cause? |
39713 | There steeples were not lacking: but to install oneself in them with mysterious and perhaps diabolic instruments, was it not sacrilege? |
39713 | Therefore two difficulties:( 1) Can we transform psychologic time, which is qualitative, into a quantitative time? |
39713 | Therefore, when we ask what is the objective value of science, that does not mean: Does science teach us the true nature of things? |
39713 | These principles on which we have built all, are they about to crumble away in their turn? |
39713 | This it is that we are about to consider, and we shall put the question in these terms: When we say that space has three dimensions, what do we mean? |
39713 | Thus all seems arranged, but are all the doubts dissipated? |
39713 | Thus would not the horse harnessed to his treadmill refuse to go, were his eyes not bandaged? |
39713 | To minds so unlike can the mathematical theorems themselves appear in the same light? |
39713 | To what need does it respond? |
39713 | To- day, what do we see? |
39713 | Truth which is not the same for all, is it truth? |
39713 | Two psychological phenomena happen in two different consciousnesses; when I say they are simultaneous, what do I mean? |
39713 | Under these conditions, how imagine a sieve capable of applying them mechanically? |
39713 | Upon what condition will this latter definition, which plays an essential rôle in Whitehead''s proof, be''predicative''and consequently acceptable? |
39713 | V We seek reality, but what is reality? |
39713 | VII_ The True Solution_ What choice ought we to make among these different theories? |
39713 | VI_ Zigzag Theory and No- class Theory_ What is Mr. Russell''s attitude in presence of these contradictions? |
39713 | Was it merely because I do not speak the Peanian with enough eloquence? |
39713 | Was that to reject it? |
39713 | Was the Academy wrong? |
39713 | We say now_ post hoc, ergo propter hoc_; now_ propter hoc, ergo post hoc_; shall we escape from this vicious circle? |
39713 | Well, is it not a great advance to have distinguished what long was wrongly confused? |
39713 | Well, now, has this generalized law of inertia been verified by experiment, or can it be? |
39713 | What are the axes to which we naturally refer the_ extended space_? |
39713 | What are the problems it is led to set itself? |
39713 | What are these''things''? |
39713 | What are we to understand by that? |
39713 | What assurance is there that a thing we think simple does not hide a dreadful complexity? |
39713 | What authorizes me so to do? |
39713 | What can they do in this sense? |
39713 | What can this advantage be? |
39713 | What difference is there then between the statement of a fact in the rough and the statement of a scientific fact? |
39713 | What do I say? |
39713 | What do we do when we wish to apply the calculus of probabilities to such a question? |
39713 | What do we mean by_ sufficiently near_? |
39713 | What does it matter then whether the simplicity be real, or whether it covers a complex reality? |
39713 | What does that mean? |
39713 | What does that mean? |
39713 | What does that mean? |
39713 | What does that mean? |
39713 | What does that prove? |
39713 | What does that prove? |
39713 | What does the celebrated German geometer do? |
39713 | What does the word_ exist_ mean in mathematics? |
39713 | What does this mean? |
39713 | What does this mean? |
39713 | What geometry will they construct? |
39713 | What good are the efforts so expended by the geodesist? |
39713 | What happens now if the electrons are in motion? |
39713 | What happens now if we have recourse to some instrument to supplement the feebleness of our senses, if, for example, we make use of a microscope? |
39713 | What happens then according to the theory? |
39713 | What happens then? |
39713 | What happens then? |
39713 | What has experimental physics to do with such an aid, one which seems useless and perhaps even dangerous? |
39713 | What has it to do with the method of the physical sciences? |
39713 | What has made necessary this evolution? |
39713 | What has taught us to know the true, profound analogies, those the eyes do not see but reason divines? |
39713 | What is a good definition? |
39713 | What is a point of space? |
39713 | What is after all the fundamental theorem of geometry? |
39713 | What is at the instant_ t_ the probable distribution of the minor planets? |
39713 | What is for them the real definition of force? |
39713 | What is geometry for the philosopher? |
39713 | What is it indeed that gives us the feeling of elegance in a solution, in a demonstration? |
39713 | What is it necessary to do to give a mechanical interpretation of such a phenomenon? |
39713 | What is it, to understand? |
39713 | What is its future? |
39713 | What is meant when we say that a mathematical continuum or that a physical continuum has two or three dimensions? |
39713 | What is more complicated than the confused movements of the planets? |
39713 | What is necessary in order to deduce from this a mechanical explanation? |
39713 | What is the cause of this evolution? |
39713 | What is the cause that, among the thousand products of our unconscious activity, some are called to pass the threshold, while others remain below? |
39713 | What is the curve of probability of each of them? |
39713 | What is the force that should produce this recoil? |
39713 | What is the meaning of this? |
39713 | What is the nature of mathematical reasoning? |
39713 | What is the origin of this word and of other words also? |
39713 | What is the probability of his turning up the king? |
39713 | What is the probability of this push having this or that value? |
39713 | What is the probability that he is a sharper? |
39713 | What is the probability that he is a sharper? |
39713 | What is the probability that its third decimal is an even number? |
39713 | What is the probability that one of the two at least turns up a six? |
39713 | What is the probability that one or more representative points may be found in a certain portion of the plane? |
39713 | What is the probability that the fifth decimal of a logarithm taken at random from a table is a''9''? |
39713 | What is the probable present distribution of the minor planets on the zodiac? |
39713 | What is the probable value of sin_ nu_? |
39713 | What is the result? |
39713 | What is the rôle of the preliminary conscious work? |
39713 | What is this_ something else_? |
39713 | What is zero? |
39713 | What is_ force_? |
39713 | What is_ mass_? |
39713 | What it joins together should that be put asunder, what it puts asunder should that be joined together? |
39713 | What may be drawn from this comparison? |
39713 | What meaning according to them has this affirmation? |
39713 | What means have I then of knowing that these fibers are contiguous? |
39713 | What means the phrase''very slight''? |
39713 | What more? |
39713 | What new islets raise their fronded palms in air within thought''s musical domain? |
39713 | What now does the principle of least action tell us? |
39713 | What now will happen when great causes produce small effects? |
39713 | What prevents our being content with a calculation which has told us, it seems, all we wished to know? |
39713 | What remains then of the principle of the equality of action and reaction? |
39713 | What says M. Couturat to the first of these objections? |
39713 | What science could have been more useful? |
39713 | What should we conclude? |
39713 | What should we have done then if experience had given this contrary result? |
39713 | What simpler than Newton''s law? |
39713 | What then is a good experiment? |
39713 | What then is the rôle of experience? |
39713 | What then is to be done? |
39713 | What then remains of M. LeRoy''s thesis? |
39713 | What then should be thought of that direct intuition we should have of the straight or of distance? |
39713 | What things do they hide? |
39713 | What victory heralded the great rocket for which young Lobachevski, the widow''s son, was cast into prison? |
39713 | What was done then? |
39713 | What was this rash person who, upon our heights so recently set free, dared to raise the hateful standard of the counter- revolution? |
39713 | What we are free to do as we please-- is it any longer a serious business? |
39713 | What we are free to think as we please-- is it of any further interest to one who is in search of truth? |
39713 | What will happen? |
39713 | What would be its natural generalization? |
39713 | What would happen if one could communicate by non- luminous signals whose velocity of propagation differed from that of light? |
39713 | What, first of all, are the properties of space, properly so called? |
39713 | What, in fact, is a magnetic pole? |
39713 | When I am asked: Is it growing dark? |
39713 | When I am asked: Is the current passing? |
39713 | When I awake to- morrow morning, what sensation shall I feel in presence of such an astounding transformation? |
39713 | When I observe a galvanometer, as I have just said, if I ask an ignorant visitor: Is the current passing? |
39713 | When I say that a physical phenomenon, which happens outside of every consciousness, is before or after a psychological phenomenon, what do I mean? |
39713 | When I say, from noon to one the same time passes as from two to three, what meaning has this affirmation? |
39713 | When it is said then that we''localize''such and such an object at such and such a point of space, what does it mean? |
39713 | When it shall have vanished, will hope remain and shall we have the courage to achieve? |
39713 | When shall we have sufficiently shuffled the cards? |
39713 | When shall we say two forces are equal? |
39713 | When shall we say, then, that we have a complete mechanical explanation of the phenomenon? |
39713 | When slight differences in the causes produce vast differences in the effects, why are these effects distributed according to the laws of chance? |
39713 | When we have discovered in what direction it is advisable to look for the elementary phenomenon, by what means can we reach it? |
39713 | When we say space has three dimensions, what do we mean? |
39713 | When we use the pendulum to measure time, what postulate do we implicitly admit? |
39713 | When we wish to check a hypothesis, what do we do? |
39713 | When will it have accumulated sufficient complexity? |
39713 | Whence come in general the difficulties encountered in seeking rigor? |
39713 | Whence come the first principles of geometry? |
39713 | Whence comes the feeling that between any two instants there are others? |
39713 | Whence comes this certainty and is it justified? |
39713 | Whence comes this concordance? |
39713 | Where then is the boundary between the fact in the rough and the scientific fact? |
39713 | Wherein do these permanently electrified molecules differ from Coulomb''s electric molecules? |
39713 | Wherein does this syllable form an integrant part of this intuitive idea? |
39713 | Which group shall we choose, to make of it a sort of standard with which to compare natural phenomena? |
39713 | Which shall we prefer to regard as the derivatives of these parameters? |
39713 | Which then are the facts likely to reappear? |
39713 | Who could doubt that an angle may always be divided into any number of equal parts? |
39713 | Who delivered us from this illusion? |
39713 | Who shall choose the facts which, corresponding to these conditions, are worthy the freedom of the city in science? |
39713 | Who shall tell us which to choose? |
39713 | Who will regret it; who will think that this time and this strength have been wasted? |
39713 | Who would dare affirm that? |
39713 | Who would venture to say whether he preferred that Weierstrass had never written or that there had never been a Riemann? |
39713 | Who, now, is to decide whether a definition may be regarded as simple enough to be acceptable? |
39713 | Why are the English scientist''s ideas with such difficulty acclimatized among us? |
39713 | Why are the decimals of a table of logarithms, why are those of the number[ pi] distributed in accordance with the laws of chance? |
39713 | Why are the lines of the spectrum distributed in accordance with a regular law? |
39713 | Why be a''neo- vitalist,''or an''evolutionist,''or an''atomist,''or an''Energetiker''? |
39713 | Why be astonished then at the resistance we oppose to every attempt made to dissociate what so long has been associated? |
39713 | Why change them if they were infallible? |
39713 | Why did this stranger climb the mountains to make signals? |
39713 | Why do children usually understand nothing of the definitions which satisfy scientists? |
39713 | Why do the drops of rain in a shower seem to be distributed at random? |
39713 | Why do the rays distribute themselves regularly? |
39713 | Why do these rays distribute themselves regularly? |
39713 | Why do we assert this? |
39713 | Why do we avoid points making angles and too abrupt turns? |
39713 | Why do we not make our curve describe the most capricious zig- zags? |
39713 | Why do we put such a value on the invention of a new transformation? |
39713 | Why do we reject this interpretation? |
39713 | Why does this principle occupy thus a sort of privileged place among all the physical laws? |
39713 | Why has it been said that every attempt to give a fourth dimension to space always carries this one back to one of the other three? |
39713 | Why has space properly so called as many dimensions as tactile space and more than simple visual space? |
39713 | Why have the continental savants who have sought to get out of the ruts of their predecessors been usually unable to free themselves completely? |
39713 | Why have the meteorologists such difficulty in predicting the weather with any certainty? |
39713 | Why is it necessary to give them others? |
39713 | Why is this detour advantageous? |
39713 | Why not limit our philosophy of science strictly to such a counsel of resignation? |
39713 | Why not''take the cash and let the credit go''? |
39713 | Why reason on a polygon, for instance, which is always decomposable into triangles, and not on the elementary triangles? |
39713 | Why should I have the right to apply the name of straight to the first of these ideas and not to the second? |
39713 | Why then am I led to decide that these two sensations, qualitatively different, represent the same image, which has been displaced? |
39713 | Why then do we think this initial distribution improbable? |
39713 | Why then does it not fail me in a difficult piece of mathematical reasoning where most chess- players would lose themselves? |
39713 | Why then does this judgment force itself upon us with an irresistible evidence? |
39713 | Why then is it that I seek to trace a curve without sinuosities? |
39713 | Why then take this détour? |
39713 | Why, then, does science actually need general theories, despite the fact that these theories inevitably alter and pass away? |
39713 | Why? |
39713 | Why? |
39713 | Why? |
39713 | Why? |
39713 | Why? |
39713 | Why? |
39713 | Why? |
39713 | Why? |
39713 | Why? |
39713 | Why? |
39713 | Why? |
39713 | Will it be by a convention? |
39713 | Will it be necessary to seek to mend the broken principles by giving what we French call a_ coup de pouce_? |
39713 | Will it be said that good sense suffices to show us what convention should be adopted? |
39713 | Will it thus shrink in convergence toward zero, or will there remain an irreducible residue which will then be the universal invariant sought? |
39713 | Will nature be sufficiently flexible for that? |
39713 | Will our experiments, interpreted in this new manner, still be in accord with our''law of relativity''? |
39713 | Will the difficulty be solved if we agree to refer everything to these axes bound to our body? |
39713 | Will the number of shoes be equal to the number of pairs? |
39713 | Will the two principles of Mayer and of Clausius assure to it foundations solid enough for it to last some time? |
39713 | Will they still be the same for those who shall come after us? |
39713 | Will things go better if we admit the new dynamics? |
39713 | Will you say that if the experiments bear on the bodies, they bear at least upon the geometric properties of the bodies? |
39713 | With what eyes, if not with his intellect? |
39713 | Without doubt, numerous observations are in accord with it; but is not this a simple effect of chance? |
39713 | Would all geometry thus have become impossible? |
39713 | Would not the same reasoning be applicable in his case? |
39713 | Would not this animal be the true philosopher? |
39713 | Would the metamorphosis have been possible, or at least would it not have been much slower? |
39713 | Would the probability of the cause being comprised between two limits_ n_ kilometers apart still be proportional to_ n_? |
39713 | Would this contrary result have been absurd in itself? |
39713 | Would this planet act the same if it went a thousand times faster? |
39713 | XI Another difficulty; have we really the right to speak of the cause of a phenomenon? |
39713 | Yet is it an instrument not to be done without, if not for action, at least for philosophizing? |
39713 | Yet is that certitude absolute? |
39713 | Yet would the mind of these astronomers be completely satisfied? |
39713 | You ask then of what use is the hypothesis of Lorentz and of Fitzgerald if no experiment can permit of its verification? |
39713 | _ Conventions Preceding Experiment._--Suppose, now, that all these efforts fail, and, after all, I do not believe they will, what must be done? |
39713 | _ Identity of Two Points_ What is a point? |
39713 | _ Objectivity of Science_ I arrive at the question set by the title of this article: What is the objective value of science? |
39713 | _ Shall we thence conclude that the facts of daily life are the work of the grammarians?_ You ask me: Is there a current? |
39713 | _ Shall we thence conclude that the facts of daily life are the work of the grammarians?_ You ask me: Is there a current? |
39713 | _ The Objective Value of Science_ CHAPTER X.--Is Science Artificial? |
39713 | _ The Philosophy of M. LeRoy_ There are many reasons for being sceptics; should we push this scepticism to the very end or stop on the way? |
39713 | _ The Rôle of the Analyst._--And as to these doubts, is it indeed true that we can do nothing to disembarrass science of them? |
39713 | _ They have not changed nature; they have only changed place._ III Could these principles be considered as disguised definitions? |
39713 | _ This convention being given_, if I am asked: Is such a fact true? |
39713 | _ What Outcome?_--What now is the definite, the permanent outcome? |
39713 | and, if so, how was it known that these bodies were subjected to no force? |
39713 | and, on the other hand, how could we admit Newton''s conclusion and believe in absolute space? |
39713 | but it means: Does it teach us the true relations of things? |
47748 | Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?] |
47748 | *** There is a work called''The Horse,''and another''The Cow,''and''The Dog,''and so on; why should''nt there be one on''The Galls?'' |
47748 | And how the living clouds on clouds arise? |
47748 | And yet how simple the phenomenon? |
47748 | But how does this hair grow? |
47748 | But is the heart weary-- that heart which has toiled through the long and sluggard night? |
47748 | But why is man''s head thus covered with hair? |
47748 | But, what is it that causes the heart to beat? |
47748 | How do you know that you have hold of it? |
47748 | How indeed was the mole, working its way under ground, to guard its eyes at all? |
47748 | How much of that noble form is composed of water? |
47748 | If this is not seeing the object--_what is_? |
47748 | Is it any wonder then so many fellows get taken in when they go for to swap hearts with them? |
47748 | Is it not possible that, by hammering, the particles of iron have been driven closer together, and_ the latent heat_ driven out? |
47748 | This is one of the chief beauties of"Live and Learn,"for what is the use of pointing out a grammatical error without giving a key to its correction? |
47748 | WHICH-- THE RIGHT OR THE LEFT? |
47748 | What are they? |
47748 | What is that organisation for? |
47748 | What occurs? |
47748 | What purpose do they fulfil? |
47748 | What then occurs? |
47748 | Who can recount what transmigrations there Are annual made? |
47748 | Why is this?_ Because the_ carbon_( charcoal) absorbs_ oxygen_ from the air, and conveys it to the_ phosphorous_. |
47748 | Why should man have the power to regulate his finger, and not to regulate his heart? |
47748 | Why should not each of us enquire the"Reason Why"regarding everything that we observe? |
47748 | Why should this be? |
47748 | Why should we mentally_ grope_ about, when we may_ see_ our way? |
47748 | [ Verse:"And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man''s mouth? |
47748 | [ Verse:"Can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?" |
47748 | [ Verse:"Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? |
47748 | [ Verse:"Can the rush grow up without mire? |
47748 | [ Verse:"Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?" |
47748 | [ Verse:"Doth not the ear try words? |
47748 | [ Verse:"Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south? |
47748 | [ Verse:"Except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? |
47748 | [ Verse:"Hast thou given the horse strength? |
47748 | [ Verse:"Hath the rain a father? |
47748 | [ Verse:"How much better is it to get wisdom than gold? |
47748 | [ Verse:"How oft is the candle of the wicked put out? |
47748 | [ Verse:"If the whole body were an eye, where were hearing? |
47748 | [ Verse:"Is not God in the height of the heaven? |
47748 | [ Verse:"Lo, these are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him? |
47748 | [ Verse:"Out of whose womb came the ice? |
47748 | [ Verse:"Say not ye, There are four months, and then cometh harvest? |
47748 | [ Verse:"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? |
47748 | [ Verse:"Watchman, what of the night? |
47748 | [ Verse:"What is man, that thou art mindful of him? |
47748 | [ Verse:"Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? |
47748 | [ Verse:"Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? |
47748 | [ Verse:"Who can number the clouds in wisdom? |
47748 | [ Verse:"Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? |
47748 | [ Verse:"Who hath woe? |
47748 | [ Verse:"Who is as the wise man? |
47748 | [ Verse:"Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?" |
47748 | _ Are good reflectors of heat also good absorbers?_ No; for reflectors at once_ send back_ the heat which they receive, while absorbers_ retain it_. |
47748 | _ Are light and heat combined in the solar ray?_ Yes. |
47748 | _ Are sounds reflected only by distant objects?_ Sounds are doubtless reflected by_ walls and ceilings_ around us. |
47748 | _ Are there any instances in which the abstraction of latent heat will reduce the hulk of bodies?_ Yes, there are several. |
47748 | _ At what rate of velocity does the light of the stars travel?_ At the same velocity as all other light. |
47748 | _ Can heat be reflected in any great degree of intensity?_ Yes; to such a degree that inflammable matters may be ignited by it. |
47748 | _ Could animals live in nitrogen?_ No; they would immediately die. |
47748 | _ Do all bodies radiate light?_ All bodies radiate light; but those that are not in themselves primary sources of light, are said to_ reflect it_. |
47748 | _ Do all sounds travel at the same rate?_ All sounds, whether strong or weak, high or low, musical or discordant,_ travel with the same velocity_. |
47748 | _ Do black bodies reflect any light?_ Black bodies_ absorb_ the light that falls upon them. |
47748 | _ Do lightning conductors"attract"electricity?_ Not unless the electric current lies in their vicinity. |
47748 | _ Do plants absorb heat?_ Yes. |
47748 | _ Do some substances absorb heat?_ Yes; those substances which are_ the best radiators_ are also_ the best absorbers_ of heat. |
47748 | _ Does a match ignite spontaneously when drawn over a rough surface?_ No. |
47748 | _ Does cold radiate as well as heat?_ It was once thought that_ cold radiated_ as well as_ heat_. |
47748 | _ Does glass obstruct the passage of any portion of light?_ Glass_ reflects_( sends back) a very small portion of light. |
47748 | _ Does not the air derive its heat directly from the sun''s rays?_ Only partially. |
47748 | _ Does the cup prevent the juice from boiling over?_ No. |
47748 | _ Has any investigation of this subject ever been carefully made?_ Yes. |
47748 | _ Has any part of the candle been consumed or lost?_ No; there is no such thing as"loss"in the operations of nature. |
47748 | _ Have plants sometimes a temperature lower than that of the surrounding air?_ Yes. |
47748 | _ How are clouds affected by winds?_ If_ cold winds_ blow upon the clouds, the cold condenses the vapour, turning the clouds into_ rain_. |
47748 | _ How do plants obtain carbon?_ They obtain it chiefly from the air, in the form of_ carbonic acid gas_. |
47748 | _ How do plants obtain nitrogen?_ From the_ atmospheric air_, and from the_ soil_, in which it is combined with other elements. |
47748 | _ How do plants obtain oxygen?_ They obtain it from the_ atmospheric air_. |
47748 | _ How do the waters of the ocean become heated?_ Chiefly by_ convection_. |
47748 | _ How do we measure the quantity of caloric in any substance?_ It is impossible to determine the amount of caloric which any body contains. |
47748 | _ How does the equilibrium of electricity become disturbed?_ By changes in the condition of matter. |
47748 | _ How does the heat of the sun''s rays ultimately become diffused?_ It is first_ absorbed_ by the earth. |
47748 | _ How frequently does the total amount of blood circulate through the system?_ The blood circulates once through the body in about_ two minutes_. |
47748 | _ How high will atmospheric pressure raise water in the bore of a pump?_ It will raise water to an elevation of_ thirty feet_ above its level. |
47748 | _ How is heat diffused through the atmosphere?_ By_ convection_. |
47748 | _ How is heat transmitted from one body to another?_ By Conduction, Radiation, Reflection, Absorption and Convection. |
47748 | _ How is hydrogen gas obtained from coals?_ It is driven out of the coals by heat, in closed vessels, which prevent its union with_ oxygen_. |
47748 | _ How is the perspiration formed?_ By very small_ glands_, which lie embedded in the skin. |
47748 | _ How is warmth provided for in animals that have no such coats?_ They are furnished with a layer of_ fat_, which lies underneath the skin. |
47748 | _ How is water raised to a greater elevation when it is required?_ By mechanical contrivances, by which the water is_ forced_ to a greater elevation. |
47748 | _ How long does a substance feel cold or hot to the touch?_ Until it has brought the part touching it to the same temperature as itself. |
47748 | _ How long does light take to travel from the sun to the earth?_ Eight minutes and thirteen seconds. |
47748 | _ How many classes of nerves are there?_ There are:-- 1. |
47748 | _ How many degrees of heat are latent, or hidden, in the different states of water?_ In thawing_ ice_, 140 deg. |
47748 | _ How many descriptions of clouds are there?_ There are_ seven_. |
47748 | _ How many kinds of attraction are there?_ There are five principal kinds of_ attraction_:-- 1. |
47748 | _ How may caloric be excited to develop heat?_ By any means which cause agitation, or produce an active change in the condition of bodies. |
47748 | _ How may we calculate the distance at which the electric discharge takes place?_ Sound travels at the rate of_ a quarter of a mile in a second_. |
47748 | _ How much blood does the human body contain?_ From_ twenty- five_ to_ thirty- five_ pounds. |
47748 | _ How much deeper is water than it appears to be?_ About_ one- third_. |
47748 | _ In combustion does any other result take place besides the union of oxygen and carbon forming carbonic acid gas?_ Yes. |
47748 | _ In what part of the world do the heaviest rains occur?_ The_ heaviest_ rains occur in the_ tropics_, during the hot season. |
47748 | _ In what parts of the body does the sense of touch more especially reside?_ In the points of the fingers and in the tongue. |
47748 | _ In what respects are light and heat dissimilar?_ Heat frequently exists without light. |
47748 | _ In what season of the year is the actinic power of light the greatest?_ In the_ spring_, when the germination of plants demands its vitalising aid. |
47748 | _ In what ways does man use oxygen?_ Man_ eats_,_ drinks_,_ breathes_, and_ burns_ it, in various proportions and combinations. |
47748 | _ Is air a good or a bad conductor?_ Air is a_ bad conductor_, and it chiefly transmits heat, as water does, by_ convection_. |
