Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, Band 43

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American Philosophical Society, 1904
 

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Seite 175 - 6 instead of Dodanim. J9, (18) The sons of Noah that went forth of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth (gloss : ana Ham is the father of Canaan). (19) These three were the sons of Noah ; and of them was the to them sons were born after the flood. (8) Cush begat Nimrod. [He was the first mighty one in the
Seite 175 - and the name of his brother was Joktan. (26) Joktan begat Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, (27) Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, (28} Obal, Abimael, Sheba, (29) Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. (30) Their settlement was from Mesha to Sephar, the mountain of the east. of Japheth ( 24 ) Arpachshad 1 Cf. Amos 9,
Seite 144 - Seven different series of determinations were made, each from a different sample of hexachloride. The results appear in the subjoined table: No. of Exp. I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 '3 14 15 16 »7 18 '9 20 21 22 *3
Seite 56 - is giyen by ny, but when terminating a word, the Spanish letter is used. Dh is pronounced nearly as th in " that," with a slight sound of d preceding it. Nh has also nearly the sound of th in "that," but with an initial sound of the
Seite 174 - 1899, pp. 4-7). P. 10, (10) These are the generations of the sons of Noah ; Shem, Ham and Japheth. ( 2) The sons of Japheth were
Seite 56 - In a few cases, to prevent ambiguity, the short sound of u has been marked thus, u. It is frequently difficult to distinguish between the short sound of a and that of u. A thick sound of / is occasionally met with, which closely resembles the short sound of u or a. G is hard in all cases.
Seite 289 - OPISTHENOGENESIS, OR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEGMENTS, MEDIAN TUBERCLES AND MARKINGS A TERGO. BY ALPHEUS S. PACKARD, LL.D. (.Received June 15, 1904.) Weismann, in his suggestive Studies in the Theory of Descent (1876), was the first to discuss the origin of the markings of caterpillars, and to show that in Deilephila
Seite 289 - 1 showed that in the European wall-lizard " a series of markings pass in succession over the body fro.m behind forwards, just as one wave follows another, and the anterior ones vanish while new ones appear behind." He speaks 1 " Untersuchungen ueber das Variiren der Mauereidechse,
Seite 417 - show every sign of flourishing existence, although of slow flight, feeble structure, unfurnished with apparent means of defense, and living in places which are incessantly haunted by swarms of insectivorous birds." Bates' explanation of the origin of mimetic species is by natural selection, although he says : " In what way our Leptalis originally acquired the general form and colors of
Seite 59 - ordinary conversation the natives use the pronominal affixes illustrated under the head of " Verbs." . The accusative pronouns, me, thee, him, etc., are not found separately, like the nominative and possessive, but consist wholly of the pronominal suffixes to verbs, nouns or other parts of speech, as in the following example : 1st Person

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