Transactions - Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club, Volums 1-7

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Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club., 1880
 

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Pàgina 39 - THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go.
Pàgina 7 - V of the Transactions of the Epping Forest and County of Essex Naturalists' Field Club ; Entomological Report of the Department of Agriculture, Washington, for 1880, from the Editor, Prof.
Pàgina 5 - President, or of any two officers; shall control all matters affecting the welfare of the Club, subject to this Constitution ; shall have full control of the funds of the Club, and shall report its proceedings to the members at the Annual Meeting. 9. Annual Meeting.
Pàgina 25 - ... from the earth's surface, after making allowance for the resistance of the air, these missiles would then continue to move in orbits round the sun, crossing at each revolution the point of the earth's track from which they were originally discharged. If this were the case, then doubtless there are now myriads of these projectiles moving through the solar system, the only common feature of their orbits being that they all intersect the earth's track. It will, of course, now and then happen that...
Pàgina 270 - ... measurements, made with the wedge photometer, of the comparison stars known to have been employed by previous observers ; but when the variable stars themselves were visible, they were incidentally compared with others by estimate, according to the method of Argelander, and were also observed with the wedge. The work will be continued during the coming year, and it is desired to make it include as many as possible of the comparison stars which have been employed by any observer. The list now...
Pàgina 7 - Section 3. Secretary. The Secretary shall be the custodian of all books, papers, documents, and other property of the Section, except money. He shall keep a true record of the proceedings of all meetings of the Section and of the Council, whether assembled or acting under submission.
Pàgina 21 - Appalachians and the Rocky Mountains over the great interior : that of Hudson's Bay between the arms of the northern V. The evolution of the grand structure lines of the continent was hence early commenced, and the system then initiated was the system to the end.
Pàgina 32 - York, and of yellow pine (P. variabilia) in the States south of us. Whilst it is old and decaying or dead trees that most of the larger borers which we have described above attack, this small insect is liable to invade trees that are in full health and vigor, those that are young as well as old...
Pàgina 24 - To this comet dust is now attributed by scientists that peculiar fleecy brightness known ea the zodiacal light. Any observer of the western sky at this season of the year for about one hour after sunset may see a soft faint cone shaped glow of light extending about forty degrees, following nearly the Sun's path. in the heavens. Near the equator when the ecliptic rises high above the horizon it can be seen nearly all the year round, and in a very clear atmosphere in the tropics has been traced all...
Pàgina 53 - The young are led about by the mother in the same manner as those of the tame duck, but with a superior caution, a cunning and watchful vigilance peculiar to her situation. The male attaches himself to one female, as among other birds in their native state, and is the guardian and protector of her and her feeble brood. The mallard is numerous in the...

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