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The solid crust would resist the periodic rise of the liquid interior , and the liquid would well through the crust and recede again as the wave passed . When the crust was thin , and the lava very liquid , the large ring structures ...
The solid crust would resist the periodic rise of the liquid interior , and the liquid would well through the crust and recede again as the wave passed . When the crust was thin , and the lava very liquid , the large ring structures ...
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During the first part of the present week , the dis- turbance which caused the heavy rainfall passed away , and a small area of high pressure temporarily advanced over the United Kingdom from the Atlantic , while the temperature fell ...
During the first part of the present week , the dis- turbance which caused the heavy rainfall passed away , and a small area of high pressure temporarily advanced over the United Kingdom from the Atlantic , while the temperature fell ...
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compulsory colour examination ( in many cases a most inefficient one ) to be passed before a sailor can become an officer , there is no check to a colour - blind man being a sailor , or to his remain- ing one to his life's end .
compulsory colour examination ( in many cases a most inefficient one ) to be passed before a sailor can become an officer , there is no check to a colour - blind man being a sailor , or to his remain- ing one to his life's end .
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... reputed to have come from the Cape , but also Terebratulina Davidsoni , King , the type specimens of which , dredged on the Agulhas Bank , were passed on to their describer by Mr. G. B. Sowerby ( the elder , we presume ) in 1871 .
... reputed to have come from the Cape , but also Terebratulina Davidsoni , King , the type specimens of which , dredged on the Agulhas Bank , were passed on to their describer by Mr. G. B. Sowerby ( the elder , we presume ) in 1871 .
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At the last examination in this subject 966 candidates presented themselves , of whom 536 passed . ... and of these only 85 succeeded in passing in both parts of the examination , and are qualified for certificates .
At the last examination in this subject 966 candidates presented themselves , of whom 536 passed . ... and of these only 85 succeeded in passing in both parts of the examination , and are qualified for certificates .
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| Title | Nature, Volume 47 Recent scientific and technical books |
| Editor | Sir Norman Lockyer |
| Publisher | Macmillan Journals Limited, 1893 |
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