Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1892 - 520 pagini |
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... observation of the more intelligent individuals among men . Therefore I soon found that I had to choose between neglecting all the more important part of the evidence -- and consequently in most cases feeling sure that I had fixed the ...
... observation of the more intelligent individuals among men . Therefore I soon found that I had to choose between neglecting all the more important part of the evidence -- and consequently in most cases feeling sure that I had fixed the ...
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... observed , that instinct passes into reason by imperceptible degrees ; so that actions in the main instinctive are very commonly tempered with what Pierre Huber calls a little dose of judgment or reason , ' and vice versâ . But here ...
... observed , that instinct passes into reason by imperceptible degrees ; so that actions in the main instinctive are very commonly tempered with what Pierre Huber calls a little dose of judgment or reason , ' and vice versâ . But here ...
Pagina 19
... observation would be sufficient to induce me to attribute conscious determination to these microscopical organisms ... observations of the sundry microscopists who detail facts more 6 similar to the above , with expressions of their ...
... observation would be sufficient to induce me to attribute conscious determination to these microscopical organisms ... observations of the sundry microscopists who detail facts more 6 similar to the above , with expressions of their ...
Pagina 20
... observed some actinophorous rhizopods creeping about them , which had similarly shaped . grains of starch in their interior ; and having determined the nature of these grains in both by the addition of iodine , I cleansed the glasses ...
... observed some actinophorous rhizopods creeping about them , which had similarly shaped . grains of starch in their interior ; and having determined the nature of these grains in both by the addition of iodine , I cleansed the glasses ...
Pagina 23
... observed this depending organ to be moved first to one side and then to the other side of the bell , in order to give suck to the larvæ on the sides of the bell - the larvæ dipping their long noses into the nutrient fluids which that ...
... observed this depending organ to be moved first to one side and then to the other side of the bell , in order to give suck to the larvæ on the sides of the bell - the larvæ dipping their long noses into the nutrient fluids which that ...
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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.