Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club1898 |
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... direction of the axis known as the precession of the equinoxes . By virtue of this , in the course of 21,000 years the axis makes a complete revolution , and in half that period , viz . , 10,500 years , it is exactly reversed . At ...
... direction of the axis known as the precession of the equinoxes . By virtue of this , in the course of 21,000 years the axis makes a complete revolution , and in half that period , viz . , 10,500 years , it is exactly reversed . At ...
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... direction . The Warren is a capital landmark of the neighbourhood , being bare of trees with the exception of a solitary Yew tree growing on the top of the rampart at a distance of about forty yards west of the southern entrance ...
... direction . The Warren is a capital landmark of the neighbourhood , being bare of trees with the exception of a solitary Yew tree growing on the top of the rampart at a distance of about forty yards west of the southern entrance ...
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... direction the dogs were hunting . The pathway up the wood to the Double View is fairly direct , and in a southerly direction with Mailscot Wood on the left or east , Lady Park Wood or Redding Enclosure on the right or west . Any turn to ...
... direction the dogs were hunting . The pathway up the wood to the Double View is fairly direct , and in a southerly direction with Mailscot Wood on the left or east , Lady Park Wood or Redding Enclosure on the right or west . Any turn to ...
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... direction is discerned from a distance by a line of yew trees , round Penyard Hill , thence turning south so far as Mitcheldean . It overlays the higher beds of the Upper Old Red Sandstone , and is succeeded by the Carboniferous ...
... direction is discerned from a distance by a line of yew trees , round Penyard Hill , thence turning south so far as Mitcheldean . It overlays the higher beds of the Upper Old Red Sandstone , and is succeeded by the Carboniferous ...
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... directions , compared with those of a tree which has not undergone the process of transplantation ; the absorption of the roots which occurs when the base of a tree has been considerably banked up ; here are bosses of enormous size and ...
... directions , compared with those of a tree which has not undergone the process of transplantation ; the absorption of the roots which occurs when the base of a tree has been considerably banked up ; here are bosses of enormous size and ...
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Page 21 - And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
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Page 3 - Length of Cranium. — Measured with callipers from the most prominent part of the projection between the eyebrows (glabella) to the most distant point at the back of the head in the middle line. Care should be taken to keep the end of the callipers steady on the glabella by holding it there with the fingers, while the other extremity is searching for the maximum projection of the head behind. Breadth of Cranium. — The maximum breadth of head, which is usually about the level of the top of the...
Page 218 - Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. 24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
Page 71 - King William II., surnamed Rufus, being slain, as before related, was laid in a cart belonging to one Purkess, and drawn from hence to Winchester, and buried in the cathedral church of that city.
Page 8 - Conference may also discuss propositions bearing on the promotion of more systematic observation and plans of operation, and of greater uniformity in the mode of publishing results. Local Committees. Local Committees shall be formed by the Officers of the Association to assist in making arrangements for the Meetings. Local Committees shall have the power of adding to their numbers those Members of the Association whose assistance they may desire.
Page 194 - HEREFORDIENSIS: containing coloured Engravings of the Old Cider and Perry Fruits of HEREFORDSHIRE ; with such new Fruits as have been found to possess superior Excellence, accompanied with a descriptive Account of each Variety.
Page 34 - A land of old upheaven from the abyss By fire, to sink into the abyss again; Where fragments of forgotten peoples dwelt, And the long mountains ended in a coast Of ever shifting sand, and far away The phantom circle of a moaning sea.
Page 137 - It was the English," Kaspar cried, " That put the French to rout ; But what they killed each other for, I could not well make out.
Page 17 - Other works remain to be searched ; and it is probable that a good deal more may be found already in print, if some who are interested in the antiquities of the country will undertake the not very arduous, but very necessary, labour of collection. When all is gathered, however, it will only be a small part of what must have existed at no distant date — if not of what still exists, awaiting diligent inquiry among living men and women. How to set about the inquiry is a question that must be left...