47748 | _ Is an escape of hydrogen gas from a gas- pipe dangerous to life?_ It is dangerous, first, by_ inhalation_. |
47748 | _ Is breathing a kind of combustion?_ It is. |
47748 | _ Is it not a waste of fuel to allow this matter to escape?_ It is, as it might all be burnt up by better management. |
47748 | _ Is the air ever hot enough, in any part of the world, to destroy life?_ Yes. |
47748 | _ Is the atmosphere ever as hot as the human body?_ Not in this country. |
47748 | _ Is the gas used to illuminate our streets, hydrogen gas?_ It is; but it is combined with carbon, derived from the coals from which it is made. |
47748 | _ Is the impure air sent out of the lungs lighter or heavier than common air?_ At first, being rarefied by warmth, it is_ lighter_. |
47748 | _ Is there any latent heat in air?_ Yes: a considerable amount. |
47748 | _ Is there latent caloric in ice, snow, water, marble,& c?_ Yes; there is some amount of_ caloric_ in all substances. |
47748 | _ Is this carbonic acid gas heavier or lighter than the air?_ Pure carbonic acid gas is the heaviest of all the gases. |
47748 | _ Is water a good or a bad conductor?_ Water is an indifferent conductor, but it is a_ better conductor than air_. |
47748 | _ May the use of gas for purposes of illumination be considered highly dangerous?_ Not if it is intelligently managed. |
47748 | _ Of what does the nervous system consist?_ Of the_ brain_, the_ spinal cord_, and the branches which are called_ nerves_. |
47748 | _ Of what elementary substances are plants composed?_ Of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen. |
47748 | _ Supposing a red- hot cannon ball to be suspended by a chain from the ceiling of a room, how would its heat escape?_ Almost entirely by_ radiation_. |
47748 | _ Then is nitrogen taken into the blood from the air?_ Such a supposition is highly improbable. |
47748 | _ To what height does the atmosphere extend?_ It is estimated to extend to from_ forty to fifty miles_ above the surface of the earth. |
47748 | _ What are acids?_ Acids are a numerous class of chemical bodies. |
47748 | _ What are alkalies?_ Alkalies are a numerous class of substances that have a great affinity for, and readily combine with,_ acids_, forming_ salts_. |
47748 | _ What are clouds?_ Clouds are volumes of_ vapour_, usually elevated to a considerable height. |
47748 | _ What are dry fogs?_ Dry fogs are characterised by a dull opaque appearance of the atmosphere. |
47748 | _ What are echoes?_ Echoes are sounds_ reflected_ by the objects on which they strike. |
47748 | _ What are endogenous stems?_ Endogenous stems are those that_ grow inwardly_, from the centre. |
47748 | _ What are exogenous stems?_ Exogenous stems are those that grow by the addition of wood_ on their outer surface_, underneath the bark. |
47748 | _ What are tendons?_ Tendons are_ long cords_, of a substance similar in its nature to_ cartilage_, by which_ the muscles are attached to the bones_. |
47748 | _ What are the best reflectors of heat?_ Smooth, light- coloured, and highly polished surfaces, especially those of_ metal_. |
47748 | _ What are the chemical components of coal?_ They consist of_ carbon_,_ hydrogen_,_ oxygen_, and_ nitrogen_. |
47748 | _ What are the nerves of special sense?_ The nerves of special sense are those through which we_ hear_,_ see_,_ feel_,_ smell_, and_ taste_. |
47748 | _ What are the properties of fire?_ It imparts heat, which has the effect of expanding both fluids and solids. |
47748 | _ What are the properties of heat?_ It may exist without_ fire_ or_ light_. |
47748 | _ What are the states in which pure carbonic acid exists?_ Pure carbonic acid may exist in the_ solid_, the_ liquid_, or the_ æriform_ state. |
47748 | _ What are toxicologists?_ Persons who study the nature and effects of poisons and their antidotes. |
47748 | _ What are trade winds?_ Trade winds are vast currents of air, which_ sweep round the globe_ over a belt of some 12,000 miles in width. |
47748 | _ What are vegetable acids?_ Vegetable acids are chiefly obtained from_ fruit_; but also abundantly from_ wood_, by distillation. |
47748 | _ What are whirlwinds?_ Whirlwinds are produced by violent and contrary currents meeting and striking upon each other, producing_ a circular motion_. |
47748 | _ What became of the warmth at first contained in the bubble?_ It has been_ distributed in the air_ through which the bubble passed. |
47748 | _ What becomes of the carbonic acid gas which is produced by combustion?_ It is diffused in the air, which should be removed by adequate ventilation. |
47748 | _ What becomes of the water which is formed by the burning of hydrogen in oxygen?_ It passes into the air in the form of watery vapour. |
47748 | _ What becomes of this carbonic acid gas?_ It is sent out of our bodies by the compressure of the lungs, and mingles with the air that surrounds us. |
47748 | _ What benefits result from the radiation of heat,& c.?_ But for the_ radiation of heat_, we should be subjected to the most unequal temperatures. |
47748 | _ What causes the brilliant colours of the diamond?_ The_ refraction_ of the rays of light by the various_ facets_ of the diamond. |
47748 | _ What causes the rainbow?_ The_ refraction_ of the sun''s rays by the_ falling rain_. |
47748 | _ What causes the rich tints displayed by"mother- of- pearl? |
47748 | _ What determines the character of winds?_ The character of winds is influenced by the condition of_ the surfaces over which they blow_. |
47748 | _ What differences characterise the combustion of carbon and of hydrogen?_ The combustion of_ carbon_ takes place without the production of flame. |
47748 | _ What do cirro- stratus clouds foretell?__ Cirro- stratus_ clouds foretell_ rain_ or_ snow_, according to the season of the year. |
47748 | _ What do cirrus clouds foretell?__ Cirrus_ clouds foretell_ fine_ weather, when they fly high, and are thin and light. |
47748 | _ What do cumulo- stratus clouds foretell?__ Cumulo- stratus_ clouds usually foretell a_ change of weather_--from rain to fine, or from fine to rain. |
47748 | _ What do cumulus clouds foretell?__ Cumulus_ clouds, when they are well defined, and advance with the wind, foretell_ fine weather_. |
47748 | _ What do nimbus clouds foretell?__ Nimbus_ clouds foretell_ rain_,_ storm_, and_ thunder_. |
47748 | _ What do stratus clouds foretell?__ Stratus_ clouds foretell_ damp and cheerless weather_. |
47748 | _ What effect has actinism upon vegetation?_ It quickens the germination of seeds; and assists in the formation of the colouring matter of leaves. |
47748 | _ What effect has cold upon the barometer?_ It causes the mercury to rise, by_ checking evaporation_, and_ increasing the density of the air_. |
47748 | _ What effect has heat upon the barometer?_ It causes the mercury to fall,_ by evaporating moisture into the air_. |
47748 | _ What effect has the burning of a fire upon the composition of the air?_ It is found that in burning 10 lb. |
47748 | _ What effect have winds upon the formation of dew?_ Winds, generally, and especially when rapid, prevent the formation of dew. |
47748 | _ What element is the most abundant in nature?__ Oxygen_, which forms so large a part of_ water_. |
47748 | _ What elements take part in the maintenance of a fire?_ Hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen. |
47748 | _ What forces tend to arrest the flight of the arrow?_ The_ friction of the air_, and the_ attraction of gravitation_. |
47748 | _ What is Galvanism?_ Galvanism is the action of_ electricity upon animal bodies_, and is so called from the name of its first discoverer, Galvani. |
47748 | _ What is Radiation?_ The radiation of heat is a_ motion of the particles_, in a series of rays, diverging in every direction from a heated body. |
47748 | _ What is Spontaneous Combustion?_ Spontaneous combustion is that which occurs in various bodies when they become highly heated by_ chemical changes_. |
47748 | _ What is a beam of light?_ A_ beam_ of light is a_ group of parallel rays_. |
47748 | _ What is a conductor of heat?_ A conductor of heat is any substance through which heat is_ readily transmitted_. |
47748 | _ What is a focus?_ In optics, it is the point or centre at which, or around which, divergent rays are brought into the closest possible union. |
47748 | _ What is a halo?_ A halo is a_ luminous ring_, which forms between the eye of the observer and a luminous body. |
47748 | _ What is a medium?_ A_ medium_ is a body which affords_ a passage for the rays_ of light. |
47748 | _ What is a non- conductor of heat?_ A non- conductor is any substance through which heat will_ not_ pass readily. |
47748 | _ What is a pencil of light?_ A_ pencil_ of light is a body of rays which_ come from or move towards a point_. |
47748 | _ What is a ray of light?_ A_ ray_ of light is the_ smallest portion_ of light which we can recognise. |
47748 | _ What is a vacuum?_ A vacuum is a space_ devoid of matter_. |
47748 | _ What is actinism?__ Actinism_ is the chemical property of light. |
47748 | _ What is amber?_ It is a_ resinous_ substance, hard, bitter, tasteless, and glossy. |
47748 | _ What is animal charcoal?_ Animal charcoal, like vegetable charcoal, consists of_ carbon_ in a state approaching purity. |
47748 | _ What is attraction?_ Attraction is the tendency of bodies to_ draw near to each other_. |
47748 | _ What is caloric?_ Caloric is another term for heat. |
47748 | _ What is carbon?_ It is one of the elementary bodies, and is very abundant throughout nature. |
47748 | _ What is carbonic acid?_ Carbonic acid is a mixture of_ carbon_ and_ oxygen_, in the proportion of 3 lbs. |
47748 | _ What is charcoal?_ Charcoal consists almost entirely of_ carbon_. |
47748 | _ What is chicory?_ Chicory is the root of the common endive, dried and roasted as coffee, for which it is used as a substitute. |
47748 | _ What is chocolate?_ It is a cake prepared from the cocoa- nut. |
47748 | _ What is coal?_ Coal is a"_ vegetable fossil_." |
47748 | _ What is cocoa?_ Cocoa is also a preparation from the seeds or beans of the cocoa tree. |
47748 | _ What is coke?_ Coke is coal, divested of its hydrogen and other volatile parts, by a similar process to that by which charcoal is produced. |
47748 | _ What is cork?_ Cork is the bark of a description of_ oak- tree_, which grows in great abundance in Spain, Italy, and France. |
47748 | _ What is dew?_ Dew is_ watery vapour_ diffused in the air,_ condensed_ by coming in contact with bodies_ colder than the atmosphere_. |
47748 | _ What is electricity?_ Electricity is a property of_ force_ which resides in all matter, and which constantly seeks to establish an_ equilibrium_. |
47748 | _ What is fire?_ It is a violent chemical action attending the combustion of the ingredients of_ fuel_ with the_ oxygen_ of the air. |
47748 | _ What is flame?_ It is gaseous matter burning at a_ very high temperature_. |
47748 | _ What is formed by the union of oxygen and carbon?_ Carbonic acid gas. |
47748 | _ What is hail?__ Hail_ is also the_ frozen moisture of the clouds_. |
47748 | _ What is heat?_ Heat is a principle in nature which, like light and electricity, is best understood by its_ effects_. |
47748 | _ What is hoar- frost?_ Hoar- frost is frozen dew. |
47748 | _ What is honey- dew?_ Honey- dew is the name applied to a_ sweet and sticky moisture_ occasionally deposited upon the leaves of plants. |
47748 | _ What is hydrogen?_ Hydrogen is an elementary gas, and is the lightest of all known bodies. |
47748 | _ What is light?_ Light, according to Newton, is the effect of luminous particles which dart from the surfaces of bodies in all directions. |
47748 | _ What is mahogany?_ Mahogany is the wood of trees brought chiefly from South America and Spain. |
47748 | _ What is meant by the snow line?_ The_ snow line_ is the estimated altitude in_ all countries_ where_ snow would be formed_. |
47748 | _ What is nitrogen?_ Nitrogen is an elementary body in the form of gas. |
47748 | _ What is opium?_ Opium is the produce of the_ poppy_, and is obtained from the seed. |
47748 | _ What is oxygen?_ Oxygen is one of the most widely diffused of the elementary substances. |
47748 | _ What is ozone?_ Ozone is an_ atmospheric element_ recently discovered, and respecting which differences of opinion prevail. |
47748 | _ What is rain?_ Rain is the_ vapour of the clouds_ which, being condensed by a fall of temperature, forms drops of water that descend to the earth. |
47748 | _ What is rose- wood?_ Rosewood is the wood of a tree which grows in Brazil. |
47748 | _ What is sleet?__ Sleet_ is snow which, in falling, has met with a_ warmer current of air_ than that in which it congealed. |
47748 | _ What is smoke?_ Unconsumed particles of_ coal_, rendered volatile by heat, and driven off. |
47748 | _ What is soot?__ Carbon_ in minute particles, driven off with other volatile matters and deposited on the walls of chimneys. |
47748 | _ What is sound?_ Sound is an_ impression produced upon the ear_ by_ vibrations_ of_ the air_. |
47748 | _ What is starch?_ Starch is one of the most useful products of the vegetable kingdom. |
47748 | _ What is tannin?_ Tannin is a vegetable production, obtained chiefly from the oak- bark, and from a variety of other vegetable sources. |
47748 | _ What is tea?_ Tea is the leaf of a shrub(_ Thea Chinensis_). |
47748 | _ What is the Absorption of heat?_ The absorption of heat is the taking of it up by the body to which it is transmitted or conducted. |
47748 | _ What is the Conduction of heat?_ It is the communication of heat from one body to another_ by contact_. |
47748 | _ What is the Radiation of heat?_ The transmission of heat by a_ series of rays_. |
47748 | _ What is the Reflection of heat?_ The reflection of heat is the_ throwing back_ of its rays towards the direction whence they came. |
47748 | _ What is the amount of water pressure?_ The pressure of the sea, at the depth of 1,100 yards, is equal to 15,000 lbs. |
47748 | _ What is the best metal for a lightning conductor?__ Copper_, the conducting power of which is_ five times greater than that of iron_. |
47748 | _ What is the best method of preventing the explosion of gas?_ Observe the rule,_ never to approach a supposed leakage with a light_. |
47748 | _ What is the cause of lightning?_ Lightning is the result of_ electrical discharges_ from the_ clouds_. |
47748 | _ What is the cause of monsoons?_ Monsoons are caused by changes in the position of the sun. |
47748 | _ What is the cause of sea breezes?_ Sea breezes are also the result of_ convection_. |
47748 | _ What is the cause of the aurora borealis?_ The_ mingling of the electricities_ of the higher regions of the atmosphere. |
47748 | _ What is the cause of the sensation called cold?_ When we feel cold, heat is being_ drawn off from our bodies_. |
47748 | _ What is the cause of the sensation called heat?_ When we feel hot, our bodies are_ absorbing heat_ from external causes. |
47748 | _ What is the cause of winds?_ Currents of air, and winds, are the result of_ convection_. |
47748 | _ What is the chief cause of variation in the temperature of flowers?_ It is generally supposed that their temperature is affected by their_ colours_. |
47748 | _ What is the circulation of the sap in plants?_ The circulation of the sap is the movement of the nutritive juices by which the plant is sustained. |
47748 | _ What is the constitution of the sun?_ It is a spherical body, 1,384,472 times larger than the earth. |
47748 | _ What is the depth of the sea?_ The extreme depth has not, probably, been ascertained. |
47748 | _ What is the difference between"burning"and"supporting combustion? |
47748 | _ What is the distance of the sun from the earth?_ Ninety five millions of miles. |
47748 | _ What is the effect of this evaporation?_ A great deal of heat is unprofitably expended in driving off the water of the fuel. |
47748 | _ What is the focus?_ The_ focus_ is the point to which_ converging rays are directed_. |
47748 | _ What is the gas which escapes from the coals?_ Carburetted hydrogen. |
47748 | _ What is the greatest source of Radiation?_ The sun, which sends forth rays of_ both light and heat_ in all directions. |
47748 | _ What is the proportion of watery vapour in the atmosphere?_ The proportion_ constantly varies_. |
47748 | _ What is the purest form of carbon known?_ The purest form of_ carbon_ is the_ diamond_, which may be said to be absolutely pure. |
47748 | _ What is the radiant point?_ The_ radiant point_ is that_ from which diverging rays of light are emitted_. |
47748 | _ What is the radiation of light?_ The_ radiation_ of light is its_ emission in rays_ from the surface of a_ luminous body_. |
47748 | _ What is the relative intensity of primary and reflected light?_ The intensity of a reflection depends upon the power of the reflecting surface. |
47748 | _ What is the source of caloric?_ The sun is its chief source. |
47748 | _ What is the specific gravity of a body?_ It is its weight estimated_ relatively to the weights of other bodies_. |
47748 | _ What is the thermometer?_ The thermometer is an instrument in which_ mercury_ is employed to indicate_ degrees of heat_. |
47748 | _ What is thunder?_ Thunder is the_ noise which succeeds the rush_ of the electrical fluid through the air. |
47748 | _ What is venous blood?_ Venous blood is that which is returning through the_ veins_ of the body from the organs to which it has been circulated. |
47748 | _ What is wheat?_ Wheat, rye, barley, oats, millet, and maize, all belong to the natural order of grain- bearing plants. |
47748 | _ What is wind?_ Wind is air_ in motion_. |
47748 | _ What is wool?_ Wool is a kind of soft hair or coarse down, produced by various animals, but chiefly by sheep. |
47748 | _ What other causes of drowsiness are there?_ The candles, gas, or fires that may be burning in the rooms where people are assembled. |
47748 | _ What produces the electric light?_ Currents of electricity pass towards each other along wires at the ends of which two charcoal points are placed. |
47748 | _ What produces the various shapes of clouds?_ 1. |
47748 | _ What proportion of carbonic acid gas is dangerous to life?_ Any proportion over the natural one of 1 per cent. |
47748 | _ What proportion of hydrogen in the air is dangerous to life, if inhaled?_ One- fiftieth part has been found to have a_ serious effect_ upon animals. |
47748 | _ What substances are electric?_ All substances in nature, from the_ metals_ to the_ gases_. |
47748 | _ What substances are the best conductors of heat?_ Gold, silver, copper, and most substances of close and hard formation,& c. 123. |
47748 | _ What substances are the best radiators?_ All_ rough_ and_ dark_ coloured substances and surfaces are the_ best radiators of heat_. |
47748 | _ What substances are the worst conductors of heat?_ Fur, eider down, feathers, raw silk, wood, lamp- black, cotton, soot, charcoal,& c. 124. |
47748 | _ What substances are the worst radiators of heat?_ All_ smooth_,_ bright_, and_ light coloured_ surfaces are_ bad radiators of heat_. |
47748 | _ What temperature is required to produce flame?_ That depends upon the nature of the combustible you desire to burn. |
47748 | _ When do substances feel neither hot nor cold?_ When they are of the same temperature as our bodies. |
47748 | _ When does a body radiate heat?_ When it is surrounded by a medium which is_ a bad conductor_. |
47748 | _ When does the barometer stand highest?_ When there is a_ duration of frost_, or when_ north- easterly winds_ prevail. |
47748 | _ When does the barometer stand lowest?_ When_ a thaw follows a long frost_; or when_ south- west winds_ prevail. |
47748 | _ When does the flash of lightning appear blue?_ When the degree of electrical excitement is intense, and_ general throughout the atmosphere_. |
47748 | _ When does the thermometer vary most in its indication of natural temperature?_ It varies more in the_ winter_ than in the_ summer_ season. |
47748 | _ When is a body said to be cold?_ When it holds less_ caloric_ than surrounding objects, and absorbs heat from them. |
47748 | _ When is a body said to be hot?_ When it holds so much_ caloric_ that it diffuses heat to surrounding objects. |
47748 | _ When is air said to be saturated with vapour?_ When it can not take up_ a larger quantity_ than that which it already holds. |
47748 | _ When is the flash of lightning straight?_ When the distance between the clouds whose electricities are meeting, is small. |
47748 | _ When there is no fire in a room, what is the relative temperature of the various things in the room?_ They are all of the same temperature. |
47748 | _ When we stand before a fire, does the heat reach us by conduction or by radiation?_ By radiation. |
47748 | _ Whence do clouds arise?_ From the_ evaporation of water_ at the earth''s surface. |
47748 | _ Whence do plants derive those substances?_ From the air, the earth, and water. |
47748 | _ Whence does the snail obtain its shell?_ Young snails come from the egg_ with a shell upon their backs_. |
47748 | _ Where does hydrogen chiefly exist?_ In the form of_ water_, where it exists in combination with_ oxygen_. |
47748 | _ Where does nitrogen find a fresh supply of oxygen?_ In the atmosphere. |
47748 | _ Where is nitrogen found?_ It is chiefly found in the air, of which it constitutes 79 out of 100 volumes. |
47748 | _ Which feels the warmer, the conductor or non- conductor?_ The non- conductor, as it does not readily_ absorb_ the warmth of our bodies. |
47748 | _ Which gas do we( in this instance) recognise by the smell?_ The_ hydrogen_ gas. |
47748 | _ Which is the heavier, dry or vaporised air?_ Dry air is_ heavier_ than air impregnated with vapours. |
47748 | _ Why are beetles denominated"coleoptera? |
47748 | _ Why are certain coasts liable to almost perpetual fogs?_ Because of local or geographical agencies which contribute to their production. |
47748 | _ Why are chalk soils unfavourable to vegetation?_ Because they do not absorb the solar rays,_ and are therefore cold to the roots of plants_. |
47748 | _ Why are cloudy days and nights not always wet?_ Because the air has not reached the state of_ saturation_. |
47748 | _ Why are cloudy days colder than sunny days?_ Because the clouds intercept the_ solar rays_ in their course towards the earth. |
47748 | _ Why are cloudy nights warmer than cloudless nights?_ Because the clouds_ radiate back to the earth_ the heat which the earth evolves? |
47748 | _ Why are cloudy nights warmer than cloudless nights?_ Because the clouds_ radiate back to the earth_ the heat which the earth evolves? |
47748 | _ Why are dense substances the best conductors of heat?_ Because the heat more readily travels from particle to particle until it pervades the mass. |
47748 | _ Why are east winds usually dry?_ Because in coming towards England they pass over vast continents of land, and comparatively little ocean. |
47748 | _ Why are fat and oil found most abundantly in the bodies of animals in cold climates_? |
47748 | _ Why are grasses so widely diffused throughout nature?_ Because they form the_ food_ of a very large portion of the animal kingdom. |
47748 | _ Why are insects in the"pupa"stage also called"chrysalides? |
47748 | _ Why are lofty mountains always covered with snow?_ Because the_ upper regions_ of the atmosphere are_ intensely cold_. |
47748 | _ Why are north winds generally cold and dry?_ Because they come from the arctic ocean, over vast areas of_ ice and snow_. |
47748 | _ Why are reflections reversed?_ Because those rays which_ first reach_ the reflecting surface are the_ first returned_. |
47748 | _ Why are soap- bubbles round?_ Because they are_ equally pressed upon all parts of their surface_ by the atmosphere. |
47748 | _ Why are summer breezes said to be cool?_ Because, as they pass over the heated surface of the body, they bear away a part of its heat. |
47748 | _ Why are the bones of the arms, legs,& c., made hollow?_ Because_ lightness_ is thereby combined with_ strength_. |
47748 | _ Why are the bones of the hands and feet numerous and small?_ Because the motions of the hands and feet are very_ varied and complicated_. |
47748 | _ Why are the joints bound with ligaments?_ Because the bones would otherwise be constantly liable to_ slip from their places_. |
47748 | _ Why are the leaves of plants green?_ Because they secrete a carbonaceous matter, named_ chlorophyll_, from which they derive their green colour. |
47748 | _ Why are the screens frequently covered with dew on their exposed sides?_ Because they radiate heat from_ both their surfaces_. |
47748 | _ Why are the seeds of plants indigestible?_ Because they are encased in a hard covering upon which the gastric juice of animals takes no effect. |
47748 | _ Why are the trunks of trees round?_ Because, generally speaking, the leaves are distributed upon branches around the trees in every direction. |
47748 | _ Why are the veins more perceptible than the arteries?_ Because the arteries are buried_ deeper in the flesh, for protection_. |
47748 | _ Why are vegetable productions so widely diffused?_ Because they everywhere form the_ food of the animal creation_. |
47748 | _ Why are white and light articles of clothing cool?_ Because they_ reflect_ the rays of heat. |
47748 | _ Why are woollen fabrics bad conductors of heat?_ Because there is a considerable amount of_ air_ occupying the spaces of the texture. |
47748 | _ Why can pictures be taken by the sun''s rays?_ Because of the actinic powers that accompany the solar light. |
47748 | _ Why do cats, bats, owls,& c., see in the dark?_ Because their eyes are made highly sensitive to_ small quantities of light_. |
47748 | _ Why do charcoal and coke fires burn clearly and without flame?_ Because the_ hydrogen_ has been previously driven off from those substances. |
47748 | _ Why do clouds gather around mountain tops?_ Because they are_ attracted by the mountains_. |
47748 | _ Why do clouds sometimes move towards each other from opposite directions? |
47748 | _ Why do decayed wood, and putrifying fish, look luminous?_ Because they are undergoing slow_ combustion_. |
47748 | _ Why do glass lustres and chandeliers exhibit"rainbow colours"?_ Because they_ refract the rays of light_ in the same manner as the rain drops. |
47748 | _ Why do haloes foretell wet weather?_ Because they show that there is a great amount of atmospheric moisture, which will probably form_ rain_. |
47748 | _ Why do heavy morning dews and mists usually come together?_ Because they both have their origin in the_ humidity of the atmosphere_. |
47748 | _ Why do insects multiply so numerously?_ Because they form the food of larger animals, and especially of birds. |
47748 | _ Why do iron articles feel intensely cold in winter?_ Because iron is one of the best conductors, and draws off heat from the hand very rapidly. |
47748 | _ Why do leaves fall off in the autumn?_ Because they have supplied for a season the natural wants of the tree. |
47748 | _ Why do light particles of matter attach themselves to sealing wax, excited by friction?_ Because they are moved by the_ attraction of electricity_. |
47748 | _ Why do mists and fogs disappear at sunrise?_ Because the condensed vapours are again_ expanded_ and_ dispersed_ by the heat of the sun''s rays. |
47748 | _ Why do moths fly against the candle flame?_ Because their eyes are organised_ to bear only a small amount of light_. |
47748 | _ Why do not charcoal and coke fires give flame?_ Because the_ hydrogen_ has been driven off by the processes by which charcoal and coke are made. |
47748 | _ Why do our bodies feel warm?_ Because, in the union of_ oxygen_ and_ carbon_, heat is developed. |
47748 | _ Why do oxen, sheep, deer,& c., ruminate?_ Because they have no front teeth in the upper jaw, the place of which is occupied by a hardened gum. |
47748 | _ Why do persons accustomed to loud noises feel no inconvenience from them?_ Because the_ sensitiveness_ of the nerves of the ear becomes deadened. |
47748 | _ Why do plants become scorched under the unclouded sun?_ Because the heat rays are in excess. |
47748 | _ Why do savages lay their heads upon the earth to hear the sounds of wild beasts,& c.?_ Because the earth is a good conductor of sound. |
47748 | _ Why do sea- gulls appear numerous in fine weather_? |
47748 | _ Why do some colours fade, and others darken, when exposed to the sun?_ Because of the_ chemical_ power of the sun''s rays. |
47748 | _ Why do some echoes occur immediately after a sound?_ Because the reflecting surface is_ very near_; therefore the sound returns immediately. |
47748 | _ Why do some leaves turn yellow?_ Because they retain an excess of_ nitrogen_. |
47748 | _ Why do the clouds appear white?_ Because they reflect back to us the solar beam_ unchanged_. |
