Nature, Volume 23Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1881 - Electronic journals |
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... close relation between the abyssal and the shore fauna of any given latitude or longitude - on the contrary , the abyssal fauna is singularly uniform and appears " to have been derived from a genetic source different from that of the ...
... close relation between the abyssal and the shore fauna of any given latitude or longitude - on the contrary , the abyssal fauna is singularly uniform and appears " to have been derived from a genetic source different from that of the ...
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... close to one another , one of which was fixed , the other movable and attached to a vibrating diaphragm . When these were placed exactly one in front of the other the light could traverse the apparatus , but as the movable grating slid ...
... close to one another , one of which was fixed , the other movable and attached to a vibrating diaphragm . When these were placed exactly one in front of the other the light could traverse the apparatus , but as the movable grating slid ...
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... close - grained , and I do not believe that the pillars at the Ming tombs near Peking are of this wood . They look more like true teak . I have seen some much larger trees than the above , some two feet and more in diameter , straight ...
... close - grained , and I do not believe that the pillars at the Ming tombs near Peking are of this wood . They look more like true teak . I have seen some much larger trees than the above , some two feet and more in diameter , straight ...
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... close - fitting ash - pan , and introduced the gaspipe behind the lower bar , an alteration which can be effected at very trifling expense , and presents the advantage of great cleanliness , the ash- pan being withdrawn only at ...
... close - fitting ash - pan , and introduced the gaspipe behind the lower bar , an alteration which can be effected at very trifling expense , and presents the advantage of great cleanliness , the ash- pan being withdrawn only at ...
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... close the series . We do not say that there is no room for criticism in judging these little volumes . A professed teacher of Natural Philosophy might grumble at the omission of certain things that claim prominence in all the older text ...
... close the series . We do not say that there is no room for criticism in judging these little volumes . A professed teacher of Natural Philosophy might grumble at the omission of certain things that claim prominence in all the older text ...
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