Nature, Volume 95Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1915 - Electronic journals |
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... Stars , 638 Adams ( W. S. ) and C. G. Burwell , Chromospheric Spectrum without an Eclipse , 185 Adams ( W. S. ) and F. G. Pease , Nova Geminorum No. 2 as a Wolf - Rayet Star , 637 Adamson ( J. E. ) , Control of Education , 685 ...
... Stars , 638 Adams ( W. S. ) and C. G. Burwell , Chromospheric Spectrum without an Eclipse , 185 Adams ( W. S. ) and F. G. Pease , Nova Geminorum No. 2 as a Wolf - Rayet Star , 637 Adamson ( J. E. ) , Control of Education , 685 ...
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... Stars . 601 Billings ( Dr. F. ) , Lane Medical Lectures , 693 Bion ( H. S. ) , [ Death ] , 43 ; [ Obituary ] , 567 Blair ( D. ) , the Master - Key : a New Philosophy , 3 Blair ( K. G. ) , Emission of Light among Insects , 569 Blaithwayt ...
... Stars . 601 Billings ( Dr. F. ) , Lane Medical Lectures , 693 Bion ( H. S. ) , [ Death ] , 43 ; [ Obituary ] , 567 Blair ( D. ) , the Master - Key : a New Philosophy , 3 Blair ( K. G. ) , Emission of Light among Insects , 569 Blaithwayt ...
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... Stars , 354 Cochrane ( C. ) , Reflective Power of Pigments , 195 in the Colombo Museum ( Memoirs of the Colombo Museum , Series A. , No. 1 ) , 144 Conklin ( C. D. , jun . ) , Structural Steel Drafting and Ele- mentary Design , 425 ...
... Stars , 354 Cochrane ( C. ) , Reflective Power of Pigments , 195 in the Colombo Museum ( Memoirs of the Colombo Museum , Series A. , No. 1 ) , 144 Conklin ( C. D. , jun . ) , Structural Steel Drafting and Ele- mentary Design , 425 ...
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... Stars , 383 ; the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , 408 A. S. E. , a Mathematical Paradox , 345 ; [ see also 403 ] Ealand ( C. A. ) , Insects and Man , 338 Earle ( Dr. H. G. ) , appointed Professor of Physiology in Hong - Kong University ...
... Stars , 383 ; the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , 408 A. S. E. , a Mathematical Paradox , 345 ; [ see also 403 ] Ealand ( C. A. ) , Insects and Man , 338 Earle ( Dr. H. G. ) , appointed Professor of Physiology in Hong - Kong University ...
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... Stars , 655 Horton ( F. ) , Effects of Different Gases , 249 Horwood ( A. R. ) , Practical Field Botany , 283 ; the Story of Plant Life in the British Isles , vols . ii . and iii . , 421 , 1915 7 , 1915 Hosie ( Sir A. ) xii , Index ...
... Stars , 655 Horton ( F. ) , Effects of Different Gases , 249 Horwood ( A. R. ) , Practical Field Botany , 283 ; the Story of Plant Life in the British Isles , vols . ii . and iii . , 421 , 1915 7 , 1915 Hosie ( Sir A. ) xii , Index ...
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