47748 | _ Why do the rays pass over the edges of the book in a direct line with the flame of the candle?_ Because light always travels in_ straight lines_. |
47748 | _ Why do the stars twinkle?_ Because their light reaches us through_ variously heated and moving currents of air_. |
47748 | _ Why do we breathe air?_ Because the air contains_ oxygen_, which is necessary to life. |
47748 | _ Why do we cough?_ Because the respiratory organs are excited by the presence of some body foreign or unnatural to them. |
47748 | _ Why do we eat food?_ Because the atoms of which our bodies are composed are_ continually changing_. |
47748 | _ Why do we feel fatigue?_ Because those organs which stimulate the mechanism of the body to act,_ themselves require rest and repair_. |
47748 | _ Why do we feel uneasy after eating to excess?_ Because the stomach is_ distended_, and presses upon the other organs by which it is surrounded. |
47748 | _ Why do we know that these effects are not the result of light?_ Because they would occur, in just the same order, in the absence of light. |
47748 | _ Why do we laugh?_ Laughing is caused by the very opposite influences that produce sighing. |
47748 | _ Why do we masticate our food?_ Because mastication is_ the first process towards the digestion of food_. |
47748 | _ Why do we see the sun before sunrise, and after sunset?_ Because of the refractive effects of the atmosphere. |
47748 | _ Why do we sigh?_ The action of sighing arises from very similar causes to those of yawning. |
47748 | _ Why do we sneeze?_ Because particles of matter enter the nostrils and excite the nerves of feeling and of smell. |
47748 | _ Why do we yawn?_ Because, as we become weary, the nervous impulses which direct the respiratory movements are enfeebled. |
47748 | _ Why do west winds generally bring rain?_ Because they come across the_ Atlantic_, and are heavily charged with_ vapour_. |
47748 | _ Why do windows not reflect the sun at noon?_ They do, but our eyes are not then in the_ line of the reflection_. |
47748 | _ Why do windows reflect the sun in the evening?_ Because the eye of the observer is in the_ line of the reflection_. |
47748 | _ Why does a Jew''s harp give musical sounds?_ Because the_ vibrations of the metal tongue_ are communicated to the ear. |
47748 | _ Why does a cup in a pie become filled with juice?_ Because_ the heat expands the air_, and drives nearly all of it out of the cup. |
47748 | _ Why does a grey sunrise foretell a dry day?_ Because it shows that the vapours in the air are_ not_ very dense. |
47748 | _ Why does a kite rise in the air?_ A kite rises in the air by the force of the wind, which_ strikes obliquely_ upon its_ under surface_. |
47748 | _ Why does a needle float when carefully laid upon the surface of water?_ Because the needle and the water_ mutually repel each other_. |
47748 | _ Why does a soap bubble show the prismatic colours?_ Because, like a large rain drop, it_ refracts the rays of light_, and shows the elementary rays. |
47748 | _ Why does a top first reel around upon the spill, then become upright, and"sleep,"and then reel again, and fall?_[ Illustration: Fig. |
47748 | _ Why does a top"sleep? |
47748 | _ Why does a yellow sunset foretell wet weather?_ Because it shows that the air is heavy with vapours. |
47748 | _ Why does air fly from the doors and windows towards the fire- place?_ Because, as the warm air flies away, cold air rushes in to occupy its place. |
47748 | _ Why does beer which has been standing in a glass taste flat?_ Because its_ carbonic acid_ has escaped as_ carbonic acid gas_. |
47748 | _ Why does boiled water taste flat and insipid?_ Because the_ carbonic acid_ has been_ driven off_ by boiling. |
47748 | _ Why does dew form into round drops upon the leaves of plants?_ Because it_ repels the air_, and the_ substances of the leaves_ upon which it rests. |
47748 | _ Why does dew form most abundantly on cloudless nights?_ Because the heat which is radiated by the earth does not return to it. |
47748 | _ Why does dew rest upon the upper surfaces of leaves?_ Because the under surfaces receive the_ radiated warmth of the earth_. |
47748 | _ Why does exercise promote health?_ Because it_ assists all the functions upon which life depend_. |
47748 | _ Why does gunpowder explode?_ Gunpowder is made of a very intimate_ mechanical mixture_ of_ nitrate of potash_,_ charcoal_, and_ sulphur_. |
47748 | _ Why does indigestion bring on bilious attacks?_ Because the_ liver_ secretes a fluid to assist in the digestion of food. |
47748 | _ Why does nitrous oxide produce this effect?_ Because it introduces into the body more_ oxygen_ than can be consumed. |
47748 | _ Why does not a piece of wood which is turning at one end, feel hot at the other end?_ Because wood is_ a bad conductor of heat_. |
47748 | _ Why does not the iris of the fish''s eye contract_? |
47748 | _ Why does not the oxygen of the air sometimes take fire?_ Because oxygen,_ by itself_, is incombustible. |
47748 | _ Why does not the water run out when the syringe is raised?_ Because the pressure of the air upon the small orifice resists the weight of the water. |
47748 | _ Why does perspiration cool the body?_ Because it takes up a part of the heat, and, evaporating,_ carries it into the air_. |
47748 | _ Why does phosphorous look luminous?_ Because it is undergoing slow_ combustion_. |
47748 | _ Why does poking a fire cause it to burn more brightly?_ Because it opens avenues through which the air may enter to supply_ oxygen_. |
47748 | _ Why does pressing a flame or a spark put it out?_ Because it prevents the contact of the flame or spark with the_ oxygen_ of the air. |
47748 | _ Why does rain purify the air?_ Because it produces motion in the particles of the air, by which they are_ intermixed_. |
47748 | _ Why does running with the kite cause it to rise higher?_ Because it_ increases the force_ with which the wind strikes upon the surface of the kite. |
47748 | _ Why does silver tarnish when exposed to light?_ Because of the_ actinic_, or chemical power of the rays of the sun. |
47748 | _ Why does smoke issue in folds and curls?_ Because it is_ pressed upon_ by the_ cold air_ which always_ rushes towards a rarer atmosphere_. |
47748 | _ Why does soda- water effervesce?_ Because_ carbonic acid gas_ is forced into the water_ by pressure_. |
47748 | _ Why does spring water taste fresh and invigorating?_ Because it contains_ carbonic acid_. |
47748 | _ Why does the barometer stand lowest at those times?_ Because_ much moisture exists in the air_, by which it is rendered less dense and heavy. |
47748 | _ Why does the bat fly by night?_ Because it lives chiefly upon moths, which are_ night- flying insects_. |
47748 | _ Why does the bat sleep during the winter?_ Because, as the winter approaches, the moths and flying insects upon which it feeds, disappear. |
47748 | _ Why does the earth become colder than the air after sunset?_ Because the earth_ parts with its heat freely by radiation_; but the air does not. |
47748 | _ Why does the flame terminate in a point?_ Because cold air rushes towards the flame in every direction, and is carried upward. |
47748 | _ Why does the flying- top rise in the air?_ Because its wings_ meet the air obliquely_, just as the surface of the kite does. |
47748 | _ Why does the gas of balloons expand in thin air?_ Because the air exerts a_ less amount of pressure_ upon the air or gas contained in the balloons. |
47748 | _ Why does the glow- worm emit a light?_ Because the female glow- worm is without wings, but the male is a winged insect. |
47748 | _ Why does the pupil of the eye look black?_ Because the pupil is an_ opening_ through which the rays of light pass into the chamber of the eye. |
47748 | _ Why does the wick turn black as it burns?_ Because it consists principally of_ carbon_. |
47748 | _ Why does water become steam?_ Because a larger amount of heat has entered into it than can remain latent in water. |
47748 | _ Why does water extinguish fire?_ Because it_ saturates the fuel_, and prevents the gases thereof from combining with the oxygen of the air. |
47748 | _ Why does water freeze?_ Because its latent heat is partly_ drawn off_ by the surrounding air. |
47748 | _ Why does water, when dropped upon hot iron, move about in agitated globules?_ Because the_ caloric_ repels the particles of the water. |
47748 | _ Why has man no external appendage to his mouth?_ Because_ his hands_ serve all the purposes of gathering food, and_ conveying it to the mouth_. |
47748 | _ Why has the giraffe a long neck?_ Because it_ feeds upon the branches of tall trees_. |
47748 | _ Why has the giraffe a small head?_ Because, being set upon the end of a very long neck, the animal would be_ unable to raise it_ if it were heavy. |
47748 | _ Why has the horse a smaller stomach proportionately than other animals?_ Because the horse was created for speed. |
47748 | _ Why has the mole hard and flat feet, armed with sharp nails?_ Because the animal is thereby enabled to_ burrow in the earth_, in search for worms. |
47748 | _ Why has the spoon- bill long legs?_ Because it_ wades in marshy places_ to find its food. |
47748 | _ Why have bats hooked claws in their wings?_ Because bats are almost destitute of legs and feet; at least those organs are included in their wings. |
47748 | _ Why have birds gizzards?_ Because, having no teeth, the tough and fibrous gizzards are employed_ to grind the food preparatory to digestion_. |
47748 | _ Why have birds hard beaks?_ Because, having no teeth, the beak enables them to_ seize_,_ hold_, and_ divide their food_. |
47748 | _ Why have birds of prey no gizzards?_ Because their food_ does not require to be ground_ prior to digestion, as does the food of grain- eating birds. |
47748 | _ Why have birds with long legs short tails?_ Because the tails of birds are used to guide them through the air, by a_ kind of steerage_. |
47748 | _ Why have fishes no eyelids?_ Because the water in which they swim keeps their eyes moist. |
47748 | _ Why have grasses, corn, canes,& c., joints, or knots in their stalks?_ Because a long hollow stem would be liable to bend and break. |
47748 | _ Why have plants a formation of pith in their centre?_ The pith is the chief organ of nutriment, especially in the young plant. |
47748 | _ Why have plants of the pea tribe, a folding blossom called the"boat,"or"keel? |
47748 | _ Why have poplar- trees comparatively few branches and leaves?_ Because their trunks are comparatively_ small_, although they grow to a great height. |
47748 | _ Why have the berries of the mistletoe a thick viscid juice?_ Because the mistletoe is a_ parasitical_ plant, growing upon the bark of other trees. |
47748 | _ Why have the parrots,& c., crooked and hard bills?_ Because they live upon nuts, the stones of fruit, and hard seeds. |
47748 | _ Why if birds cease to sing, may wet, and probably thunder, be expected._? |
47748 | _ Why is a flash of lightning generally succeeded by heavy rain?_ Because the electrical discharge destroys the_ vescicles_ of the vapours. |
47748 | _ Why is a heavy dew regarded as the precursor of rain?_ Because a heavy formation of dew indicates that the air is_ saturated with moisture_. |
47748 | _ Why is a substance black?_ Because it_ absorbs the light_ and_ puts an end to the vibrations_. |
47748 | _ Why is a substance white?_ Because it reflects the light that falls upon it_ without altering its vibrations._ 467. |
47748 | _ Why is dew seldom formed at sea?_ Because of the defective_ radiating_ quality of the surface of_ water_. |
47748 | _ Why is glass transparent?_ Because its atoms are so arranged that they allow the vibrations of light to continue through their substance. |
47748 | _ Why is guano a productive manure?_ Because it contains, with other suitable elements, an abundance of the_ silicous skeletons of animalculæ_. |
47748 | _ Why is it called electricity?_ Because it first revealed itself to human observation through a substance called, in the Greek language,_ electrum_. |
47748 | _ Why is it difficult to light charcoal and coke fires?_ Because they contain no_ hydrogen_ to produce_ flame_, and assist combustion. |
47748 | _ Why is it said in mountainous countries that rain is coming, because the mountains are"putting their night- caps on? |
47748 | _ Why is lightning sometimes like a lurid sheet?_ Because the flash is distant, and therefore we see only the_ reflection_. |
47748 | _ Why is man born without a covering?_ Because_ man is the only animal that can clothe itself_. |
47748 | _ Why is oxygen necessary to life?_ Because it combines with the_ carbon_ of the blood, and forms_ carbonic acid gas_. |
47748 | _ Why is rain water soft?_ Because it is derived from vapours which, in ascending to the clouds,_ could not bear up the mineral waters with them_. |
47748 | _ Why is snow said to be warm, while white garments are worn for coolness?_ Snow is_ warm_ by virtue of its light and woolly texture. |
47748 | _ Why is snow white?_ Because it reflects all the component rays of_ light_. |
47748 | _ Why is the air often found excessively hot in chalk districts?_ Because the soil_ reflects_ upon objects near to it the heat of the solar rays. |
47748 | _ Why is the lily white?_ Because it reflects the light without altering its vibrations. |
47748 | _ Why is there no dew formed on windy nights?_ Because, as winds generally consist of dry air, they_ absorb and bear away_ the atmospheric moisture. |
47748 | _ Why is this the best method of ventilation?_ Because doors and windows may then be made air- tight, and_ draughts across rooms be prevented_. |
47748 | _ Why is"a rainbow at night the shepherd''s delight? |
47748 | _ Why is"a rainbow in the morning the shepherd''s warning? |
47748 | _ Why should persons whose clothes are on fire roll slowly about when they are down?_ Because they thereby_ press out_ the fire. |
47748 | _ Why should persons whose clothes take fire, throw themselves down?_ Because flame spreads most rapidly in an_ upward_ direction. |
47748 | _ Why should we seek knowledge?_ Because it assists us to comprehend the_ goodness and power of God_. |
47748 | _ Why would you apply the heat at the top, in this experiment?_ Because in heating water it_ expands and rises_. |
47748 | _ Why, under these circumstances, do they feel neither hot nor cold?_ Because they neither take heat from, nor supply it to, the body. |
47748 | _ Why, when we are walking under an arch- way or a tunnel, do our voices appear louder?_ Because the sounds of our voices are_ immediately reflected_. |
47748 | _ Why?_ Because the embryo of the insect has a_ threefold_ nature, while that of the bird is_ single_. |
47748 | _ Will a kettle- holder, being a bad conductor, sometimes conduct heat to the hand?_ Yes. |
47748 | _ Will carbon, burnt in oxygen, produce flame and smoke?_ It burns brightly, but it produces neither flame nor smoke. |
47748 | _ Will hydrogen support animal life?_ It will not. |
47748 | _ Will nitrogen burn?_ It will not burn, nor will it support combustion. |
47748 | and behold the height of the stars, how high they are?" |
47748 | and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? |
47748 | and how oft cometh their destruction upon them?" |
47748 | and shall not he render to every man according to his works?" |
47748 | and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?" |
47748 | and the son of man that thou visitest him?" |
47748 | and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? |
47748 | but the thunder of his power who can understand?" |
47748 | can the flag grow without water? |
47748 | hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? |
47748 | have not I the Lord?" |
47748 | if the whole were hearing, where were smelling?" |
47748 | in becoming water?_ Those figures simply record the amount of calorie indicated by the_ thermometer_. |
47748 | of France, who, when caught on all fours carrying one of his children, by the Spanish envoy, looked up and said,''Is your excellency married?'' |
47748 | or is there any taste in the white of an egg?" |
47748 | or who hath begotten the drops of dew?" |
47748 | or who hath stretched the line upon it?"] |
47748 | or who maketh the dumb, or the seeing, or the blind? |
47748 | the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" |
47748 | what nations come and go? |
47748 | who can deny mercy when thou pleadest? |
47748 | who can resist thy eloquence? |
47748 | who hath babbling? |
47748 | who hath contentions? |
47748 | who hath redness of the eyes? |
47748 | who hath sorrow? |
47748 | who hath words without cause? |
47748 | who will not own thy claim to sympathy? |
40652 | WHY is this?_ A. |
40652 | Why so?_ A. |
40652 | Why so?_ A. |
40652 | _ And how is the VACUUM filled UP again?_ A. |
40652 | _ And is it NOON- DAY to the place over which the SUN is VERTICAL?_ A. |
40652 | _ And what BECOMES of the INVISIBLE VAPOUR?_ A. |
40652 | _ Are ALL clouds ALIKE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Are GOOD ABSORBERS of heat GOOD REFLECTORS also?_ A. |
40652 | _ Are LIQUIDS good CONDUCTORS of heat?_ A. |
40652 | _ Are Lisle thread gloves ABSORBENTS of heat?_ A. |
40652 | _ Are good CONDUCTORS of heat, good ABSORBERS also?_ A. |
40652 | _ Are not ANTS very FOND of HONEY- DEW?_ A. |
40652 | _ Are not FORESTS sometimes SET on FIRE by friction?_ A. |
40652 | _ Are there any RULES which can be depended on?_ A. |
40652 | _ Are_ ALL_ the rays bent into one point_? |
40652 | _ As a cowl is such a poor remedy, can any OTHER be devised?_ A. |
40652 | _ As the lower part of a GRATE is made RED- HOT by the fire ABOVE, why would not the WATER boil, if fire were applied to the TOP?_ A. |
40652 | _ At night the MOON seems to be reflected from only ONE SPOT of a lake of water, while all the REST seems DARK,--WHY is this?_ A. |
40652 | _ Before plat''inum was discovered, which of the metals was employed for the same purpose?_ A. |
40652 | _ But I have seen a KETTLE BOIL OVER, although it has not been filled FULL of WATER; how do you account for THAT?_ A. |
40652 | _ But would not the hot air PART with its heat instantly to the CIRCUMJACENT air?_ A. |
40652 | _ By which means is a HOT ROOM more quickly COOLED-- By opening the upper or the lower sash?_ A. |
40652 | _ By which means is the ROOM better VENTILATED, by opening the lower or the upper sash?_ A. |
40652 | _ Can WATER be FROZEN in any way BESIDES by frosty weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Can carbonic acid be removed in any way BESIDES by LIME?_ A. |
40652 | _ Can not HEAT be evolved from common air merely by COMPRESSION?_ A. |
40652 | _ Can not WOOD be made to BLAZE without actual contact with fire?_ A. |
40652 | _ Can we be made to FEEL the heat of ICE or snow?_ A. |
40652 | _ Can we not tell the DISTANCE of a thunder- cloud, by observing the interval which elapses between the flash and the peal?_ A. |
40652 | _ Can you tell me how St. Bride''s Church( London) was nearly destroyed by lightning, about 100 years ago?_ A. |
40652 | _ Do CLOUDS affect the WIND?_ A. |
40652 | _ Do MOUNTAINS affect the wind in any OTHER way?_ A. |
40652 | _ Do any OTHER metals( besides iron) combine rapidly with oxygen?_ A. |
40652 | _ Do not CARRIAGE WHEELS sometimes CATCH FIRE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Do not animals EXHALE the VERY GAS needed by VEGETABLES?_ A. |
40652 | _ Do not pensioners, and most aged cottagers, prefer the little BLACK EARTHEN TEA- POT to the bright METAL one?_ A. |
40652 | _ Do not the woollen CARPET and HEARTH- RUG, also, conduct heat from the human body?_ A. |
40652 | _ Do not woollens and furs actually IMPART heat to the body?_ A. |
40652 | _ Do oxygen and nitrogen COMBINE, or only MIX together, in common atmospheric air?_ A. |
40652 | _ Do the TRADE WINDS blow uniformly from north- east and south- east in the INDIAN OCEAN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Do the leaves of ALL plants radiate heat EQUALLY WELL?_ A. |
40652 | _ Do these CAPILLARY VEINS run all over the human body?_ A. |
40652 | _ Do these_ BALLS OF LIGHTNING_ ever run along the ground?_ A. |
40652 | _ Do those substances which RADIATE heat, ABSORB heat also?_ A. |
40652 | _ Do trade winds blow from the north- east and south- east ALL the YEAR ROUND?_ A. |
40652 | _ Do winds NEVER blow REGULARLY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Do_ THUNDER- BOLTS_ ever drop from the clouds?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does ALL light travel equally fast?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does BOILING water get hotter by being KEPT on the FIRE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does COLD iron contain HEAT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does COLD iron contain latent HEAT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does EVERY person see the SAME colours from the SAME DROPS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does FANNING the air make the AIR itself COOLER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does HEAT ALWAYS produce LIGHT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does HEAT EXPAND the AIR?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does HONEY- DEW INJURE leaves, or do them good?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does RAIN- water possess any fertilizing properties BESIDES that of mere MOISTURE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does a FIRE RADIATE heat?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does an APPLE contain MORE AIR, in proportion, than a CHESTNUT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does any thing ELSE radiate heat, BESIDES the SUN and FIRE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does heat expand every thing ELSE BESIDES air and water?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does iron RUST in DRY air?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does lightning go through the inside or outside of a tree?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does more rain fall in SUMMER or in WINTER time?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does not AIR radiate heat, as well as the EARTH and its various plants?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does not MALT contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, as well as FRUIT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does not SCENERY affect the sound of thunder?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does not WIND sometimes INCREASE the SIZE of rain- drops?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does not a very LITTLE water SLACKEN the heat of fire?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does not the DARK SHADOW( which seems to hang over every thing after we turn from looking at the sun) arise from our eyes being DAZZLED?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does not the bad conducting power of air enable persons to judge whether an EGG be NEW or STALE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does not the cup PREVENT the FRUIT of the pie from BOILING OVER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does not this constant diffusion of carbonic acid affect the PURITY of the WHOLE AIR?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does not water expand by HEAT as well as COLD?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does the AIR( which encases a naked body) become by contact as WARM as the BODY itself?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does the AURORA BOREALIS forbode fine weather or WET?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does the DRAUGHT of a chimney depend on the SPEED of the SMOKE through the flue?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does the GLASS of a window COOL down more RAPIDLY than the AIR of the room itself?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does the HEAT of the HUMAN BODY arise from the SAME CAUSE as the heat of FIRE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does the SUN HEAT the AIR as it does the EARTH?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does the WEIGHT of the air VARY MUCH?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does the WIND ALWAYS blow?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does the fan COOL the AIR?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does the flash proceed from a negative or positive body?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does the gas of the COAL- PIT get THROUGH the wire gauze INTO the LANTERN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Does the heat of the boiling kettle NEVER get through the woollen or paper kettle- holder?_ A. |
40652 | _ Explain how WATER is made HOT?_ A. |
40652 | _ For what other SCIENTIFIC purposes is PLAT''INUM now used?_ A. |
40652 | _ From what does the very OFFENSIVE EFFLUVIA of CHURCH- YARDS arise?_ A. |
40652 | _ Have HEAT and COLD any effect on the barometer?_ A. |
40652 | _ Have WE any regular winds in ENGLAND?_ A. |
40652 | _ Have the winds in England NO general direction throughout the year?_ A. |
40652 | _ How FAST does LIGHT TRAVEL?_ A. |
40652 | _ How FAST does SOUND TRAVEL?_ A. |
40652 | _ How HIGH are the LIGHTNING- CLOUDS from the earth?_ A. |
40652 | _ How are COMPOUND CLOUDS sub- divided?_ A. |
40652 | _ How are SIMPLE CLOUDS sub- divided?_ A. |
40652 | _ How are fishes able to DIVE in a minute to the BOTTOM of a stream?_ A. |
40652 | _ How are the ATOMS OF MATTER DISTURBED by COMBUSTION?_ A. |
40652 | _ How are the ATOMS of MATTER disturbed by the flame of a candle?_ A. |
40652 | _ How are the VERTICAL rays of the sun always VARYING?_ A. |
40652 | _ How are the_ INTERMEDIATE CLOUDS_ sub- divided?_ A. |
40652 | _ How are these gases IGNITED on bogs and meadows?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can 1140 ° of heat be added to water, without being perceptible to our feelings?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can ELECTRICITY affect the SHAPE of CLOUDS?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can HILLS and MOUNTAINS ALTER the course of the WIND?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can MOULDINESS be prevented?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can UNDULATIONS of ether produce LIGHT?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can WATER be converted into a GAS?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can WATER serve for FUEL to fire?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can WINDS ABSORB CLOUDS altogether?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can WINDS CHANGE the SHAPE of CLOUDS by altering the position of their parts?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can WINDS INCREASE the bulk and density of CLOUDS?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can a BAROMETER warn SAILORS to regulate their SHIPS?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can a NAIL( beaten by a hammer) IGNITE a brimstone MATCH?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can a TREE or SPIRE DISCHARGE a lightning- cloud?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can a thin covering of BASS or even MUSLIN protect trees from FROST?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can any one KNOW, if a place be infested with CARBONIC ACID GAS?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can lightning- conductors be productive of HARM?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can lilac STEEL be kept FREE from RUST?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can miners SEE in the coal- pits, if they may NEVER introduce a LIGHT?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can persons ascertain the thickness of a cloud?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can snow keep the EARTH WARM?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can the CHANGES of the WIND affect the CLOUDS?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can the ELECTRICITY of air produce a sensation of ITCHING?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can the OCEAN affect the direction of the WIND?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can the PRESSURE of STEAM on the SURFACE of the water, FORCE the water through the KETTLE- SPOUT?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can the TAINT of MEAT be removed?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can the TONGUE tell from this, whether the egg be STALE or FRESH laid?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can weather be affected by the WEIGHT of the air?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can you know if the MERCURY of the barometer be RISING?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can you prove that DARK colours are WARMER than LIGHT ones?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can you tell if the MERCURY of the barometer be about to FALL?_ A. |
