Nature, Volumen5Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1872 |
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... Recent Examples in New Zealand , 216 Moab , Dr. Ginsburg's Expedition to , 410 Mock Sun , 243 Mollusca , Adaptive Coloration of , 408 Monads , Origin of , 454 Mongoose and Cobra , Fight between , 204 , 305 Monck ( W. H. S. ) Fixed ...
... Recent Examples in New Zealand , 216 Moab , Dr. Ginsburg's Expedition to , 410 Mock Sun , 243 Mollusca , Adaptive Coloration of , 408 Monads , Origin of , 454 Mongoose and Cobra , Fight between , 204 , 305 Monck ( W. H. S. ) Fixed ...
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... Recent Examples of the Moa , 216 New Zealand Institute , 121 Nicholson ( H. Alleyne , M. D. ) , Monograph of the British Grap- tolitidæ , 418 Niepce , Photographs by , 285 Nightingale ( Florence ) , “ Notes on Lying - in Institutions ...
... Recent Examples of the Moa , 216 New Zealand Institute , 121 Nicholson ( H. Alleyne , M. D. ) , Monograph of the British Grap- tolitidæ , 418 Niepce , Photographs by , 285 Nightingale ( Florence ) , “ Notes on Lying - in Institutions ...
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... Recent Discovery of Pit Dwellings , 308 Stewart ( Prof. B. , F.R.S. ) , Periodicity of Sunspots , 192 ; Maxwell's " Theory of Heat , " 319 ; Planetary Influence on Solar Activity , 423 , 493 Stone ( E. J. , F. R. A.S. ) , Phenomena of ...
... Recent Discovery of Pit Dwellings , 308 Stewart ( Prof. B. , F.R.S. ) , Periodicity of Sunspots , 192 ; Maxwell's " Theory of Heat , " 319 ; Planetary Influence on Solar Activity , 423 , 493 Stone ( E. J. , F. R. A.S. ) , Phenomena of ...
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... recent fauna of the deeper parts of the St. Lawrence , and that of the Post - pliocene deposits of Canada , does not seem very close , but our knowledge of each is so limited that any generalisations would be premature . ONE J. F. ...
... recent fauna of the deeper parts of the St. Lawrence , and that of the Post - pliocene deposits of Canada , does not seem very close , but our knowledge of each is so limited that any generalisations would be premature . ONE J. F. ...
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... recent to permit us justly to speak . We can only think of him as the stately courteous old gentleman , carrying even to the last that military bearing which dated from the days of Wellesley and Moore , kindly and thoughtful in his ...
... recent to permit us justly to speak . We can only think of him as the stately courteous old gentleman , carrying even to the last that military bearing which dated from the days of Wellesley and Moore , kindly and thoughtful in his ...
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