10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PELORIA»
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Philosophies of Technology: Francis Bacon and His Contemporaries
This line of argument is taken up again in a further section of the dissertation
Peloria, equally inserted out of the order of the Methodus and conspicuously
entitled 'Origin (origo)'. This section tries to prove 'that Peloria was produced by
and ...
2
themis a study of the social origins of greek religion
The
Peloria 459 but to Euripides1 he is 7S9 -rreKwpiov repa?. The portent sent
by Persephone from below the earth is Topyelrj fce<pa\rj Betvoco irekcopov, but
it is also Ato? Tepas, as though by afterthought. Hades himself is Pelwios. One of
...
Jane Ellen Harrison, 1969
3
Discovery - A Popular Journal of Knowledge, New Series, Vol. ...
" We call this plant Peloria", says Rudberg, "from its history and to make it an
omen for our work." Pelor is Greek and means something strange and monstrous.
One of the monstrous features of this Linaria was that it had a regular corolla, and
it ...
4
The Natural History Review
Of the two, it would be more correct to include the original Linnsean Peloria
under this group, than to place it, as Mbquin does, under the head of " regular
alterations of Form." It is now too late, and it would lead to too much confusion, ...
5
Vegetable Teratology: An Account of the Principal Deviations ...
REGULAR PELORIA. When an habitually irregular flower becomes regular, it
does so in one of two ways ; either by the non- development of the irregular
portions, or by the formation of irregular parts in increased number, so that the
symmetry ...
Maxwell Tylden Masters, 1869
6
Phytography as a Fine Art
2a. peloria or peloric flower. This term designates actinomorphic flowers
appearing as monstrosities in a plant species which normally produces
zygomorphic flowers. In describing a peloria it ought in the first place to be noted
which parts of ...
Jan Willem Moll, Johannes Cornelis Schoute, 1934
Peloria of Calceolaria crenatifolia, described by E. Meyer, (Linnaea, vol. xvi, p. 26
.) The Peloria of this plant presented a bell-shaped tube, and an inverted funnel-
shaped, four-cleft limbus. The pistil was perfect, and developed without the ...
8
A Guide to The Maximus Poems of Charles Olson
For "Peloria," see Harrison, Themis, pp. 458-459, following a discussion of ta
meteora and ta metarsia (see Maximus II, 9, and 58 and notes): Thunder and
lightning, wind and rain, storm and tempest might fitly be classed as peloria,
portents.
George F. Butterick, 1980
9
Glorantha: the Second Age
Encompassing north-central Genertela, Peloria is the civilised heartland of theist
practice in Glorantha. Now dominated by the EWF, its competing cultures have
known many conquerors throughout the centuries, mostly from within their own ...
Matthew Sprange, Robin D. Laws, 2006
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The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication
Dr. Masters designates the cases first alluded to as regular peloria; and others, in
which all the corresponding parts assume a similar form of irregularity, as when
all the petals in a Linaria become spurred, as irregular peloria. We have no right
...
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PELORIA»
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Things to do this weekend: Dunsmuir Dogwood Days and …
Put on by the marina's new owner, Peloria Marinas, the competition features bands selected by their California and Oregon universities. «Record-Searchlight, May 14»
Ghost of Lamarck: Working Epigenetics into Evolutionary Theory
He named the plant Peloria, after the Greek word for 'monster'. It wasn't until the 1990s that methyl groups on a gene implicated with the ... «Discovery Institute, Mar 14»
Helen Chesnut: Giant flower on foxglove little cause for alarm
A Every once in a while, some of my foxglove plants produce these unusual flowers at the top of the flower spike. The condition is called peloria ... «The Province, Jul 12»
Dendrobium Classic Gem
The plant breeding line capitalized on a type of Peloria or monstrosity in Dendrobiums. Normal Dendrobiums have 2 petals and one lip while ... «Philippine Star, Sep 10»
Climate Change of Eras Past: Arctic Alligators and Shrinking …
Both P. wingi and the similarly-sized P. gigantea from Europe were probably descendants of the larger North American species P. peloria; the ... «Wired News, Sep 10»