40652 | _ How can you tell( by looking at a BAROMETER) what KIND of WEATHER it will be?_ A. |
40652 | _ How did blacksmiths use to LIGHT THEIR MATCHES before the general use of lucifers?_ A. |
40652 | _ How do HYDROGEN gas and CARBON get into these very little veins?_ A. |
40652 | _ How do cooks ascertain if their BRINE be SALT ENOUGH for pickling?_ A. |
40652 | _ How do the Indians produce FIRE, by merely RUBBING TWO PIECES of dry WOOD TOGETHER?_ A. |
40652 | _ How do these things prevent the deposition of dew?_ A. |
40652 | _ How do these two currents PASS each other?_ A. |
40652 | _ How do you KNOW that CONDENSED air will DESCEND?_ A. |
40652 | _ How do you KNOW that air is CONDENSED by COLD?_ A. |
40652 | _ How do you KNOW that heat causes the air to EXPAND?_ A. |
40652 | _ How do you KNOW that rarefied air ASCENDS?_ A. |
40652 | _ How do you KNOW that the DENSITY of the air is DIMINISHED in RAINY weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ How do you KNOW, that there are these TWO currents of air in every occupied ROOM?_ A. |
40652 | _ How do you know that CLOUDS move by OTHER influences besides WIND?_ A. |
40652 | _ How do you know that ELECTRICITY affects the motion of the clouds?_ A. |
40652 | _ How do you know that STEAM is INVISIBLE?_ A. |
40652 | _ How do you know that WATER is NOT a GOOD CONDUCTOR of heat?_ A. |
40652 | _ How do you know that WATER is a BAD CONDUCTOR of heat?_ A. |
40652 | _ How do you know that a METAL HANDLE would be HOTTER than a WOODEN one?_ A. |
40652 | _ How do you know that the RARETY of air DIMINISHES the intensity of SOUND?_ A. |
40652 | _ How do you know there is heat, if you can not perceive it?_ A. |
40652 | _ How do you_ KNOW_ that_ RAREFIED_ air_ CANNOT TRANSMIT SOUND_ so well as dense air?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does COMBUSTION make these undulations of LIGHT?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does COMBUSTION take place in the veins?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does FERMENTATION make the DOUGH RISE?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does INHALING AIR RAPIDLY make the body feel WARM?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does RETAINING their COLD account for their being so WET?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does SMOKE make culinary vessels FIT for USE?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does THIS account for the BANISTERS being DAMP?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does WIND dissipate FOGS?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does a CHIMNEY- POT INCREASE the DRAUGHT of a chimney?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does a CROWD VITIATE the AIR of a ROOM?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does a tin REFLECTOR tend to keep the KITCHEN COOL?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does fire condense HYDROGEN and OXYGEN into WATER?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does fire expand CARBON into CARBONIC ACID GAS?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does it blow for the OTHER 6 months?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does lightning_ CONDENSE_ the air in the immediate advance of its path_? |
40652 | _ How does the COLDNESS of the air increase the HEAT of a fire?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does the COMBINATION of OXYGEN with the BLOOD produce animal HEAT?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does the COMBINATION of these two currents give a new direction to them both?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does the DRYNESS of an eastern wind PREVENT DEW- FALLS?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does the EARTH being COLDER than the AIR account for the deposition of DEW?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does the MOISTNESS of a western wind PROMOTE dew- falls?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does the MOTION of the sea prevent its surface from being HEATED by the vertical sun?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does the OXYGEN of the air make FUEL BURN?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does the OXYGEN we inhale MINGLE with the BLOOD?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does the THICKNESS of the FILM affect the COLOUR of the soap bubble?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does the conversion of water into steam prevent the INNER POT from BOILING?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does the non- conducting power of SNOW PROTECT VEGETABLES from the FROST and cold?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does this FERMENTATION produce COMBUSTION?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does this VARIETY in the HEAT of AIR produce WIND?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does this WARMTH produce a BREEZE?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does this account for the MIST and WATER on a WINDOW?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does this development of HEAT produce a SPARK?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does this fine GAUZE WIRE prevent an EXPLOSION in the coal mine?_ A. |
40652 | _ How does this illustration apply to the air?_ A. |
40652 | _ How far will the beneficial influence of a lightning- conductor extend?_ A. |
40652 | _ How fast does LIGHT TRAVEL?_ A. |
40652 | _ How fast does wind travel?_ A. |
40652 | _ How high are the clouds generally?_ A. |
40652 | _ How is AIR HEATED?_ A. |
40652 | _ How is AL''COHOL produced by FERMENTATION?_ A. |
40652 | _ How is BARLEY PREVENTED from SHOOTING, in the process of MALTING?_ A. |
40652 | _ How is CARBONIC ACID GAS produced by FERMENTATION?_ A. |
40652 | _ How is FOOD converted into BLOOD?_ A. |
40652 | _ How is HEAT COMMUNICATED from one body to another?_ A. |
40652 | _ How is LATENT HEAT liberated by the flame of a CANDLE?_ A. |
40652 | _ How is PHOSPHATE OF LIME converted into PHOSPHORUS?_ A. |
40652 | _ How is PHOSPHORUS OBTAINED?_ A. |
40652 | _ How is a ROOM WARMED by a STOVE?_ A. |
40652 | _ How is a ray of light BENT, as it passes from one medium to another?_ A. |
40652 | _ How is barley malted?_ A. |
40652 | _ How is heat produced by MECHANICAL ACTION?_ A. |
40652 | _ How is hot BROTH cooled down by CONVECTION?_ A. |
40652 | _ How is hot iron cooled by RADIATION?_ A. |
40652 | _ How is hot iron( exposed to the air) made cold by CONVECTION?_ A. |
40652 | _ How is it KNOWN, that a ray of light consists of several different colours?_ A. |
40652 | _ How is it known that the BLACK colour prevents the sun from either BLISTERING or SCORCHING the skin?_ A. |
40652 | _ How is latent HEAT liberated by COMBUSTION?_ A. |
40652 | _ How is the AIR HEATED?_ A. |
40652 | _ How is the AIR made HOT or COLD?_ A. |
40652 | _ How is the CARBONIC ACID GAS of BEER generated?_ A. |
40652 | _ How is the VELOCITY of WINDS ascertained?_ A. |
40652 | _ How is the VELOCITY of the CLOUDS ascertained?_ A. |
40652 | _ How is the WIND affected by the SEA?_ A. |
40652 | _ How is the affinity of potassium and sodium for oxygen shewn?_ A. |
40652 | _ How is this EVAPORATION PRODUCED and carried on?_ A. |
40652 | _ How is this sensation produced?_ A. |
40652 | _ How may CARBURETTED HYDROGEN GAS be PROCURED on marshes?_ A. |
40652 | _ How much deeper is a river than it seems to be?_ A. |
40652 | _ How much heat may be thus secreted or made latent?_ A. |
40652 | _ How should PARTITION WALLS be made to PREVENT the voices in adjoining rooms from being HEARD?_ A. |
40652 | _ How should a RED- HOT POKER be carried so as not to BURN our fingers?_ A. |
40652 | _ How stout is it needful for the copper wire to be, that it may conduct the fluid safely to the earth?_ A. |
40652 | _ If AIR be a BAD CONDUCTOR of heat, why should we not feel as warm WITHOUT clothing, as when we are wrapped in wool and fur?_ A. |
40652 | _ If AIR be a BAD CONDUCTOR, why does hot IRON get COLD, by being EXPOSED to the AIR?_ A. |
40652 | _ If CLOUDS are WATER, why do they FLOAT on the air?_ A. |
40652 | _ If a CHESTNUT be SLIT, it will NOT CRACK; why is this?_ A. |
40652 | _ If a CHIMNEY be TOO SHORT, and can not be lengthened, what is the best REMEDY to prevent smoking?_ A. |
40652 | _ If a house be on fire, is too LITTLE water worse than NO water at all?_ A. |
40652 | _ If a person be ABROAD in a thunder- storm, what place is the SAFEST?_ A. |
40652 | _ If a person be in A CARRIAGE in a thunder- storm, in what way can he travel most SAFELY?_ A. |
40652 | _ If a person be in A HOUSE during a thunder storm, what place is SAFEST?_ A. |
40652 | _ If a stove be placed in the MIDDLE of a room, should it be made of bricks or IRON?_ A. |
40652 | _ If animal heat is produced by COMBUSTION, why does not the human body BURN UP like a coal or candle?_ A. |
40652 | _ If belts of trees promote WARMTH, why do FORESTS produce COLD?_ A. |
40652 | _ If black absorbs heat, why have those who live in HOT climates BLACK SKINS, and not WHITE skins( which would not absorb heat at all)?_ A. |
40652 | _ If cold air produces FOG, why is it not foggy on a FROSTY MORNING?_ A. |
40652 | _ If every bone, muscle, nerve, and organ, is thus consumed by combustion, why is not the BODY entirely CONSUMED?_ A. |
40652 | _ If quicksilver( or mercury) is tarnished like copper and lead,--Why does it preserve its BRILLIANCY in BAROMETERS and THERMOMETERS?_ A. |
40652 | _ If the AIR were HOTTER than our body, would the WIND feel COOL?_ A. |
40652 | _ If the juice is driven OUT of the cup, why is the CUP always FULL of JUICE, when the pie is cut up?_ A. |
40652 | _ If the mercury of the thermometer be SEALED UP from the air, how can the air AFFECT it?_ A. |
40652 | _ If the opening of a chimney be TOO LARGE, what REMEDY can be applied?_ A. |
40652 | _ If the perspiration be both INSENSIBLE and INVISIBLE, how is it KNOWN that there IS any such perspiration?_ A. |
40652 | _ If the steam COULD NOT LIFT UP THE LID of the boiler, how would it escape?_ A. |
40652 | _ If we look at a RED- hot FIRE for a few minutes, WHY does every thing seem TINGED with a BLUISH GREEN colour?_ A. |
40652 | _ If we look at the SUN for a few moments, every thing seems tinged with a VIOLET colour,--WHY is this?_ A. |
40652 | _ If we look at the SUN for a few moments, why do all OTHER things appear DARK?_ A. |
40652 | _ If we watch a bright FIRE for a few moments, why does the ROOM seem DARK?_ A. |
40652 | _ If we wear BLUE GLASSES,( when we take them off,) every thing appears tinged with ORANGE,--WHY is this?_ A. |
40652 | _ If you BATHE your TEMPLES with ether, why does it allay INFLAMMATION and feverish heat?_ A. |
40652 | _ If you WET your FINGER in your mouth, and hold it up in the air, why does it FEEL COLD?_ A. |
40652 | _ If you move a stick( burnt at one end) ROUND pretty briskly, it seems to make a CIRCLE OF FIRE,--WHY is this?_ A. |
40652 | _ If you take a POKER out of the fire, and hold the HOT END DOWNWARDS, why is the HANDLE so intensely HOT?_ A. |
40652 | _ If you want water to boil, without COMING IN CONTACT with the SAUCEPAN, what plan must you adopt?_ A. |
40652 | _ If you wish to COOL LIQUIDS, where should the cold be applied?_ A. |
40652 | _ In a BLAZING fire, why is the UPPER surface of the COALS BLACK, and the LOWER surface RED?_ A. |
40652 | _ In a long straight STREET, WHY do the houses seem to APPROACH NEARER and nearer as they are more DISTANT?_ A. |
40652 | _ In a long straight STREET, WHY do the houses seem to be SMALLER and smaller the FURTHER they are OFF?_ A. |
40652 | _ In a sheet of water at noon, the sun appears to shine upon only ONE spot, and all the REST of the water seems DARK,--WHY is this?_ A. |
40652 | _ In an AVENUE of TREES, WHY do they seem to be SMALLER as their distance increases?_ A. |
40652 | _ In another weather toy, the MAN comes out in WET weather, and the LADY in FINE:--Why is this?_ A. |
40652 | _ In what DIRECTION do the TRADE WINDS blow?_ A. |
40652 | _ In what MONTHS is the barometer HIGHEST?_ A. |
40652 | _ In what MONTHS is the barometer LOWEST?_ A. |
40652 | _ In what OTHER cases will a CHIMNEY SMOKE?_ A. |
40652 | _ In what PART of the WORLD does RAIN fall MOST ABUNDANTLY?_ A. |
40652 | _ In what part of the year is it most difficult to keep STOVES and FIRE- IRONS BRIGHT?_ A. |
40652 | _ In what state should a SAUCEPAN be, in order that it may BOIL QUICKLY?_ A. |
40652 | _ In which PART of the DAY does the MOST RAIN fall?_ A. |
40652 | _ In winter time these FOOT- MARKS and WHEEL- RUTS are sometimes covered with a perfect SHEET of ice, and not an icy net- work,--Why is THIS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Into how many CLASSES are the different sorts of CLOUDS generally divided?_ A. |
40652 | _ Into how many PARTS may a RAY of LIGHT be DIVIDED?_ A. |
40652 | _ Is AIR HEATED by the RAYS of the SUN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Is AIR a good CONDUCTOR?_ A. |
40652 | _ Is AIR a good CONDUCTOR?_ A. |
40652 | _ Is ALL the NITROGEN REJECTED by the lungs?_ A. |
40652 | _ Is CARBONIC ACID GAS wholesome?_ A. |
40652 | _ Is CARBONIC ACID WHOLESOME?_ A. |
40652 | _ Is GOLD affected by the atmosphere?_ A. |
40652 | _ Is HONEY- DEW a similar thing to DEW?_ A. |
40652 | _ Is IRON a good ABSORBER of heat?_ A. |
40652 | _ Is SALT and SNOW really COLDER than snow?_ A. |
40652 | _ Is STEAM visible or INVISIBLE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Is it better to be WET or dry during a storm?_ A. |
40652 | _ Is not a kind of Jack o''Lantern sometimes produced by an INSECT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Is not air a CONDUCTOR of lightning?_ A. |
40652 | _ Is not this FURR of boiling water often DANGEROUS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Is that the reason why GRASS is SATURATED with DEW, and the GRAVEL is NOT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Is the AIR EVER as HOT as the human BODY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Is the AIR in SUMMER time ever so hot as our bodies?_ A. |
40652 | _ Is the AIR made COLD in a similar way?_ A. |
40652 | _ Is the COLD HEARTH- STONE and WARM CARPET then of the SAME TEMPERATURE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Is the EARTH a GOOD CONDUCTOR of heat?_ A. |
40652 | _ Is the FURR of KETTLES an oxide?_ A. |
40652 | _ Is the air in a ROOM in perpetual motion, as the air ABROAD is?_ A. |
40652 | _ Is the iron HANDLE of the pump really COLDER than the wooden PUMP itself?_ A. |
40652 | _ Is there HEAT even in ICE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Is there any OTHER cause of lightning, besides the one just mentioned?_ A. |
40652 | _ Is there any OTHER evil to be apprehended from a lightning rod?_ A. |
40652 | _ Is water a GOOD CONDUCTOR of heat?_ A. |
40652 | _ May not many GHOST stories have risen from some ignis fatuus lurking about church- yards?_ A. |
40652 | _ May this meteoric appearance be attributed to any OTHER cause, besides those mentioned?_ A. |
40652 | _ Must not AIR be very STRONG, to shatter into atoms a hard stone?_ A. |
40652 | _ Of what are LUCIFER MATCHES made?_ A. |
40652 | _ Of what are OIL, TALLOW, and WAX composed?_ A. |
40652 | _ Of what is BELL- METAL made?_ A. |
40652 | _ Of what is SOAP made?_ A. |
40652 | _ Of what is atmospheric AIR composed?_ A. |
40652 | _ On WHAT does RADIATION DEPEND?_ A. |
40652 | _ On what does the INTENSITY of fire depend?_ A. |
40652 | _ Show how God has made ANIMAL and VEGETABLE life DEPENDENT on each other?_ A. |
40652 | _ The proverb says,"A RAINBOW at NIGHT, is the shepherd''s DELIGHT;"why is it so?_ A. |
40652 | _ The proverb says,"A RAINBOW in the MORNING is the shepherd''s WARNING:"why is it so?_ A. |
40652 | _ The proverb says,"A SINGLE MAGPIE in spring, FOUL WEATHER will bring:"why is this the case?_ A. |
40652 | _ Then sometimes a BLACK EARTHEN tea- pot is the best, and sometimes a bright METAL one?_ A. |
40652 | _ Then there are THREE qualities of air about this spot?_ A. |
40652 | _ WHAT WINDS make vestry chimneys smoke?_ A. |
40652 | _ Was not this CONTRARY to the laws of NATURE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Was there heat in the cold water and lime, before they were mixed together?_ A. |
40652 | _ What APPEARANCE takes place in the CLOUDS at the approach of RAIN?_ A. |
40652 | _ What BECOMES OF the STEAM? |
40652 | _ What BECOMES of the CARBONIC ACID of crowded cities?_ A. |
40652 | _ What BECOMES of the milky substance, called CHYLE?_ A. |
40652 | _ What BECOMES of the steam, after it has been condensed?_ A. |
40652 | _ What BECOMES of this CARBONIC ACID GAS formed in the human blood?_ A. |
40652 | _ What CLOUDS are the LOWEST?_ A. |
40652 | _ What COLOURS are WARMEST for dresses?_ A. |
40652 | _ What COUNTRIES are the LEAST cloudy?_ A. |
40652 | _ What DISTANCE are the CLOUDS from the EARTH?_ A. |
40652 | _ What EFFECT has honey- dew upon the APPEARANCE of a leaf?_ A. |
40652 | _ What EFFECT is produced upon air by RAREFACTION?_ A. |
40652 | _ What EFFECTS are produced by evaporation?_ A. |
40652 | _ What GOOD does this inspiration of OXYGEN do?_ A. |
40652 | _ What HARM would the WIND do, if it were to BLOW into a CHIMNEY?_ A. |
40652 | _ What OTHER cause contributes to BRING the PLASTER DOWN?_ A. |
40652 | _ What PARTS of a DWELLING are most DANGEROUS during a thunder- storm?_ A. |
40652 | _ What PLACES are most DANGEROUS to be in, during a STORM?_ A. |
40652 | _ What PUTS the air in motion, so as to produce WIND?_ A. |
40652 | _ What REMEDY can be applied to this evil?_ A. |
40652 | _ What TWO things are essential to cause HAIL?_ A. |
40652 | _ What are BLACKS?_ A. |
40652 | _ What are CAPILLARY VEINS?_ A. Veins_ as small as hairs_ running_ all over the body_; so called from the Latin word"capilla''ris"(_ like a hair_). |
40652 | _ What are CIRRO- CUM''ULUS CLOUDS?_ A. |
40652 | _ What are CIRRO- STRA''TUS CLOUDS?_ A. |
40652 | _ What are CIRRUS CLOUDS?_ A. Clouds like_ fibres_,_ loose hair_, or_ thin streaks_, are called cirrus clouds. |
40652 | _ What are CLOUDS?_ A. Moisture_ evaporated from the earth_, and collected in the upper regions of the air. |
40652 | _ What are CUM''ULUS CLOUDS?_ A. Cum''ulus clouds are lumps like great_ sugar- loaves_,--_volumes of smoke_,--or_ mountain towering over mountain_. |
40652 | _ What are MUSICAL SOUNDS?_ A. |
40652 | _ What are NIMBUS CLOUDS?_ A. Nimbus is the Latin word for"clouds which bring a storm;"and all clouds from which_ rain falls_ are so named. |
40652 | _ What are meant by"CONVECTIVE CURRENTS? |
40652 | _ What are the BEST CONDUCTORS of HEAT?_ A. |
40652 | _ What are the BEST REFLECTORS of heat?_ A. |
40652 | _ What are the DRIEST months?_ A. |
40652 | _ What are the ELEMENTS of atmospheric AIR?_ A. |
40652 | _ What are the SPARKS OF FIRE, which burst from the WOOD?_ A. |
40652 | _ What are the WETTEST months?_ A. October and February; then July and September; then January and December. |
40652 | _ What are the WORST CONDUCTORS of HEAT?_ A. |
40652 | _ What are the elements of fuel?_ A. |
40652 | _ What are the four principal_ SOURCES_ of heat_? |
40652 | _ What are the general COLOURS of the CLOUDS?_ A. |
40652 | _ What are the peculiar characteristics of hydrogen gas?_ A. |
40652 | _ What are the principal EFFECTS of HEAT?_ A. |
40652 | _ What are the principal_ EFFECTS_ of heat_? |
40652 | _ What are the six- month trade winds called?_ A. |
40652 | _ What are the uses of the OXYGEN of the air?_ A. |
40652 | _ What are the winds, which blow over the ATLANTIC and PACIFIC Ocean, called?_ A. |
40652 | _ What are_ STRA''TUS CLOUDS? |
40652 | _ What became of these prisoners?_ A. |
40652 | _ What becomes of the 140 °, which went into the ice to melt it?_ A. |
40652 | _ What becomes of the BLUE and YELLOW rays?_ A. |
40652 | _ What becomes of the NITROGEN of the air, after the oxygen enters the blood?_ A. |
40652 | _ What becomes of the NITROGEN of the air, amidst all these changes and combinations?_ A. |
40652 | _ What becomes of the chyle AFTER it is POURED into the VEINS?_ A. |
40652 | _ What causes the RATTLING NOISE so often made by the LID of a saucepan or boiler?_ A. |
40652 | _ What causes the combustion of the fuel?_ A. |
40652 | _ What causes the discharge of an electric cloud?_ A. |
40652 | _ What changes do ANIMAL bodies undergo from PUTREFACTION?_ A. |
40652 | _ What changes do VEGETABLES undergo from PUTREFACTION?_ A. |
40652 | _ What colour is the blood BEFORE it is oxydized in the lungs?_ A. |
40652 | _ What difference( in the state of the air) is required, to make a GREY and RED SUNRISE?_ A. |
40652 | _ What do CIRRO- CUM''ULUS clouds generally FOREBODE?_ A. |
40652 | _ What do CIRRUS clouds PORTEND?_ A. |
40652 | _ What do the cumulo- stratus clouds foretell?_ A. |
40652 | _ What do you mean by"the VERTICAL RAYS of the SUN? |
40652 | _ What do_ CUM''ULUS_ clouds_ FORESHOW? |
40652 | _ What does a SUDDEN rise or fall of the barometer indicate?_ A. |
40652 | _ What does the combination of carbon and oxygen produce?_ A. |
40652 | _ What effect does a SUDDEN CHANGE produce on the weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ What effect has HEAT upon the air?_ A. |
40652 | _ What effect has POTASSIUM on WATER?_ A. |
40652 | _ What effect has SODIUM on WATER?_ A. |
40652 | _ What effect has WATER on CARBONIC ACID GAS?_ A. |
40652 | _ What effect has WIND on the barometer?_ A. |
40652 | _ What effect has WIND on the mercury?_ A. |
40652 | _ What effect have WINDS on the SHAPE of CLOUDS?_ A. |
40652 | _ What effect is produced upon AIR by COLD?_ A. |
40652 | _ What gas is evolved by the WICK of a burning CANDLE?_ A. |
40652 | _ What gases arise from these PUTREFYING substances?_ A. |
40652 | _ What gives the pleasant ACID taste to soda water, ginger beer, champagne, and cider?_ A. |
40652 | _ What harm would it be if the POLISH of the tin were injured by the perspiration of our feet?_ A. |
40652 | _ What has CARBONIC ACID GAS to do with COMBUSTION?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is AL''COHOL?_ A. Al''cohol is the_ spirit_ of wine or beer, obtained by_ fermentation_. |
40652 | _ What is CARBON?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is CARBON?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is CARBONIC ACID GAS?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is CARBURETTED HYDROGEN GAS?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is CHARCOAL?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is CHOKE DAMP?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is CHOKE- DAMP?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is COAL GAS?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is COKE?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is DEW?_ A. Dew is the_ vapour of the air condensed_, by coming in contact with bodies_ colder than itself_. |
40652 | _ What is ETHER?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is FIRE?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is HAIL?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is HOAR- FROST?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is HYDROGEN GAS?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is HYDROGEN?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is ICE?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is LIGHT?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is LIGHT?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is LIME?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is MORTAR?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is NITROGEN?_ A. Nitrogen is another invisible gas. |
40652 | _ What is OXYGEN?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is PHOSPHORUS?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is RAIN?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is SLEEP?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is SLEET?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is SMOKE?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is SMOKE?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is SNOW?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is SOUND?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is THUNDER?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is WATER?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is WIND?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is a BAROMETER?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is a LIGHTNING- CONDUCTOR?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is a THERMOMETER?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is an al''kali?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is carbonic acid gas?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is heat?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is marsh- gas or FIRE- DAMP?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is meant by ABSORBING LIGHT?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is meant by COMPRESSION?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is meant by CONDUCTION of heat?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is meant by CUM''ULO- STRA''TUS clouds?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is meant by EVAPORATION?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is meant by FRICTION?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is meant by LATENT HEAT?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is meant by LIQUEFACTION?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is meant by PERCUSSION?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is meant by RADIATION?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is meant by RADIATION?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is meant by REFLECTING HEAT?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is meant by REFLECTING LIGHT?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is meant by REFRACTION?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is meant by SIMMERING?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is meant by SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION?_ A. Ignition produced by the action of_ one uninflamed_ body on another. |
40652 | _ What is meant by VAPORIZATION?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is meant by a"partial VACUUM being made, at the BOTTOM of the ROOM? |
40652 | _ What is meant by an AURORA BOREA''LIS, or northern light?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is meant by being a"bad RADIATOR of heat? |
40652 | _ What is meant by being lighter"bulk for bulk? |
40652 | _ What is meant by being"LESS REFRANGIBLE"?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is meant by chemical action being the source of heat?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is meant by the CONVECTION of HEAT?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is meant by the REFRACTION of a ray?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is meant by the air collapsing?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is meant by the bladder"COLLAPSING? |
40652 | _ What is meant by the clouds being in a"negative state of electricity? |
40652 | _ What is meant by the clouds being in a"positive state of electricity? |
40652 | _ What is meant by the funnel, or flue of a chimney?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is meant by the reverberation?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is meant by the"COR''NEA of the EYE? |
40652 | _ What is meant by the"IMAGE of objects being reflected BEFORE it reaches the RET''INA? |
40652 | _ What is meant by the"PORES of the WOOD? |
40652 | _ What is meant by the"RET''INA of the EYE? |
40652 | _ What is meant by the"air balancing the air"in our body?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is meant by the"apple COLLAPSING? |
40652 | _ What is meant by the_"VIBRATION_ of the thunder_?" |
40652 | _ What is meant by"CONVECTION of hot and cold currents? |
40652 | _ What is meant by"CONVECTIVE CURRENTS of air? |
40652 | _ What is meant by"DOUBLE CONCAVE GLASSES? |
40652 | _ What is meant by"heat falling upon metal IN RAYS,"and not"by contact"?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is meant by"the INSENSIBLE PERSPIRATION? |
40652 | _ What is meant by_"STRATA_ of air?_"A. |
40652 | _ What is meant when it is said, that OXYGEN"SUSTAINS LIFE? |
40652 | _ What is meant when it is said, that the OXYGEN of the air"SUPPORTS COMBUSTION? |
40652 | _ What is plumbago, or black lead?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is that"stream of heat"called, which flows thus, from one body, to another?_ A. CALO''RIC. |
