Nature, Volume 47Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1893 - Electronic journals |
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... Specimens for Dissection . Finely - preserved Specimens of all the Types required for Science Courses -especially the London B. Sc . SPECIAL AT PRESENT : -Aurelia , Calcareous sponge , Holothurianı Echinus , Uraster , Ascaris , Distomum ...
... Specimens for Dissection . Finely - preserved Specimens of all the Types required for Science Courses -especially the London B. Sc . SPECIAL AT PRESENT : -Aurelia , Calcareous sponge , Holothurianı Echinus , Uraster , Ascaris , Distomum ...
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... Specimens , Gem Stones , Carved Opals , Polished Agates , Rock Crystal Balls , Fossils , Rocks , and Rock Sections . LATEST ARRIVALS . Ruby and other Varieties of Cassiterite on Quartz , Australia , Beautiful Blue and White Calamine ...
... Specimens , Gem Stones , Carved Opals , Polished Agates , Rock Crystal Balls , Fossils , Rocks , and Rock Sections . LATEST ARRIVALS . Ruby and other Varieties of Cassiterite on Quartz , Australia , Beautiful Blue and White Calamine ...
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... specimens assigned to it are fros attributed ( p 22 ) to Cervus rusa , which is merely synonym of Cervus hippelaphus . The heads of the large Deer of the Caucasus obtained by Mr. St. George Littledale are assigned ( p . 28 to the Red ...
... specimens assigned to it are fros attributed ( p 22 ) to Cervus rusa , which is merely synonym of Cervus hippelaphus . The heads of the large Deer of the Caucasus obtained by Mr. St. George Littledale are assigned ( p . 28 to the Red ...
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... specimens raised another debated question . When the Memoir V. was published , all authorities agreed that the maximum number of true leaves in each verticil was ten or twelve ; that , however deeply subdivided , their outline was a ...
... specimens raised another debated question . When the Memoir V. was published , all authorities agreed that the maximum number of true leaves in each verticil was ten or twelve ; that , however deeply subdivided , their outline was a ...
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... specimens of Bowmanites in 1890 , which threw much new light upon its organization , and which were recorded in my Memoir XVIII . ( Phil . Trans . 1891 ) . In July last an important communication was laid before the Academy of Sciences ...
... specimens of Bowmanites in 1890 , which threw much new light upon its organization , and which were recorded in my Memoir XVIII . ( Phil . Trans . 1891 ) . In July last an important communication was laid before the Academy of Sciences ...
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