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... Questions of the Separate Identification of the , 472 Uganda , Captain F. D. Lugard , 45 Uganda Commission , the , 210 ... Question , 121 ; Opening of New Victoria Buildings , University College , Liverpool , 155 ; University Extension ...
... Questions of the Separate Identification of the , 472 Uganda , Captain F. D. Lugard , 45 Uganda Commission , the , 210 ... Question , 121 ; Opening of New Victoria Buildings , University College , Liverpool , 155 ; University Extension ...
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... question might at last be compelled to make the best of a bad job . This , however , must be urged against it : That almost every teacher of eminence in London , together with a large number of those best qualified to represent the ...
... question might at last be compelled to make the best of a bad job . This , however , must be urged against it : That almost every teacher of eminence in London , together with a large number of those best qualified to represent the ...
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... question in use among either English or foreign writers , and , in default of such , would suggest that such angles be called conjugate , or if greater precision is required , rectangularly conjugate , the general term conjugate to be ...
... question in use among either English or foreign writers , and , in default of such , would suggest that such angles be called conjugate , or if greater precision is required , rectangularly conjugate , the general term conjugate to be ...
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... question , but concludes that this cannot be done until the fructification of the plant is better understood . In 1864 a monograph on the species of the genus was published by M. Eugene Coemans and M. J. Kickz ; but the authors make no ...
... question , but concludes that this cannot be done until the fructification of the plant is better understood . In 1864 a monograph on the species of the genus was published by M. Eugene Coemans and M. J. Kickz ; but the authors make no ...
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... question . Medical Journal . Dr. Bickerton takes anything but a hopeful He greatly fears that " many a shipping disaster will occur before the Royal Society's suggestions become part of the law of the land . " Accordingly he urges all ...
... question . Medical Journal . Dr. Bickerton takes anything but a hopeful He greatly fears that " many a shipping disaster will occur before the Royal Society's suggestions become part of the law of the land . " Accordingly he urges all ...
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Page viii - PROCESSES, AND COLLATERAL INFORMATION IN THE ARTS, MANUFACTURES, PROFESSIONS, AND TRADES, INCLUDING MEDICINE, PHARMACY, AND DOMESTIC ECONOMY ; designed as a General Book of Reference for the Manufacturer, Tradesman, Amateur, and Heads of Families.
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Page 111 - I. By Sir W. THOMSON, LL.D., DCL, FRS, Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Glasgow...
Page 120 - That the magnitudes of these standards should be determined on the electro-magnetic system of measurement with reference to the centimetre as unit of length, the gramme as unit of mass, and the second as unit of time, and that by the terms centimetre and gramme are meant the standards of those denominations deposited with the Board of Trade. 3. That the standard of electrical resistance should be denominated the ohm, and should have the value 1,000,000,000 in terms of the centimetre and second. 4....
Page 58 - The purpose of this laboratory is to afford opportunities for the study and observation of the development, anatomy, and habits of common types of marine animals, under suitable direction and advice.
Page xxix - Is it to be understood from all this that a chlorine compound which is not produced by energetic union — say an endothermic compound like...
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Page 120 - As a unit of resistance, the international ohm, which is based upon the ohm equal to 10" units of resistance of the CGS system of electromagnetic units, and is represented by the resistance offered to an unvarying electric current by a column of mercury at the temperature of melting ice, 14.4521 grams in mass, of a constant cross-sectional area and of the length of 106.3 centimetres.