40652 | _ What is the 10TH SPECIAL RULE in regard to the barometer?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the 1ST SPECIAL RULE in regard to the barometer?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the 2ND SPECIAL RULE in regard to the barometer?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the 3RD SPECIAL RULE in regard to the barometer?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the 4TH SPECIAL RULE in regard to the barometer?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the 5TH SPECIAL RULE in regard to the barometer?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the 6TH SPECIAL RULE in regard to the barometer?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the 7TH SPECIAL RULE in regard to the barometer?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the 8TH SPECIAL RULE in regard to the barometer?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the 9TH SPECIAL RULE in regard to the barometer?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the CAUSE of SNOW?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the CAUSE of WIND?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the CAUSE of a RED SUN- SET?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the CAUSE of the AURORA BOREALIS, or northern light?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the CAUSE of the EQUATORIAL current?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the DIFFERENCE between DEW and RAIN?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the DIFFERENCE between a THERMOMETER and a BAROMETER?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the FERMENTATION of BEER and WINE?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the FROTH or SCUM of fermented LIQUORS?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the FUEL of the BODY?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the GOOD of a lightning- conductor?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the MOST RAINY spot in ENGLAND?_ A. Keswick( in Cumberland); and then Kendal( a market town in Westmoreland). |
40652 | _ What is the SAFEST thing a person can do to avoid injury from lightning?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the SMOKE of a CANDLE?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the THICKNESS of the CLOUDS?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the USE of CLOUDS?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the USE of DOUBLE CONVEX spectacle- glasses?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the USE of MARCH winds?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the USE of SNOW?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the USE of TWO EYES, since they present only one image of any object?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the best REMEDY in such a case?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the cause of ANIMAL HEAT?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the cause of ECHO?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the cause of MIST( or earth- fog)?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the cause of MIST?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the cause of ROLLING THUNDER?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the cause of SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the cause of a RAINBOW?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the cause of a RED SUN- RISE?_ A. Vapour in the upper region of the air_ just on the point of being condensed_. |
40652 | _ What is the cause of a coppery YELLOW SUN- SET?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the cause of a"pea- soup"LONDON FOG?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the cause of morning and evening TWILIGHT?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the cause of that HOAR- FROST which arises from FROZEN FOG?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the cause of the COMBUSTION of FIRE?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the cause of the COMBUSTION of a CANDLE or LAMP?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the cause of the GROUND hoar- FROST, or frozen DEW?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the cause of the IGNIS FATUUS, Jack o''Lantern, or Will o''the Wisp?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the cause of the POLAR CURRENT?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the cause of the pretty FROST- WORK seen on bed- room WINDOWS in winter- time?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the cause of_ SHEET LIGHTNING? |
40652 | _ What is the chief CAUSE of fog and CLOUDS?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the chief USE of a BAROMETER?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the common REMEDY in both these cases?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the difference between COMBINING and MIXING?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the difference between CONDUCTING heat, and ABSORBING heat?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the difference between a FOG and a CLOUD?_ A. Clouds and fogs differ only in one respect. |
40652 | _ What is the difference between a MIST and FOG?_ A. MIST is generally applied to_ vapours condensed on marshes, rivers_, and_ lakes_. |
40652 | _ What is the general DIRECTION of a THUNDER- STORM?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the good of BLOWING OXYGEN GAS to lighted tinder?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the reason why condensed vapour sometimes forms into CLOUDS, and sometimes into FOG?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the second chief source of heat?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the third chief source of heat?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the use of GREASING CART WHEELS?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the use of a CHIMNEY- POT?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the use of a COWL upon a chimney- pot?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the use of the TIN SCREEN or REFLECTOR used in ROASTING?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is the_ PRINCIPAL_ source of Heat_? |
40652 | _ What is the_ REMEDY_ in this case?_ A. |
40652 | _ What is_ LIGHTNING? |
40652 | _ What kind of WEATHER will it be when the barometer is UNUSUALLY LOW?_ A. |
40652 | _ What kind of thing is the SAFETY LAMP?_ A. |
40652 | _ What mainly determines the COLOUR of any object?_ A. |
40652 | _ What makes PUMP- water HARD?_ A. |
40652 | _ What makes these fragments RED- HOT?_ A. |
40652 | _ What metal is the best for this purpose?_ A. Stout copper wire. |
40652 | _ What mischief will these balls of fire produce?_ A. |
40652 | _ What occasions the loud CRACK or report which we hear?_ A. |
40652 | _ What produces ELECTRICITY in the CLOUDS?_ A. |
40652 | _ What produces the FROTH of BOTTLED PORTER?_ A. |
40652 | _ What produces the ROARING noise made by a COPPER- HOLE fire?_ A. |
40652 | _ What regulates the MOTION of the CLOUDS?_ A. |
40652 | _ What sort of GLASSES do NEAR- SIGHTED persons wear?_ A. |
40652 | _ What sort of GLASSES do OLD people WEAR?_ A. |
40652 | _ What sort of glasses are DOUBLE CONVEX SPECTACLE- GLASSES?_ A. |
40652 | _ What sort of weather may we expect if the barometer be very FLUCTUATING?_ A. |
40652 | _ What then is the PRINCIPAL USE of CLOTHING in winter- time?_ A. |
40652 | _ What things RADIATE heat the NEXT BEST to the sun and fire?_ A. |
40652 | _ What two things are essential to produce combustion?_ A. |
40652 | _ What_ COUNTRIES_ are the_ MOST CLOUDY? |
40652 | _ When CANDLES are LIGHTED, we CANNOT SEE into the STREET or road,--WHY is this?_ A. |
40652 | _ When RUNNING water is FROZEN, why is the ICE generally very ROUGH?_ A. |
40652 | _ When SOAP BUBBLES are blown from a pipe, why do they ASCEND?_ A. |
40652 | _ When a FIRE is LIGHTED, why is PAPER laid at the BOTTOM, against the grate?_ A. |
40652 | _ When a SHIP( out at sea) is approaching the shore, why do we SEE the small MASTS before we see the bulky HULL?_ A. |
40652 | _ When a man has been almost DROWNED, why is suspended animation RESTORED by RUBBING?_ A. |
40652 | _ When a man is STARVED, what parts of the body go first?_ A. |
40652 | _ When a marble REBOUNDS back again, what is the path it THEN describes called?_ A. |
40652 | _ When a marble is rolled towards a wall, what is that path THROUGH WHICH IT RUNS called?_ A. |
40652 | _ When an APPLE is ROASTED, why is one part made SOFT, while all the rest remains hard?_ A. |
40652 | _ When are the WINDS in ENGLAND generally the HIGHEST?_ A. |
40652 | _ When bottled ALE and PORTER is set before a FIRE, why is the CORK FORCED OUT sometimes?_ A. |
40652 | _ When does WATER begin to EXPAND from cold?_ A. |
40652 | _ When does a kettle sing most?_ A. |
40652 | _ When does lightning pass FROM THE CLOUDS to the EARTH?_ A. |
40652 | _ When does lightning pass FROM THE EARTH to the CLOUDS?_ A. |
40652 | _ When does the barometer VARY LEAST?_ A. |
40652 | _ When does the barometer VARY MOST?_ A. |
40652 | _ When is DEW most COPIOUSLY distilled?_ A. |
40652 | _ When is a person struck dead by lightning?_ A. |
40652 | _ When is heat RADIATED from one body to another?_ A. |
40652 | _ When is this experiment most likely to succeed?_ A. |
40652 | _ When lightning flashes from the earth to the clouds, what is the flash called?_ A. |
40652 | _ When persons FALL into a RIVER in winter time, why does the WATER feel remarkably WARM?_ A. |
40652 | _ When the earth can no longer RADIATE heat upwards, does it continue to CONDENSE the vapour of the air?_ A. |
40652 | _ When the light of our face goes TO the GLASS, what is the path through which it goes CALLED?_ A. |
40652 | _ When the light of our face is reflected BACK again from the mirror, what is this RETURNING path called?_ A. |
40652 | _ When we enter a long AVENUE of TREES, WHY does the avenue seem to get NARROWER and narrower till it appears to MEET?_ A. |
40652 | _ When we plunge our HANDS into a basin of WATER, why does it produce a sensation of COLD?_ A. |
40652 | _ When we see our SHADOW in WATER, why do we seem to STAND on our HEAD?_ A. |
40652 | _ When will water EXTINGUISH FIRE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Whence arises the VAPOUR of a ROOM?_ A. |
40652 | _ Whence does the HEAT of FIRE arise?_ A. |
40652 | _ Whence does the HEAT of a DUNGHILL arise?_ A. |
40652 | _ Whence does the HEAT of our own BODY arise?_ A. |
40652 | _ Where does the CARBONIC ACID of close ROOMS and CITIES COME from?_ A. |
40652 | _ Where does the LIGHT of HOUSES, TREES, and FIELDS come from?_ A. |
40652 | _ Where does the OXYGEN of the air COME FROM, which is blown to the lighted tinder?_ A. |
40652 | _ Where does the WARM vapour of the carriage come from?_ A. |
40652 | _ Where does the heat come from?_ A. |
40652 | _ Where does the hydrogen gas of a fire come from?_ A. |
40652 | _ Where is all this quantity of AIR stowed in the APPLE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Where would the heat ESCAPE to, if the body were NOT wrapped in wool or fur?_ A. |
40652 | _ Which METALS are the most RAPID CONDUCTORS of HEAT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Which burns the quicker, a BLAZING fire, or a RED HOT one?_ A. |
40652 | _ Which clouds assume the most FANTASTIC shapes?_ A. |
40652 | _ Which hand will FEEL the HOTTER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Which is the HOTTEST PLACE in a church, chapel, or theatre?_ A. |
40652 | _ Which of the METALS have the GREATEST affinity to OXYGEN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Which part of the collapsing air do we hear first?_ A. |
40652 | _ Which_ FORM_ of lightning is the most_ DANGEROUS? |
40652 | _ Who was SIR HUMPHREY DAVY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are BANISTERS,& c. DAMP after a THAW?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are BEASTS COVERED with FUR, HAIR, or WOOL?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are BIRDS covered with DOWN or FEATHERS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are BLACK KID GLOVES so HOT in summer time?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are BOUGHS of TREES broken off by lightning?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are CARRIAGE WINDOWS very SOON covered with thick MIST?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are CINDERS lighter than COALS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are CLOUDS HIGHER on a FINE DAY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are CLOUDS sometimes DISSIPATED quite as suddenly?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are COALS BLACK?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are COOKING VESSELS so often furnished with WOODEN HANDLES?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are COPPER and IRON SONOROUS, and not LEAD?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are CRUCIBLES( in which acids are employed) made of PLAT''INUM?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are DARK COLOURS( for external wear) so much WARMER than LIGHT ONES?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are DESERTS so DAZZLING in summer time?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are DREAMS such FOOLISH and INCONSISTENT things?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are EAST WINDS in England generally DRY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are FIRES placed on the FLOOR of a room, and not towards the CEILING?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are FLOWING waters FREE from these IMPURITIES?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are FLUES( which are carried through a church or room) always BLACKENED with BLACK LEAD?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are FOGS more common in VALLEYS than on HILLS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are FOGS more general in AUTUMN than in spring?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are FRANCE and GERMANY WARMER now, than when the vine would not ripen there?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are FROGS and FISHES COLD- BLOODED animals?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are FURNACE DOORS,& c. frequently COVERED with a paste of CLAY and SAND?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are FURNACES and stoves( where much HEAT is required) built of porous BRICK?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are HAWKS able to see such an IMMENSE way off?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are HOT FOODS made COOL by BLOWING them?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are LIQUIDS BAD CONDUCTORS of heat?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are LISLE THREAD GLOVES so COOL in summer time?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are MARCH winds DRY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are MEN sometimes MAIMED by lightning?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are METALS MELTED by the heat of FIRE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are MORE STARS visible from a MOUNTAIN, than from a PLAIN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are MORNING CLOUDS generally of a RED tinge?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are MOUNTAINOUS countries more RAINY than flat ones?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are MOUNTAINS and ice- bergs FAMOUS for ECHOES?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are MOUNTAINS so NOISELESS and quiet?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are NORTH WINDS in England generally DRY and biting?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are NOT LIQUIDS GOOD CONDUCTORS of heat?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are OLD people FAR- SIGHTED?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are OLD people UNABLE to WALK?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are PERSONS so PALE who live in CLOSE ROOMS and CITIES?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are PERSONS sometimes KILLED by having a CHARCOAL FIRE in their bed- rooms?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are PERSONS who live in CLOSE ROOMS and crowded CITIES, generally SICKLY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are PERSONS who live in the OPEN AIR and in the country, of a RUDDY complexion?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are POOR PEOPLE generally AVERSE to CLEANLINESS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are POOR PEOPLE generally AVERSE to VENTILATION?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are POTATOES YELLOW?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are RAIN- DROPS sometimes much LARGER than at OTHER times?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are REFLECTORS always made of LIGHT- COLOURED and highly POLISHED METAL?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are SALT and SNOW mixed together, colder than SNOW?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are SHOES HOTTER for being DUSTY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are SOME notes BASS and some TREBLE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are SOME particles consumed and not OTHERS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are SOME parts of the ceiling BLACKER and more filthy than others?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are SOME surfaces BRILLIANT like glass and steel, and OTHERS DULL like lead?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are SOME things SHINING and splendid?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are SOME things SONOROUS, and others NOT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are SOME things( like glass) TRANSPARENT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are STOVES fixed on the FLOOR of a room?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are TIMBERS, which are to be exposed to damp, CHARRED?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are TOMB- STONES covered with HOAR- FROST, long after it has melted from every object around?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are TROPICAL ISLANDS always subject to a SEA- breeze every MORNING( i. e. a breeze blowing from the sea to the land)?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are TROPICAL ISLANDS subject to a LAND BREEZE every EVENING( i. e. a breeze blowing from the land towards the sea)?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are VALLEYS& HOLLOWS often thickly covered with DEW, although they are sheltered?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are WATER- PIPES often covered with STALL- LITTER in winter time?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are WEST WINDS in England generally RAINY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are WET STOCKINGS DIFFICULT to PULL ON?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are WET SUMMERS generally SUCCEEDED by COLD WINTERS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are WINDOWS often covered with thick MIST, and the frames wet with standing WATER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are WINE- GLASSES made quite DULL when they are brought into a room FULL of COMPANY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are WOOL, FUR, HAIR, or FEATHERS such SLOW CONDUCTORS of heat?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are WOOLLENS and FURS used in COLD weather for CLOTHING?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are antique halls, winding passages, and cathedral aisles FAMOUS for ECHOES?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are caverns, grottoes, and ruined abbeys FAMOUS for ECHOES?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are delicate TREES covered with STRAW in WINTER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are leaves a LIGHT green in SPRING?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are leaves a YELLOWISH BROWN in AUTUMN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are many persons IDIOTS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are not SOUNDS( such as distant church bells) heard so distinctly on a HOT DAY as in FROSTY weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are not lightning- conductors more generally used?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are our FEET so COLD when we sit close by a good fire?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are our HAIR and the BRIM of our HAT often covered with little drops of pearly DEW in winter- time?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are persons able to TASTE DIFFERENT FLAVOURS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are plants a PALE YELLOW when kept in the DARK?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are potatoes( which grow EXPOSED to the air and light) GREEN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are some MOUNTAINS ALWAYS COVERED with SNOW?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are some persons NEAR- SIGHTED?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are some things BLACK?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are some things SOLID, others LIQUID, and others GASEOUS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are some things WHITE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are some things of ONE COLOUR, and some of ANOTHER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are the ATTICS and CELLAR DANGEROUS, during a thunder- storm?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are the CEILINGS of PUBLIC OFFICES so BLACK and filthy?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are the CLOUDS LIGHTER on a FINE DAY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are the CLOUDS so VARIABLE in SHAPE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are the COLOURS of the SECOND bow all REVERSED?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are the EDGES of CLOUDS more LUMINOUS than their CENTRES?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are the Esquimeaux so passionately fond of TRAIN OIL and WHALE BLUBBER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are the JUNGLES of Jarva and Hindostan so FATAL to life?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are the LAST CLOUDS of EVENING generally of a RED tinge?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are the LEAVES of plants GREEN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are the SIDES of a pond covered with LEAVES, while the MIDDLE of the pond is quite CLEAR?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are the STARS REFLECTED in a WELL, although the SUN is NOT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are the WHEELS of some machines kept CONSTANTLY WET with WATER_? |
40652 | _ Why are the currents of air from the LAND COLDER than those blowing over WATER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are the different grains of sand said to be MIXED, when they are shaken together?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are the early MORNING clouds RED?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are the late EVENING CLOUDS RED?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are the rays of light REFLECTED by a MIRROR?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are the winds of Europe generally HIGHEST in DECEMBER and JANUARY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are there DARK and BRIGHT SPOTS in a CLEAR cinder FIRE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are there EVER FOGS at night?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are there MORE RAINY DAYS from September to March, than from March to September?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are there NO BLACKS in the smoke of a RAILWAY engine?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are there WAVES in the sea?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are there not ALWAYS FOGS every night?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are there often TWO RAINBOWS at one and the same time?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are there sometimes DIFFERENT COLOURS in the aurora borealis, such as yellow, red, and purple?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are there sometimes_ TWO_ flashes of forked lightning at the same moment_? |
40652 | _ Why are these clouds called CIRRUS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are these mists called_ STRA''TUS_ clouds?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are these monster masses called_ CUM''ULUS CLOUDS? |
40652 | _ Why are they called TRADE WINDS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are things which RADIATE HEAT MOST FREELY, always the most THICKLY COVERED with DEW?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are those things which ABSORB HEAT unable to REFLECT it?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are water and wine CASKS CHARRED inside?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why are_ BALLS OF FIRE_ so very dangerous?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why ca n''t persons in the street SEE into a WELL- LIGHTED ROOM?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why can DEAF people hear through an EAR TRUMPET?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why can FAT men SWIM more EASILY than SPARE men?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why can HAWKS not only see such a long way off, but also objects within half- an- inch of their eye?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why can QUADRUPEDS swim MORE EASILY than MAN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why can TIGERS, CATS, and OWLS see in the DARK?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why can a SWAN or DUCK dive under water WITHOUT being WETTED?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why can a THOUSAND persons SEE the SAME OBJECT at the same time?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why can a man see his WHOLE PERSON reflected in a LITTLE MIRROR not 6 inches in length?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why can not BRICKLAYERS and PLASTERERS work in FROSTY weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why can not RAILWAY engines be fed with BRACKISH WATER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why can not the wind enter a chimney flue, if it be carried up HIGHER than the steeple or hills?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why can persons hear the VOICES of men in conversation for a MILE distant, near the POLES, in winter time?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why can persons in the DARK STREET see into a ROOM( lighted by a candle or lamp)?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why can they impart no extra heat after they boil?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why can we HEAR distant clocks MOST distinctly in CLEAR COLD weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why can we NOT hear sounds( as distant church bells) in RAINY weather, so well as in FINE weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why can we SEE NOTHING, when we leave a WELL- LIGHTED room, and go into the DARK ROAD or street?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why can we not FEEL when we are asleep?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why can we not HEAR in sleep?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why can we not SEE into the ROAD or STREET, when a CANDLE is lighted in a room?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why can we not SEE, when we are asleep with our EYES OPEN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why can we not TASTE when we are asleep?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why can we not hear SOUNDS( such as distant clocks) so distinctly in a thick MIST or HAZE, as in a CLEAR night?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why can we not hear sounds( as distant church bells) in SNOWY weather, so well as in FINE weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why can we not see the REFLECTION of the SUN in a WELL, during the day- time?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why can we not see the STARS in the DAY- TIME?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why can we see the PROPER COLOUR of every object again, after a few minutes?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why can we see the STARS even at MID- DAY, from the bottom of a deep WELL?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why did the captives in the BLACK HOLE die SLEEPING?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why did the lightning fly about from place to place, and not pass down in a straight course?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do ARNOTT''S STOVES sometimes SMELL so strong of SULPHUR?