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... Existence of a , 215 Blackman ( B. ) , Anthropology of the Jews , 113 Bles ( E. J. ) , a " Natural Experiment in Complementary Colours , 241 Blomfield ( Rev. L. ) : Ticks , 552 ; Helix pomatia , L. , 553 " Blowing Wells , " 375 ...
... Existence of a , 215 Blackman ( B. ) , Anthropology of the Jews , 113 Bles ( E. J. ) , a " Natural Experiment in Complementary Colours , 241 Blomfield ( Rev. L. ) : Ticks , 552 ; Helix pomatia , L. , 553 " Blowing Wells , " 375 ...
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... Existence of Air in Nitrous Acid " ( read April 20 , 1776 ) , he says : " Je com- mencerai , avant d'entrer en matière , par prévenir le public qu'une partie des expériences contenues dans ce mémoire ne m'appartiennent point en propre ...
... Existence of Air in Nitrous Acid " ( read April 20 , 1776 ) , he says : " Je com- mencerai , avant d'entrer en matière , par prévenir le public qu'une partie des expériences contenues dans ce mémoire ne m'appartiennent point en propre ...
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... existence and peculiar properties of oxygen gas . It is obvious , however , that Lavoisier was on the way to make these discoveries , and had neither Scheele nor Priestley been fortunate enough to hit upon oxygen gas , it is exceedingly ...
... existence and peculiar properties of oxygen gas . It is obvious , however , that Lavoisier was on the way to make these discoveries , and had neither Scheele nor Priestley been fortunate enough to hit upon oxygen gas , it is exceedingly ...
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... existence about the same period , their meetings having been foreshadowed or instigated by the conversazioni held by the friends or followers of Descartes . M. Dumas insisted most on the grand spectacle exhibited by these institutions ...
... existence about the same period , their meetings having been foreshadowed or instigated by the conversazioni held by the friends or followers of Descartes . M. Dumas insisted most on the grand spectacle exhibited by these institutions ...
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... existence , and had established itself as an independent institu- tion in premises which , after necessary alterations had been completed , bid fair to serve its purpose , for the present at least , admirably . The Council contemplated ...
... existence , and had established itself as an independent institu- tion in premises which , after necessary alterations had been completed , bid fair to serve its purpose , for the present at least , admirably . The Council contemplated ...
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