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IV.—On some Physiological Results of Temperature Variations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2013

John Berry Haycraft
John Berry Haycraft
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Assistant to the Professor of Physiology (Edin. Univ.)
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Extract

While trying to verify by actual statistics some of the “ Laws of Population” first enunciated by Malthus, a curious fact was observed, viz., that some seasons of the year are more prolific in the number of births than others.

This led to the further investigation of the subject, the results of which are before the Society.

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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , 1880 , pp. 119 - 132
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1880

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References

page 122 note * For a complete account of this method consult Thomson and Tait's “ Natural Philosophy.”