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do BLAZING COALS BURN QUICKER than red hot ones?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do BRICKLAYERS COVER their work with STRAW in spring and autumn?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do CANDLES and FIRES burn with a BLUER FLAME in WET weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do CANDLES and LAMPS SPIRT when RAIN is at hand?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do CATS RUB their EARS when it is likely to rain?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do CATS and OWLS SLEEP almost all DAY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do CATS keep WINKING, when they sit before a FIRE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do CELLARS feel COLD in SUMMER time?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do CELLARS feel WARM in WINTER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do CLOUDS FALL in RAINY weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do CLOUDS gather ROUND MOUNTAIN- TOPS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do COAL- MINES so frequently EXPLODE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do DIVERS suffer great pain in their eyes and ears under water?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do DOGS and CATS( confined to a room) feel LAZY and DROWSY at the approach of rain?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do DOORS SHRINK in DRY weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do DOORS SWELL, when RAIN is at hand?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do EWERS BREAK in a FROSTY NIGHT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do FIDDLE- strings SNAP in WET weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do FLOWERS smell SWEETER and STRONGER just previous to RAIN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do FLUTES,& c. produce musical sounds?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do GLOW- WORMS glisten by NIGHT only?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do HAY- STACKS sometimes CATCH FIRE of themselves?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do HEDGES and BELTS of TREES promote WARMTH?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do HILLS,& c. appear LARGER in WET weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do HORSES and other animals stretch out their necks, and SNUFF up the AIR, just previous to a fall of RAIN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do HORSES neigh, CATTLE low, SHEEP bleat, and ASSES bray, at the approach of rain?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do HORSES sometimes STRIKE FIRE with their FEET?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do LAMPS SMOKE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do LONG GRASS and ROTTING LEAVES promote COLD?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do MUSICAL GLASSES give sounds?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do NEAR- SIGHTED persons bring objects CLOSE to the eye, in order to SEE THEM?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do NOT GRAPES ferment while they hang on the VINE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do NOT SAILORS get COLD, who are so often wet all day with SEA- WATER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do NOT persons WEAR WHITE dresses in WINTER time?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do NOT windows reflect the NOON- DAY rays also?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do OLD people HOLD objects FURTHER OFF, in order to see them better?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do PALMER''S METALLIC WICKS never need SNUFFING?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do PERSONS who ASCEND in BALLOONS FEEL PAIN in their eyes, ears and chest?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do PERSONS who DESCEND in DIVING- BELLS FEEL PAIN in their eyes, ears and chest?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do PERSONS, who are so much in the OPEN AIR, enjoy the best HEALTH?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do PIANO- FORTES produce musical sounds?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do PLANTS GROW RAPIDLY in MOON- LIGHT nights?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do PLANTS often grow out of WALLS and TOWERS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do SEA GULLS fly about the SEA in FINE weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do SEVERAL PIECES of WOOD or coal burn BETTER than ONE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do SMOKE and steam CURL, as they ascend?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do SOME THINGS feel so much COLDER than others?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do SOME echoes repeat only ONE syllable?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do SOME parts of a RIVER FREEZE LESS than OTHERS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do SPARKS of fire start( with a crackling noise) from pieces of WOOD laid upon a FIRE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do SPRINGS at the bottom of a lake PREVENT its FREEZING?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do STEAM- ENGINES sometimes BURST?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do STONES SNAP and fly about, when heated in the FIRE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do STOVES and FIRE- IRONS become RUSTY, in rooms which are not OCCUPIED?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do SUGAR, SALT,& c. RETARD the process of BOILING?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do SWALLOWS FLY LOW when RAIN is at hand?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do TELESCOPES enable us to SEE objects INVISIBLE to the naked eye?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do TIGERS, CATS, OWLS,& c. PROWL by NIGHT for prey?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do TILES, STONES, and ROCKS often SPLIT in winter?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do TREES and FLOWERS help to make country AIR WHOLESOME?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do TREES,& c. in WET weather appear FURTHER OFF than they really are?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do TWO pieces of WOOD burn BETTER than ONE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do VESTRY CHIMNEYS so often SMOKE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do WALLS stand thick with WET in a sudden THAW?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do WATER- PIPES frequently BURST in FROSTY weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do WAX CANDLES NEVER need SNUFFING?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do WET FEET or CLOTHES give us"COLD? |
40652 | _ Why do WINDOWS RATTLE when CARTS pass by a house?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do WINDOWS seem to BLAZE at SUN- RISE and SUN- SET?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do WINDS generally make the mercury of a barometer DROP?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do WOOD ASHES make HARD water SOFT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do a pair of BELLOWS get a fire up?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do all fruits,& c.( when severed from the tree) FALL to the EARTH?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do all the LITTLE BUBBLES tend towards the LARGE ones?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do almost all CHIMNEYS SMOKE in GUSTY weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do common CANDLES require to be SNUFFED?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do country people touch the thick end of an EGG with their TONGUE, to know if it be STALE or not?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do fishes always seem to be nearer the surface of a river than they really are?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do ladies FAN THEMSELVES in hot weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do ladies FAN themselves in summer, to make their FACES COOL?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do not PLATE- WARMERS BLISTER and scorch the WOOD behind?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do not STOVES rust so frequently as POKERS and TONGS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do not the trade winds blow uniformly from north- east and south- east in the INDIAN OCEAN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do not the walls of a ROOM or church produce ECHO?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do not"Argand burners"smoke?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do old RAGS, used for CLEANING LAMPS and CANDLES, sometimes set a HOUSE on FIRE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do our CLOTHES FEEL DAMP, after walking in a fine evening in SPRING or AUTUMN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do our CORNS ache just previous to RAIN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do our HEADS and SKIN itch before rain?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do people say that FRUITS and VEGETABLES COOL the BLOOD?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do persons EAT MORE food in COLD weather, than in hot?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do persons SINK in water when they are UNSKILFUL SWIMMERS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do persons WEAR WHITE dresses in SUMMER time?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do persons feel LAZY and averse to exercise, when they are HALF- STARVED or ILL- FED?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do persons in a crowded CHURCH feel DROWSY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do persons use paper or WOOLLEN KETTLE- HOLDERS to take hold of a kettle with?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do persons who ascend in balloons feel intense pain in their eyes and ears?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do persons( who water PLANTS) very__ often pour the water into the SAUCER, and not OVER the PLANTS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do silver TEA- POTS and SPOONS tarnish more quickly than silver ore or bullion?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do some CHIMNEYS SMOKE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do some LAKES RARELY if ever FREEZE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do some persons LOSE all POWER of SENSATION?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do some things reflect ONE COLOUR, and some ANOTHER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do such GOODS sometimes CATCH FIRE of themselves?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do the BUBBLES in a CUP OF TEA range round the SIDES of the CUP?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do the BUBBLES of a CUP OF TEA FOLLOW a TEA- SPOON?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do the FENDER and FIRE- IRONS( which lie upon it) remain COLD, although they are before a good fire?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do the LAPLANDERS wear SKINS, with the FUR INWARDS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do the SIDES of a river flow more TARDILY than its CENTRE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do the STARS TWINKLE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do the SUN and STARS( which are spheres) appear to be FLAT surfaces?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do the inhabitants of tropical countries live chiefly upon rice and fruit?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do the weather toys called CAPU''CHINS lift the cowl over the figures in wet weather, and remove it in dry?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do these INSECTS seek the lower regions of the air in WET weather, more than in FINE weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do these things DESTROY the TAINT of meat?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do they not blow from the FULL NORTH and SOUTH?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do tin BLOWERS help to get a fire up?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do two pieces of ICE( rubbed together) MELT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do unslit CHESTNUTS CRACK with a loud noise, when ROASTED?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do very LARGE buildings( as cathedrals), often REVERBERATE the voice of the speaker?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do very OLD people LOSE the power of VOLITION, SENSATION, and THOUGHT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do violets absorb the red and yellow rays, and reflect the BLUE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we FEEL BRACED and LIGHT- HEARTED on a FINE spring or FROSTY morning?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we FEEL DEPRESSED in SPIRITS on a WET murky DAY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we FEEL almost SUFFOCATED in a hot cloudy night?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we FEEL so COLD when we have WET FEET or CLOTHES?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we HEAR distant CLOCKS more distinctly when rain is near at hand?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we NOT see things DOUBLE, with TWO EYES?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we PERSPIRE when very HOT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we SEE BETTER, when we get USED to the dark?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we SEE OURSELVES in a GLASS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we feel COLDER in WINDY WEATHER, than in a CALM day?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we feel LAZY and averse to activity in very HOT WEATHER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we feel MORE HUNGRY in the DAY- TIME than in the NIGHT- TIME?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we feel OPPRESSED and SUFFOCATED if the air around is not of the SAME DENSITY as that in our body?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we feel OPPRESSED just PREVIOUS to a STORM?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we feel a desire for ACTIVITY in cold weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we feel a dislike to strong meat and greasy foods in very hot weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we feel more SPRIGHTLY in a clear bright night?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we generally feel COLDER out- of- doors?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we hear CHURCH- BELLS further, just previous to rain?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we hear SOUNDS better by NIGHT than by DAY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we hear the collapsing of the air NEAREST the earth FIRST?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we like fruits and vegetables so very much in hot weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we like strong MEAT and GREASY food when the WEATHER is very COLD?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we need WARMER CLOTHING by NIGHT than by DAY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we not feel the same sensation of cold, if we throw a MACINTOSH over our WET CLOTHES?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we often see the FIRE REFLECTED in our parlour WINDOW in winter time?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we often see the shadow of our CANDLES in the window, while we are sitting in our parlour?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we see all sorts of GROTESQUE FIGURES in hot COALS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we see the MOON reflected in a WELL very OFTEN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do we wear WHITE LINEN and a BLACK outer DRESS, if we want to be warm?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do wheels catch fire in such cases?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why do_ BURNING GLASSES_ set fire to substances submitted to their power_? |
40652 | _ Why does AERATED WATER effervesce, when the CORK is removed?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does AIR ABSORB heat more QUICKLY by being set in MOTION?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does AIR rust IRON?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does ALE or PORTER FROTH more, after it has been set before the fire?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does BEATING IRON make it RED- HOT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does BEER turn FLAT, if the VENT PEG be left OUT of the tub?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does BOILING WATER BUBBLE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does BOILING WATER BUBBLE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does BOILING WATER SWELL?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does BOTTLED ALE froth, more than DRAUGHT ale?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does BREATHING on a GLASS make it quite DULL?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does CHLORIDE of LIME fumigate a sick room?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does COAL make such EXCELLENT FUEL?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does COLD WATER, poured on LIME, make it intensely HOT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does COLD produce HUNGER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does COPPER TARNISH?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does CULTIVATION increase the WARMTH of a country?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does DEAL make more snapping than any OTHER WOOD?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does DEW FALL more ABUNDANTLY on SOME THINGS than upon OTHERS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does DEW fall more abundantly on CULTIVATED soils, than on BARREN lands?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does DEW rarely fall upon hard ROCKS and BARREN lands?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does DISTANCE make an object INVISIBLE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does DRAINING land promote WARMTH?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does DRY WOOD make more SNAPPING than GREEN WOOD?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does DRY wood BURN more easily than GREEN or wet wood?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does DRY wood burn BETTER than GREEN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does DYING a silk,& c. CHANGE its COLOUR?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does ETHER freeze under the RECEIVER of an AIR- pump, when the air is exhausted?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does ETHER very greatly RELIEVE a SCALD or BURN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does FANNING the air increase its HEAT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does FIRE produce HEAT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does FLANNEL,& c. make us WARM?_ A. Flannel and warm clothing do not_ make_ us warm, but merely_ prevent the body from becoming cold_. |
40652 | _ Why does FROST make the EARTH CRACK?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does GINGER POP fly about in froth, when the string of the cork is cut?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does GREASING iron prevent its becoming RUSTY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does HAIL fall generally in SUMMER and AUTUMN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does HARD WORK produce HUNGER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does HOT water melt sugar and salt QUICKER than COLD water?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does JUICE rush into the cup, because the cup is NOT FULL of AIR?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does LEAD lose its BRIGHTNESS, and become DULL and of a DARKER hue, by being exposed to the air?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does LIGHTNING PURIFY the AIR?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does LIGHTNING sometimes KILL men and beasts?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does LIGHTNING sometimes KNOCK DOWN HOUSES and churches?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does LIGHTNING turn BEER SOUR, although contained in a close cask?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does LIGHTNING turn MILK SOUR?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does LIME destroy the offensive smells of BINS, SEWERS,& c.?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does MIST and DEW VANISH as the SUN rises?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does MIST and FOG VANISH at sunrise?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does MONEY in our pocket feel so HOT, when we stand BEFORE a FIRE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does MORE RAIN fall at the EQUATOR than at the POLES?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does MORTAR CRUMBLE away in FROST?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does MORTAR become HARD, after a few days?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does NOT a kettle SING, when the water BOILS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does PAPER BURN more readily than wood?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does PAPER PUCKER when it is WETTED?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does PARTING with HEAT RAPIDLY make the HEARTH- STONE feel WARM?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does RAIN PURIFY the AIR?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does RAIN fall in DROPS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does READING ALOUD make us feel HUNGRY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does RUBBING our HANDS and FACES make them feel WARM?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does RUNNING make us WARM?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does RUNNING water OSCILLATE and WHIRL in its current?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does SALT CRACKLE when thrown into a FIRE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does SALT DISSOLVE ICE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does SINGING make us HUNGRY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does SMOKE ASCEND the chimney?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does SMOKE FALL when RAIN is at hand?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does SMOKE RUSH UP a CHIMNEY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does SNOW NOURISH the earth?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does SNOW at the foot of a HEDGE or WALL melt sooner, than in an open field?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does SNOW fall in WINTER time?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does SOAP greatly INCREASE the cleansing power of water?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does SOAPY water BUBBLE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does SODA WATER effervesce?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does SPRINKLING a HOT ROOM with water COOL IT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does STAGNANT water PUTREFY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does STRIKING a FLINT against a piece of STEEL produce a SPARK?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does STUCCO PEEL from a WALL in FROSTY weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does VAPOUR in the air make the mercury SINK?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does VAPOUR sometimes form into CLOUDS, and sometimes rest upon the earth as MIST or FOG?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does WANT of sufficient NOURISHMENT often produce MADNESS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does WATER CLEAN dirty LINEN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does WATER FREEZE at the SURFACE first?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does WATER MELT SALT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does WATER MELT SUGAR?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does WATER SIMMER before it boils?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does WATER become FLAT and insipid, after it has been DRAWN some time?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does WATERING the STREETS and roads COOL THEM?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does WIND DRY damp LINEN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does WIND generally feel COOL?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does WIND in England generally feel COLD?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does WIND sometimes DRIVE AWAY the CLOUDS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does WIND sometimes bring RAIN, and sometimes FINE weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does WOOD BURN more readily than coal?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a BLACK HAT turn RED at the SEA SIDE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a BLACK MIST bring WET weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a BLUISH FLAME sometimes flicker on the surface of hot cinders?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a CANDLE BURN when lighted?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a CHIMNEY SMOKE, if the funnel be very short?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a COOPER make his HOOPS RED- HOT, when he puts them on a tub?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a CROWDED ROOM produce HEAD- ACHE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a DOWNWARD current of COLD AIR bring RAIN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a DROP of WATER sometimes ROLL along a piece of hot iron without leaving the least trace?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a DRUM sound?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a FIDDLE- STRING give a musical sound?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a FIRE burn CLEAREST on a FROSTY night?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a FIRE burn more fiercely in the OPEN AIR?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a FIRE burn more intensely in WINTER than in SUMMER time?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a FIRE burn so fiercely in WINDY weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a GLASS snap, because the INNER surface is HOTTER than the OUTER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a HAZE round the SUN indicate RAIN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a HOUSE in a VALLEY very often SMOKE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a JET of FLAME sometimes burst into the room THROUGH THE BARS OF A STOVE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a KETTLE RUN OVER, when the water BOILS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a KETTLE SING when the water simmers?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a KETTLE SING, when it is ABOUT to BOIL?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a KETTLE boil faster, when the bottom and back are COVERED with SOOT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a KETTLE sing, when the boiling water begins to COOL again?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a KETTLE sometimes BOIL OVER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a LAMP GLASS DIMINISH the SMOKE of a LAMP?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a LAMP SMOKE when the WICK is cut UNEVENLY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a LAMP SMOKE when the WICK is turned up too HIGH?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a LAMP- GLASS DIMINISH the SMOKE of a lamp?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a LAUNDRESS put a little SALIVA on an IRONING- BOX to know if it be hot enough?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a LINEN SHIRT feel COLDER than a COTTON ONE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a LITTLE WATER make a fire FIERCER, while a LARGER quantity of water puts it OUT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a METAL SPOON, left in a saucepan, RETARD the process of BOILING?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a MINER lower a CANDLE into a mine, before he descends?