Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1892 - 520 pagini |
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Pagina v
... exclu- sively in the hands of popular writers ; and as these have , for the most part , merely strung together , with dis- crimination more or less inadequate , innumerable anec- dotes of the display of animal intelligence , their books.
... exclu- sively in the hands of popular writers ; and as these have , for the most part , merely strung together , with dis- crimination more or less inadequate , innumerable anec- dotes of the display of animal intelligence , their books.
Pagina viii
... less unknown to fame . This , of course , is what we might antecedently expect , as it is obvious that the chances must always be greatly against the more intelligent individuals among animals happening to fall under the observation of ...
... less unknown to fame . This , of course , is what we might antecedently expect , as it is obvious that the chances must always be greatly against the more intelligent individuals among animals happening to fall under the observation of ...
Pagina x
... my corres- pondents who may read this book , that I am not the less sensible of their kindness because its bounty has ren- dered it impossible for me to send acknowledgments in individual cases . However , I should like to add X PREFACE .
... my corres- pondents who may read this book , that I am not the less sensible of their kindness because its bounty has ren- dered it impossible for me to send acknowledgments in individual cases . However , I should like to add X PREFACE .
Pagina 8
... less capacity do we find for changing adjustive movements in correspondence with changed conditions ; it becomes more and more hopeless to teach animals — that is , to establish associations of ideas ; and the reason of this , of course ...
... less capacity do we find for changing adjustive movements in correspondence with changed conditions ; it becomes more and more hopeless to teach animals — that is , to establish associations of ideas ; and the reason of this , of course ...
Pagina 9
... less is the value of any analogy built upon the resemblance , and therefore that the inference of an ant or a bee ... less and less certain of the real similarity of the mental states compared ; so that when we get down as low as the ...
... less is the value of any analogy built upon the resemblance , and therefore that the inference of an ant or a bee ... less and less certain of the real similarity of the mental states compared ; so that when we get down as low as the ...
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Pagina 140 - ... the wonderfully diversified instincts, mental powers, and affections of ants are notorious, yet their cerebral ganglia are not so large as the quarter of a small pin's head. Under this point of view, the brain of an ant is one of the most marvellous atoms of matter in the world, perhaps more so than the brain of a man.
Pagina 360 - ... repast. I had not long habituated him to this taste of liberty, before he began to be impatient for the return of the time when he might enjoy it. He would invite me to the garden by drumming upon my knee, and by a look of such expression, as it was not possible to misinterpret. If this rhetoric did not immediately succeed, he would take the skirt of my coat between his teeth, and pull it with all his force.
Pagina i - Heredity." $1.50. 42. ANTS, BEES, AND WASPS. A Record of Observations of the Habits of the Social Hymenoptera. By Sir JOHN LUBBOCK, Bart., FRS, DCL, LL.
Pagina 171 - Maclaurin, by a fluxionary calculation, which is to be found in the Transactions of the Royal Society of London. He has determined precisely the angle required ; and he found, by the most exact mensuration the subject could admit, that it is the very angle in which the three planes in the bottom of the cell of a honeycomb do actually meet.