The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Том 92A. Constable, 1850 |
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... nation . Allowing ( according to the tables given by M. Quetelet in his Essai de Physique Sociale ' ) 0:43 inches for the growth from the 20th year to adult stature , we may take 5 ft . 4 in . ( English ) for the adult height of a ...
... nation . Allowing ( according to the tables given by M. Quetelet in his Essai de Physique Sociale ' ) 0:43 inches for the growth from the 20th year to adult stature , we may take 5 ft . 4 in . ( English ) for the adult height of a ...
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... nation ( and that decidedly undersized , and of remarkable uniformity as to habits of life ) to the whole species . † Practically speaking , nothing can be simpler or more easily stated than the rules for handling any given series of ...
... nation ( and that decidedly undersized , and of remarkable uniformity as to habits of life ) to the whole species . † Practically speaking , nothing can be simpler or more easily stated than the rules for handling any given series of ...
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... nations which can alone give rise to the extremes of error being necessarily very much fewer in number than those which result in moderate amounts of deviation , we easily perceive that the opportunities for the occurrence of great ...
... nations which can alone give rise to the extremes of error being necessarily very much fewer in number than those which result in moderate amounts of deviation , we easily perceive that the opportunities for the occurrence of great ...
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... nations are consulted . The irregularities then dis- appear by mutual destruction , and the result exhibits the ten- dency in question in its full prominence . If we extract from the population returns of England and Wales the total ...
... nations are consulted . The irregularities then dis- appear by mutual destruction , and the result exhibits the ten- dency in question in its full prominence . If we extract from the population returns of England and Wales the total ...
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... nations , is not less striking than the fact itself , and shows it to be a result of deep - seated causes , acting with almost absolute uniformity on great masses of mankind . Thus in the seven years from which the above ratio has been ...
... nations , is not less striking than the fact itself , and shows it to be a result of deep - seated causes , acting with almost absolute uniformity on great masses of mankind . Thus in the seven years from which the above ratio has been ...
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