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a NORTH- EAST wind RARELY bring RAIN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a PASSING CLOUD often drop RAIN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a PIECE OF SUGAR( held in a spoon at the TOP of our tea) melt very RAPIDLY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a PIECE of WOOD( blazing at ONE end) NOT FEEL HOT at the OTHER end?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a PIN, stuck in a RUSH- LIGHT, EXTINGUISH it?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a POKER( resting on the fender) feel so much COLDER than the HEARTH- RUG, which is further off the fire?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a POKER, LAID ACROSS a dull FIRE, revive it?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a POLISHED METAL TEA- POT make BETTER TEA than a black earthen one?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a PRISM DIVIDE a ray of light into VARIOUS COLOURS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a PUMP- HANDLE feel intensely COLD in WINTER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a PUTREFYING dead BODY SMELL so offensively?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a RAINBOW in the EAST indicate that bad weather is LEAVING us?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a RAINBOW in the WEST indicate that BAD WEATHER is on the road to us?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a SAUCEPAN which has been USED, boil QUICKER than a NEW ONE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a SHADOW in WATER always appear TOPSY- TURVY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a SHOWER of RAIN seem to COOL the AIR in summer- time?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a SMOKE- JACK turn round in a chimney?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a SOAP BUBBLE exhibit such VARIETY of COLOURS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a SOUTH- WEST wind bring us RAIN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a SPLIT BELL make a HOARSE disagreeable sound?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a SPONGE SWELL when it is WETTED?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a SPOON( in a glass of water) always appear BENT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a STONE or marble HEARTH feel to the feet so much COLDER than a CARPET or hearth- rug?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a STOVE make a CRACKING NOISE, when a fire is very hot?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a STOVE make a similar CRACKING NOISE, when a large FIRE is TAKEN DOWN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a THUNDER- STORM generally follow very DRY weather, and rarely succeeds continued WET?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a WHEELWRIGHT make his hoops RED- HOT, which he fixes on the NAVE of a WHEEL?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a WHITE CRUST appear( in hot weather) upon CLOTHES wetted by sea water?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a WHITE MIST indicate FINE weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a chimney smoke, if the DRAUGHT be SLACK?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a farrier put the HORSE- SHOE on HOT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a kettle SING MORE when it is set on the SIDE of a fire, than when it is set in the MIDST of the fire?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a man SHRINK when STARVED?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a man on the TOP of a MOUNTAIN or church spire seem to be no BIGGER than a CROW?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a parlour often SMELL disagreeably of SOOT in SUMMER- TIME?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a person FEEL when he is TOUCHED?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a piece of BURNT BREAD, steeped in impure WATER, make it fit to drink?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a river always appear more shallow than it really is?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a rose absorb the yellow and blue rays, and reflect the RED?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a small piece of raw MEAT, or a few RAISINS improve FLAT BEER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a thick WELL- BUILT HOUSE contract more DAMP of this kind, than an ORDINARY one?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a tin BLOWER INCREASE the DRAUGHT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does a"COPPER HOLE"DRAW up more fiercely than an OPEN stove?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does an APPLE spit and SPURT about, when roasted?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does an ECHO sometimes repeat TWO or more syllables?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does an EXTINGUISHER put a candle out?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does an ignis fatuus or Will o''the Wisp FLY from us when we RUN to MEET it?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does an ignis fatuus run AFTER us, when we FLEE from it in fright?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does an old fashioned FARM CHIMNEY- PLACE so often smoke?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does bottled ALE and PORTER become"LIVELY"and FROTHY by being SET before the FIRE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does charcoal REMOVE the TAINT of meat?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does every thing seem shadowed with a BLACK MIST, when we take off our common SPECTACLES?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does fresh SPRING WATER SPARKLE, when poured from one vessel to another?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does hot iron SCALE and PEEL off, when struck with a HAMMER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does it ROLL?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does it always FREEZE on the TOP of a MOUNTAIN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does it feel so COLD, when it rests on the FENDER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does it give us PAIN, if a CANDLE be brought suddenly towards our BED at night time?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does it not expand UPWARDS( like boiling water), and RUN OVER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does lightning PART the air through which it passes? |
40652 | _ Why does lightning pass down the OUTSIDE of a tree?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does lightning pass through the INSIDE of a man?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does lightning strike the OAK- tree more frequently than any OTHER tree?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does liquor flow reluctantly out of a BOTTLE held upside down?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does melted SUGAR or SALT give a FLAVOUR to the WATER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does not RUNNING water freeze so fast as STILL water?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does not SMOKE acquire its full VELOCITY in a SHORT funnel?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does not WATER cool down so fast as LAND?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does not WOOD MELT, like metal?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does not a FIRE BLAZE on a FROSTY NIGHT, so long as it does upon another night?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does not a FIRE burn so freely in a THAW, as in a FROST?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does not a candle set fire to a PIECE OF PAPER twisted into an extinguisher, and used as such?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does not boiling water get HOTTER, if the steam be suffered to ESCAPE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does not the COLD of NIGHT ALWAYS cause rain?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does not the DEW- DROP WET the POWDER of the CABBAGE- plant?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does not the MIST become DEW?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does not the cold ICE on the SURFACE of a river CHILL the water BENEATH, and make it freeze?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does not the drop of RAIN WET the DUST over which it rolls?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does not the wind ALWAYS BLOW ONE way, following the direction of the SUN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does ornamental STEEL( of a purple or LILAC colour) rust more readily than polished WHITE steel?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does our FACE FEEL uncomfortably HOT, when we approach a FIRE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does our reflection in a mirror seem to APPROACH us as we walk TOWARDS it, and to RETIRE FROM us as WE retire?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does rapid DIGESTION produce a craving APPETITE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does rarefied air afford LESS NOURISHMENT to fire, than cold air?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does roasted COFFEE sometimes CATCH FIRE spontaneously?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the BALLOON RISE, after it has been inflated by the expanded air?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the BEER RUN FREELY, immediately the VENT PEG is taken out?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the BLACK skin of a NEGRO NEVER SCORCH or BLISTER with the hot sun?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the BOTTOM COME OFF, if a GLASS BEAKER be set on a warm HOB?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the Bible say, that God"giveth SNOW like WOOL? |
40652 | _ Why does the CAT keep RUBBING herself?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the CONDUCTING power of water make it feel COLDER than the air, though in reality it is WARMER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the DEPTH of the water RETARD its FREEZING?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the EARTH CRUMBLE in SPRING?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the EFFERVESCENCE of soda water and ginger beer so soon go off?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the ESCAPE OF AIR from the chestnut, or the EXPLOSION of GUNPOWDER, produce a REPORT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the EVAPORATION of the sea prevent its surface from being HEATED by the vertical sun?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the EXTRA heat revive the flame?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the FLAME of a candle make a GLASS DAMP, which is held over it?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the FLAME of a candle point UPWARDS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the FLATTENING of the COR''NEA prevent persons seeing objects which are NEAR?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the HEARTH- STONE( when the fire is lighted) feel so much HOTTER than the HEARTH- RUG?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the LUMP of SUGAR MELT more QUICKLY when STIRRED ABOUT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the MERCURY of a THERMOMETER RISE in hot weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the MOON appear LARGER at her RISING and SETTING, than when above our heads?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the MOON appear to us so much BIGGER than the STARS, though in fact it is a great deal SMALLER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the MOON( which is a sphere) APPEAR to be a FLAT surface?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the PETREL always fly to the SEA during a storm?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the PLASTER FALL AWAY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the PLASTER round a STOVE CRACK and fall away?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the RISING and SETTING MOON appear so much LARGER, than after it is risen higher above our heads?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the SATURATION of the south wind cause RAIN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the SCANTINESS of a country POPULATION render the COUNTRY AIR more PURE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the SEA BREEZE feel COOL?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the SEA HEAVE and SIGH just PREVIOUS to a STORM?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the SOUTH WIND often bring us RAIN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the STEAM of a RAILWAY BOILER often pour down, like fine rain, when the steam is"let off? |
40652 | _ Why does the STONE HEARTH make our FEET COLD?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the SUN seem LARGER at his RISE and SET, than it does at NOON?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the SUN seem LARGER when he SETS and RISES, than he does at noon?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the SUN, shining on a FIRE, make it DULL, and often put it out?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the WHITE EUROPEAN SKIN BLISTER and SCORCH when exposed to the hot sun?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the WICK of a candle( when the flame has been blown out) CATCH FIRE so readily?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the air flow to the fire more TARDILY for being RAREFIED?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the barometer fall LOWEST of all at the BREAKING UP of a long FROST?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the barometer fall very low with SOUTH and WEST winds?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the barometer generally RISE with a NORTH- EAST wind?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the barometer vary LESS in SUMMER than in WINTER time?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the barometer vary MORE in WINTER than in SUMMER time?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the ceaseless CHANGE of air tend to DECREASE the WARMTH of a naked body?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the coat of ice grow THICKER and THICKER, if the frost CONTINUES?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the expansion of air( at the end of an egg) make it feel WARM to the tongue?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the fire catch the FACE more than the REST of the body?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the flame of a CANDLE produce LIGHT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the gas escape UNBURNT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the mercury RISE at the approach of FINE weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the mercury SINK at the approach of FOUL weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the mercury of a barometer FALL in a THAW?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the mercury of a barometer RISE in a FROST?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the non- conducting power of the HEARTH- RUG prevent its feeling so HOT as it really is?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the resistance of the air make the lightning zig- zag?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the saw- dust of the WOOD CATCH FIRE by RUBBING?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the sea round an island GIVE OUT heat in winter?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the sudden BURSTING of the rind, or SNAPPING of a piece of wood, make a REPORT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the vitiated air( after the oxygen has been absorbed) COME OUT of the MOUTH, and not sink into the stomach?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does the water of a KETTLE run out of the SPOUT when it BOILS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does their imbibing so little water make them DRY winds?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does this CONTRAST of heat increase the VIOLENCE of the WINDS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does this MIST seem to RISE HIGHER and HIGHER, and yet remain quite as dense below as before?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does this WHITE CRUST always DISAPPEAR in WET weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does this misty appearance GO OFF after a little time?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does this produce spontaneous combustion?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does water expand when it freezes?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does wine( poured from a bottle QUICKLY) SPIRT about without going into the decanter?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why does"MARCH COME IN like a LION? |
40652 | _ Why does"MARCH GO OUT like a LAMB? |
40652 | _ Why has God made NOVEMBER a very RAINY month?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why has RAIN water such an UNPLEASANT SMELL, when it is collected in a rain water tub or tank?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why has a LONG CHIMNEY a greater DRAUGHT than a short one?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why has a NEGRO BLACK EYES?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why have DREAMERS no power of JUDGMENT or REASON?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why have persons in sleep no WILL of their own, but may be moved at the will of ANY one?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why have persons who follow SEDENTARY PURSUITS less APPETITE than ploughmen and masons?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why have persons, who follow HARD OUT- OF- DOORS OCCUPATIONS, more APPETITE than those who are engaged in SEDENTARY pursuits?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is BARLEY MALTED?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is BEER FLAT, if the cask be open too long?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is BEER made STALE, by being exposed to the AIR?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is BLACK glass for spectacles the BEST for wear?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is BOILED WATER FLAT and insipid?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is BOILING water KEPT HOT in a BRIGHT TIN VESSEL longer, than in an earthen one?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is BREAD HEAVY, if the dough be removed from the fire?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is BROTH COOLED by BLOWING it?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is BROTH COOLED by being left exposed to the AIR?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is COPPER wire better than iron?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is COUNTRY AIR more PURE than the air in CITIES?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is DEW deposited only on a FINE clear NIGHT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is DEW distilled most COPIOUSLY after a HOT day?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is DEW most ABUNDANT in situations most EXPOSED?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is DOUGH placed BEFORE the FIRE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is ELECTRICITY excited by FRICTION?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is ENGLAND WARMER than it used to be, when AGUES were so common?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is ETHER better for this purpose than WATER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is EVERY part of the BODY WARM?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is HAIL frequently accompanied with THUNDER and LIGHTNING?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is HEAT applied to the BOTTOM, and not to the top of a KETTLE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is HOAR- FROST seen only after a very CLEAR NIGHT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is HOT TEA,& c. cooled more rapidly by BLOWING it?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is ICE MELTED by the HEAT of the SUN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is LIGHTNING more common in SUMMER and AUTUMN, than in spring and winter?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is LIME heated by a KILN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is LINEN DRIED by being exposed to the WIND?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is LINEN DRIED sooner in the open AIR, than in a confined room?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is MEAT very subject to TAINT on a MOON- LIGHT night?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is METAL sometimes FUSED by lightning?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is MORTAR adhesive?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is MOULD HARDENED by the SUN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is NOT RAIN- water SALT, although most of it is evaporated from the SEA?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is NOT old beer and strong PORTER made SOUR by lightning?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is NOVEMBER made by God to be a RAINY MONTH?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is ONE bed of air COLDER than another?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is PLAT''INUM used for the graduated arcs of delicate mathematical instruments, instead of any other metal?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is PORTER made STALE, by being exposed to the AIR?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is PUMP water called HARD water?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is RAIN WATER SOFT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is RAIN- water more FERTILIZING than PUMP- water?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is SALT WHITE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is SEA- WATER RARELY FROZEN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is SEA- water SALT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is SHALLOW water FROZEN QUICKER than DEEP water?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is SNOW WARM?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is SNOW WHITE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is SNOW WHITE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is SNOW a BAD CONDUCTOR of heat and cold?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is SOLID ICE LIGHTER than WATER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is STAGNANT water full of WORMS, EELS,& c.?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is SUGAR WHITE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is TEA cooled FASTER in a SAUCER than in a cup?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is THUNDER sometimes ONE VAST CRASH?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is WATER FLUID?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is WATER KEPT COLD in summer- time in a BRIGHT METAL pot, better than in an EARTHEN vessel?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is WATER KEPT COOLER( in summer time) in a BRIGHT TIN POT, than in an EARTHEN one?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is WATER a BETTER CONDUCTOR of heat than AIR?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is WATER converted to STEAM by the heat of FIRE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is WATER from a SPRING so COOL in SUMMER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is WATER in such continual FERMENT, when it is BOILING?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is WIND said to BLOW UP the CLOUDS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is WOOD laid on the top of the paper?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is WOOL WARM?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is YEAST put into BEER to make it WORK?_ A. Yeast supplies the beer with_ nitrogen_, which is one of the ingredients of alcohol. |
40652 | _ Why is a CANDLE BLOWN OUT by the breath, and not made more intense, like a fire?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a CHARCOAL FIRE hotter than a wood fire?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a CHIMNEY raised so high above the ROOF?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a CHINA CUP broken, if HOT WATER be poured over it, or into it?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a CLOUDY NIGHT WARMER than a FINE one?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a CROWDED ROOM UNWHOLESOME?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a CUP PUT topsy- turvy into a FRUIT- PIE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a DEAD BODY COLD?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a DEAD man TALLER than a living man?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a DEW- DROP ROUND?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a FIRE KINDLED at the LOWEST BAR of a grate?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a FIRE( after it has been long burning) RED HOT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a GLASS BROKEN, when HOT WATER is poured into it?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a GLASS made quite DULL, by laying a HOT HAND upon it?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a GRAVEL WALK almost DRY, when a grass plat is covered thick with DEW?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a GREY MORNING an indication of a FINE DAY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a GREY SUNSET an indication of WET?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a HALO round the MOON a sure indication of RAIN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a HERD of cattle in danger during a storm?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a LONG WICK covered with an EFFLORESCENCE at the top?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a LONG WICK never upright?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a LUMP of SUGAR( left at the bottom of a cup) so LONG in MELTING?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a MASS of bodies a better conductor than a single body?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a MATTRASS BED, or HEARTH- RUG a good security against injury from lightning?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a PLATE- WARMER made of UN- PAINTED BRIGHT TIN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a POKER( resting on the FENDER) COLD; but if it leans against the STOVE, intensely warm?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a PRIMROSE YELLOW?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a RED SUN- SET an indication of a FINE DAY to- morrow?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a RED and LOWERING sky at SUNRISE an indication of a WET DAY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a ROOM( even without a fire) generally WARMER than the OPEN AIR?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a ROSE RED?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a RUSH LIGHT extinguished so much more quickly than a cotton- wicked candle?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a SMOULDERING WICK sometimes REKINDLED by blowing it?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a THEATRE dangerous, during a thunder- storm?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a TIN PAN( filled with HOT WATER) employed as a FOOT WARMER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a TREE sometimes SCORCHED by lightning, as if it had been set on fire?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a TUMBLER of cold WATER made quite DULL with mist, when brought into a room FULL of PEOPLE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a VIOLET BLUE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a WINE- GLASS( brought out of a CELLAR into the AIR) covered with a thick MIST in summer- time?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a YELLOW FLAME brighter than a RED HOT COAL?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a YELLOW SUNSET an indication of WET?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a fine CLEAR DAY sometimes OVERCAST in a few minutes?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a flash of lightning generally followed by a GUST of WIND?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a flash of lightning generally followed by a POURING RAIN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a mountain- top COLDER than a valley,"because the AIR there is LESS HEATED by REFLECTION? |
40652 | _ Why is a mountain- top COLDER than a valley,"because the AIR there is MORE RAREFIED? |
