Nature, Volume 23Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1881 - Electronic journals |
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... tion from which all causes of rapid change have been eliminated " ( p . 50 ) . That the deep - sea fauna presents us with many forms which are the dried and but little modified descendants of Tertiary and Mesozoic species is a ...
... tion from which all causes of rapid change have been eliminated " ( p . 50 ) . That the deep - sea fauna presents us with many forms which are the dried and but little modified descendants of Tertiary and Mesozoic species is a ...
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... tion with it . The wood of the latter is imported into this country for manufacture into perfumery , a fragrant oil known as otto of linaloe being distilled from it . On the interesting Chinese timber - tree known as the Nan - mu - tree ...
... tion with it . The wood of the latter is imported into this country for manufacture into perfumery , a fragrant oil known as otto of linaloe being distilled from it . On the interesting Chinese timber - tree known as the Nan - mu - tree ...
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... tion in which the herculean task of arranging in proper order the contents , not only of books , but of medical periodicals , has ever been essayed . To any person who is aware of the enormous extent of medical periodical literature ...
... tion in which the herculean task of arranging in proper order the contents , not only of books , but of medical periodicals , has ever been essayed . To any person who is aware of the enormous extent of medical periodical literature ...
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... tion . In fact the donations have of late years become so numerous that they have not unfre- quently rivalled in number and interest the objects acquired by purchase . Taking the acquisitions from these two sources together , there are ...
... tion . In fact the donations have of late years become so numerous that they have not unfre- quently rivalled in number and interest the objects acquired by purchase . Taking the acquisitions from these two sources together , there are ...
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... tion has pretty well filled up , with the leading features at least , that great blank space in the heart of the continent which in the rude maps of our schoolboy days was marked " unexplored . " In the very centre of that space there ...
... tion has pretty well filled up , with the leading features at least , that great blank space in the heart of the continent which in the rude maps of our schoolboy days was marked " unexplored . " In the very centre of that space there ...
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