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... the sphere , from the pole towards the equator , exactly like the meridians on a globe . These are the marks of the valves by which the K capsule used once to open . In the yellow loosestrife LOOSESTRIFE AND PIMPERNEL . 129.
... the sphere , from the pole towards the equator , exactly like the meridians on a globe . These are the marks of the valves by which the K capsule used once to open . In the yellow loosestrife LOOSESTRIFE AND PIMPERNEL . 129.
Page 212
... Pole , like the white bears , the woolly rhinoceros , the mammoth , and the snow - buntings . In the tropics all the trees are evergreens , or at least suffer no regular periodical loss of their foliage ; but in the north we have few ...
... Pole , like the white bears , the woolly rhinoceros , the mammoth , and the snow - buntings . In the tropics all the trees are evergreens , or at least suffer no regular periodical loss of their foliage ; but in the north we have few ...
Page 214
... Pole , and least noticeable in the equatorial district . Concomitantly with the steady decrease of temperature thus forced upon the earth , a new forest vegetation developed itself in adaptation to the altered circumstances . This ...
... Pole , and least noticeable in the equatorial district . Concomitantly with the steady decrease of temperature thus forced upon the earth , a new forest vegetation developed itself in adaptation to the altered circumstances . This ...
Page 221
... pole to equator , in the history of life upon the earth . For Buffon , with all his contempt for systematic classifica- tion and for accurate scientific knowledge , was a man of that wide philosophic grasp and that intuitive insight ...
... pole to equator , in the history of life upon the earth . For Buffon , with all his contempt for systematic classifica- tion and for accurate scientific knowledge , was a man of that wide philosophic grasp and that intuitive insight ...
Page 223
... Pole has always been isolated in the midst of an enormous stretch of ocean , while the North Pole has always been the point from which the great land masses of Europe , Asia , Africa , and America have radiated southward . In both ...
... Pole has always been isolated in the midst of an enormous stretch of ocean , while the North Pole has always been the point from which the great land masses of Europe , Asia , Africa , and America have radiated southward . In both ...
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