40652 | _ Why is a ray of LIGHT composed of VARIOUS COLOURS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a sudden CHANGE from COLD to HOT followed by RAIN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a sudden CHANGE from HOT to COLD followed by RAIN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is a_ FLOCK_ of sheep in greater danger than a smaller number?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is air COLDER on a mountain"because it is LESS COMPRESSED? |
40652 | _ Why is an electric shock felt MOST at the ELBOW JOINT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is an instrument FLAT when the STRINGS are UNSTRUNG?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is boiling water KEPT HOT best in a BRIGHT METAL pot?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is carburetted hydrogen gas called FIRE- DAMP, or inflammable air?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is carburetted hydrogen gas frequently called MARSH GAS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is evening DEW INJURIOUS to HEALTH?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is hot TEA and BROTH COOLED faster, for being STIRRED about?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is it COLDER in a THAW than in a FROST?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is it COOL under a SHADY tree in a hot summer''s day?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is it DANGEROUS to BAR a SHUTTER during a thunder- storm?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is it DANGEROUS to RING CHURCH- BELLS during a thunder- storm?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is it DANGEROUS to SLEEP in a DAMP BED?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is it DANGEROUS to SLEEP in a room which contains LIVING PLANTS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is it DANGEROUS to be NEAR a TREE, or lofty building, during a thunder- storm?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is it DANGEROUS to be near a deep RIVER, or any other running water, during a thunder- storm?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is it DANGEROUS to lean BACK AGAINST A WALL during a thunder- storm?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is it DANGEROUS to sit BEFORE a FIRE, during a thunder- storm?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is it MORE DIFFICULT for a MAN to swim than for a BEAST?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is it MORE EASY to WASH with SOFT water than with HARD?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is it NOT needful to put YEAST into WINE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is it UNLUCKY for ANGLERS to see a SINGLE MAGPIE in spring?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is it WARMER in a FROST than in a THAW?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is it better to be WET than dry?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is it dangerous for a man to be near water, in a thunder- storm?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is it dangerous to be in a CROWD during a thunder- storm?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is it difficult to WASH our HANDS clean with HARD water?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is it difficult to keep SILVER BRIGHT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is it difficult to wash in SALT WATER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is it more difficult to blow out a COTTON wick?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is it more easy to SWIM in the SEA than in a RIVER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is it needful for cold fresh air to be so constantly supplied?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is it needful to keep BLOWING the TINDER with the breath?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is it often PAINFUL, and difficult to BREATHE, on a MOUNTAIN top?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is it said that"A WET MARCH makes a SAD autumn? |
40652 | _ Why is it said that"A bushel of MARCH DUST is worth the king''s ransom? |
40652 | _ Why is it said that"APRIL SHOWERS bring MAY FLOWERS? |
40652 | _ Why is it said that"MARCH FLOWERS make NO summer BOWERS? |
40652 | _ Why is it said that"SATURDAY''S KETTLE BOILS the FASTEST? |
40652 | _ Why is it said"A DRY cold MARCH never BEGS BREAD? |
40652 | _ Why is it said"A LATE SPRING makes a FRUITFUL YEAR? |
40652 | _ Why is it unsafe to RUN or DRIVE FAST during a thunder- storm?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is lightning sometimes_ FORKED? |
40652 | _ Why is not ALL the stream INVISIBLE, as well as that half- inch?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is not the AIR, which passes over WATER, so COOL as that which passes over LAND?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is not the BARLEY suffered to GROW, as well as SPROUT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is not the END of a long wick BURNT OFF, as it hangs over the flames?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is not the MIDDLE cone in a state of perfect combustion, as well as the OUTER cone?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is not the OUTSIDE of the GLASS expanded by the hot water, as well as the INSIDE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is not the VAPOUR of the SEA SALT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is not the WATER of the sea made so HOT by the vertical sun, as the surface of the LAND?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is not the air in CITIES so FRESH as that in the COUNTRY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is not the ice SOLID in these ruts?--WHY is there only a very thin FILM or NET- WORK of ice?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is not the red hot wick kindled by the air AROUND it, without BLOWING it?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is not the reflection of clouds always ALIKE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is not this carbonic acid TAKEN UP by the AIR, and DIFFUSED, as it is in cities?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is our BREATH VISIBLE in WINTER and NOT in SUMMER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is our BREATH VISIBLE in winter- time?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is strong GREEN TEA UNWHOLESOME?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is that the BEST remedy?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the AIR filled with offensive SMELLS previous to a coming RAIN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the AIR of CITIES LESS wholesome than COUNTRY air?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the AIR so universally STILL just PREVIOUS to a TEMPEST?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the AIR( resting on the surface of the EARTH) colder than that in the HIGHER regions?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the AURORA BOREALIS generally a WHITE light?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the BARK of a TREE often ripped quite off by a flash of lightning?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the BASS or CANVASS itself( which covers the tree) always DRENCHED with DEW?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the BOTTOM of a KETTLE nearly COLD, when the WATER is BOILING HOT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the BOTTOM part PURPLE of the flame of a candle?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the BOX HOTTER if the saliva RUNS ALONG THE BOX, than if it adheres to it till it is evaporated?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the DEW- DROP on a broad leaf sometimes FLATTENED?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the DRAUGHT of a LONG FLUE greater than that of a short one?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the DRAUGHT of a SHORT FLUE more SLACK that that of a long one?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the EYE PAINED by a SUDDEN light?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the FACE COOLED by wiping the temples with a fine CAMBRIC HANDKERCHIEF?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the FIRE always DULL and sluggish if the CHIMNEY- FLUE be very SHORT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the FLAME of a CANDLE YELLOW?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the FLAME of a candle BLOWN OUT by a puff of breath?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the FLAME of a candle HOT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the FLAME of a candle POINTED at the top, like a cone?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the FLAME of a good fire YELLOW?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the FLASH sometimes quite STRAIGHT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the FROTH of ale and porter INCREASED by PRESSURE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the GALLERY of a CHURCH or theatre HOTTER than the AISLE or pit?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the GALLERY of all public places HOTTER than the lower parts of the building?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the GLASS of a window colder than the WALLS of a room?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the GROUND sometimes COVERED with DEW?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the HANDLE OF A METAL TEA- POT made of WOOD?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the HEAT of a LARGE MASS of goods GREATER than that of a smaller quantity?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the HOAR- FROST upon GRASS and VEGETABLES much thicker than that upon lofty TREES?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the INSIDE of a KETTLE and SAUCEPAN WHITE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the INSIDE of the flame of a candle HOLLOW?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the LAND BREEZE COOL?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the LAND BREEZE UNHEALTHY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the LID of a KETTLE so intensely HOT, when the water boils?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the LIGHT of a fire MORE INTENSE sometimes than at others?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the MIDDLE STORY of a house SAFEST in a thunder- storm?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the MIDDLE of the ROOM more SAFE, than any other part of it, in a thunder- storm?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the NORTH WIND in England generally COLD?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the PEAL sometimes an IRREGULAR mangling broken ROAR?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the RISING SUN in summer accompanied with a BREEZE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the ROAR LESS, if the copper- hole DOOR be thrown OPEN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the SEA BREEZE fresh and HEALTHY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the SHADOW of an object( thrown on the wall) LARGER and larger, the CLOSER any object be held to the CANDLE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the SOAP BUBBLE so constantly CHANGING its THICKNESS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the SOUND of a bell STOPPED by TOUCHING the bell with our finger?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the SOUTH WIND generally WARM in England?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the TEMPERATURE of ISLANDS more EQUABLE than that of CONTINENTS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the THUNDER sometimes like a deep GROWL?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the TIN FOOT- WARMER covered with FLANNEL?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the TOP of a MOUNTAIN COLDER than the VALLEY beneath, although it be two or three miles nearer to the sun?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the TUBE of a BAROMETER left OPEN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the UPPER part of a flame more VOLATILE than the lower parts?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the air out- of- doors more DENSE than that in- doors?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the air quickly SATURATED with MOISTURE, when HEAT succeeds rapidly from COLD?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the barometer HIGH in FINE weather?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the barometer HIGHEST of all during a long FROST?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the danger increased by the_ VAPOUR_ which rises from a crowd?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the earth( BELOW the SURFACE) COOLER in SUMMER than the surface itself?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the earth( BELOW the SURFACE) WARMER in WINTER than the surface itself?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the glass window COLD enough to condense the vapour of the carriage?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the intensity of the combustion so unequal?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the large END of an EGG CRACKED, when put into a saucepan to boil?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the lime- stone BURNT, in order to make it into LIME?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the mercury CONCAVE when it is FALLING?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the mercury CONVEX when it is RISING?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the mercury of a barometer LOWER in the TORRID than in the FRIGID zones?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the miner in DANGER, if the gas ignites and burns in the INSIDE of the safety- lamp?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the outside of the flame YELLOW?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the reflection of the RISING and SETTING sun seen in the window, and NOT that of the NOON- DAY sun?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the steam INVISIBLE for only HALF AN INCH, and not either all INVISIBLE or all VISIBLE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the surface of the GROUND COLDER in a FINE clear NIGHT, than in a CLOUDY one?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the vapour of the air or clouds PRECIPITATED?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is the water at the BOTTOM of a river NEVER FROZEN?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is there LESS DEW when the WIND is EASTERLY, than when the wind is WESTERLY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is there LESS rain FROM MARCH to SEPTEMBER, than from September to March?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is there LESS wet from MARCH to AUGUST, than there is from August to March?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is there MORE SMOKE when COALS are FRESH added, than when they are red hot?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is there MORE rain FROM SEPTEMBER to MARCH than from March to September?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is there MORE wet from AUGUST to MARCH, than there is from March to August?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is there NO DEW after a WINDY NIGHT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is there NO DEW on a dull CLOUDY NIGHT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is there NO SNOW in SUMMER time?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is there NO THUNDER to what is called SUMMER LIGHTNING?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is there a_ DARK RIM_ round this focus_? |
40652 | _ Why is there always SOME motion in the air?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is there always a DRAUGHT through the WINDOW crevices?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is there always a strong DRAUGHT UNDER the DOOR, and through the crevice on each side?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is there always a strong DRAUGHT through the KEYHOLE of a door?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is there generally a fresh breeze from the SEA( in English watering places) during the summer and autumn MORNINGS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is there little or NO DEW beneath a FLOWER- AWNING, although that awning be open on all four sides?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is there little or NO HOAR- FROST under SHRUBS and shadowy TREES?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is there more DRAUGHT if you open the LOWER SASH of a window, than if you open the UPPER sash?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is there never much DEW at the foot of WALLS and HEDGES?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is there often an EVENING BREEZE during the summer months?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is there scarcely any DEW under a shady TREE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is there so LITTLE SMOKE with a RED HOT FIRE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is there so much nitrogen in the air?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is there very OFTEN a fog over MARSHES and RIVERS at night- time?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is this FURR especially DANGEROUS in RAILWAY engines?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is this FURR especially TROUBLESOME in RAILWAY engines?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is this JET sometimes of a GREENISH YELLOW colour?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is this PAIN felt especially about the EARS of a DIVER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is this mixture of tin and copper used for BELL- METAL?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is this reflection more clear, if the external AIR be DARK?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is vegetation on the MARGIN of a RIVER more LUXURIANT than in an open FIELD?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is water poured on lime, said to COMBINE with it?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why is_ FORKED LIGHTNING_ more_ DANGEROUS_ than a straight flash_? |
40652 | _ Why may we expect STORMY RAINS, when SEA GULLS assemble on the land?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why should BED- ROOMS, COTTAGES, HOSPITALS, and STABLES, be washed occasionally with LIME- WHITE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why should COAL be placed ABOVE the wood?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why should NOT persons, who take violent exercise, WEAR very THICK CLOTHING?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why should NOT the BOTTOM and BACK of a kettle be CLEANED and polished?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why should a MEAT- COVER be very brightly POLISHED?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why should a REFLECTOR be kept so very CLEAN and free from SCRATCHES?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why should a SILVER MEAT- COVER be PLAIN, and not CHASED?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why should a bottle be held OBLIQUELY, in order to be emptied of its liquor?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why should not a person lean AGAINST the carriage in a storm?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why should spring WATER( used for WASHING) be exposed to the AIR?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why should the FRONT and LID of a SAUCEPAN be clean and BRIGHT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why should the FRONT and TOP of a kettle be CLEAN and well polished?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why should the TOAST and WATER, placed by the side of the sick, be made of BURNT BREAD?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why then are not WHOLE RIVERS FROZEN( layer by layer) till they become solid ice?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why then does HOT METAL feel so much MORE intensely WARM than HOT WOOL?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why then does the IRON HANDLE seem so MUCH COLDER than the WOODEN PUMP?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why then is the AIR HOTTER on a SUNNY DAY, than on a CLOUDY one?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why were 123 persons SUFFOCATED in a few hours, from confinement in this close hot PRISON- hole?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will CINDERS become RED HOT, quicker than COALS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will COLD WATER, mixed with SULPHURIC ACID, produce heat?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will CONTRACTING the chimney- place PREVENT its SMOKING?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will DEW- DROPS ROLL ABOUT CABBAGE- PLANTS, POPPIES,& c. without wetting the surface?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will DEW- DROPS ROLL over ROSES,& c. without wetting their petals?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will NOT beer RUN OUT of the tub, till the VENT PEG is taken out?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will WOOD BLAZE, even if it does not touch the fire?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will a BLACK TEA- POT make better tea than a bright metal one, if it be set upon the HOB to DRAW?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will a CHIMNEY SMOKE if it NEEDS SWEEPING?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will a CHIMNEY SMOKE, if OUT OF REPAIR?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will a CHIMNEY SMOKE, if the DOOR and STOVE are both on the SAME SIDE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will a HAY- STACK CATCH FIRE if the hay be damp?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will a LONG chimney SMOKE, unless the FIRE be pretty FIERCE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will a NEIGHBOUR''S HOUSE sometimes CATCH FIRE, though no flame of the burning house ever touches it?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will a POT( filled with water) NEVER BOIL, when immersed in ANOTHER vessel full of water also?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will a chimney_ SMOKE_ if there be a_ FIRE_ in_ TWO ROOMS_ communicating with each other?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will a_ ROOM SMOKE,_ if there be_ TWO FIRES_ in it?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will a_ SMALLER OPENING_ against the stove_ PREVENT_ the_ SMOKING? |
40652 | _ Why will an ARNOTT''S STOVE SMOKE, if the joints of the flue do not fit air- tight?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will brine impart to another vessel MORE than 212 °, and water NOT SO MUCH?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will it come down the chimney?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will not CINDERS BLAZE, as well as FRESH coals?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will not FLAME PASS THROUGH very fine wire- GAUZE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will not IRON CINDERS burn?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will not STONES do for fuel, as well as COALS?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will not WET KINDLING light a fire?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will not a COWL always PREVENT a chimney SMOKING?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will not a DULL BLACK TEA- POT make good tea?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will not a NEW KETTLE boil so fast as an OLD one?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will not water bubble WITHOUT SOAP?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will not wood or paper burn, if they are steeped in a solution of POTASH, phosphate of LIME, or AMMONIA( hartshorn)?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will strong SOUCHONG TEA POISON FLIES?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will the AIR SWELL, if the bladder be laid before the fire?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will the EASTERN winds make VESTRIES SMOKE, more than those from the west?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will the EGG FLOAT in strong BRINE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will the EGG SINK if the brine be NOT STRONG enough for pickling?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will the HOOPS, which have been PUT ON HOT, girt the nave more FIRMLY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will the SHELL of a STALE EGG feel WARM to the tongue?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will the big end of an egg feel WARMER to the tongue, because it contains more AIR?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will the chimney smoke, if the fire be not BIG enough to heat ALL the air in the CHIMNEY FLUE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will the tinder catch fire?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will the wheelwright''s HOOP FIT the nave MORE EASILY, because they are made RED- HOT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will there be NO RAIN if the AIR be very COLD?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will there be NO RAIN if the AIR be very DRY?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will there be VERY LITTLE RAIN if the barometer be UNUSUALLY LOW?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will there be little or no rain if the air be MOIST, and the barometer remains very LOW?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why will there be little or no rain, if the_ AIR_ be very_ WARM? |
40652 | _ Why would POLISHED METAL and WOOLLEN CLOTH be DRY, while grass and leaves are drenched with DEW?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why would SHAVINGS or saw- dust PREVENT the transmission of sound from room to room?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why would WATER FREEZE if the bottle were kept constantly wetted with ETHER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why would a METAL HANDLE BURN the HAND of the tea- maker?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why would it be dangerous to stand near a tree or spire, while lightning is passing down it?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why would it be safe to stand 20 or 30 feet from some tall tree, in a thunder- storm?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why would not WOOD do WITHOUT shavings, straw, or paper?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why would not a COTTON handkerchief do as well?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why would not paper do without wood?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why would not the HEARTH- STONE feel COLD, when it is of the SAME temperature as our FEET?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why would not the kettle- holder FEEL so hot as the kettle, when it really is of the same temperature?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why would not the paper do as well, if placed on the TOP of the coals?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why would not the tin REFLECTOR do as well if it were PAINTED?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why would the AIR feel INTENSELY HOT, if it were WARMER than our BLOOD?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why would the INNER vessel boil, if the OUTER vessel contained strong BRINE?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why would the KETTLE be SLOWER BOILING, if the BOTTOM and BACK were CLEAN and bright?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why would the cup tend rather to MAKE the FRUIT BOIL OVER?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why would the flame be blown INWARDS( into the ROOM), if the candle were held at the BOTTOM of the door?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why would the flame be blown OUTWARDS( towards the HALL), if the candle were held at the TOP of the door?_ A. |
40652 | _ Why would the lightning run through a man touching a bell- handle?_ A. |
40652 | _ Will any thing do INSTEAD of SALT?_ A. |
40652 | _ Will polished METAL, smooth STONES, and woollen CLOTH, readily collect DEW?_ A. |
40652 | _ Would not the air absorb heat from the broth just as well WITHOUT BLOWING?_ A. |
40652 | _ Would not the air of the lower part of a room be heated equally well, if the stoves were fixed higher up?_ A. |
40652 | _ Would the winds blow regularly from east to west, if these OBSTRUCTIONS were REMOVED?_ A. |