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C. M. Jessop and Dr. T. H. Havelock , 156 ; Vorlesungen über technische Mechanik , Dr. August Föppl , 274 ; Lectures de Mécanique , E. Jouguet , 301 ; Applied Mechanics for Engineers , E. L. Hancock , 332 ; Machines Outils , Outillage ...
C. M. Jessop and Dr. T. H. Havelock , 156 ; Vorlesungen über technische Mechanik , Dr. August Föppl , 274 ; Lectures de Mécanique , E. Jouguet , 301 ; Applied Mechanics for Engineers , E. L. Hancock , 332 ; Machines Outils , Outillage ...
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Gino Loria , 361 The Mercers ' Company Lectures on the Fluids of the Body , Prof. Ernest H. Starling , F.R.S. , 362 Studies on Immunisation and their Application to the Diag- nosis and Treatment of Bacterial Infections , Sir A. E. ...
Gino Loria , 361 The Mercers ' Company Lectures on the Fluids of the Body , Prof. Ernest H. Starling , F.R.S. , 362 Studies on Immunisation and their Application to the Diag- nosis and Treatment of Bacterial Infections , Sir A. E. ...
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Michael Foster was in his prime and lecturing in his inimitable manner . Francis Maitland Balfour had just completed his " Elasmobranch Fishes , " and was working five hours a day on his " Comparative Embryology " ; his lectures were ...
Michael Foster was in his prime and lecturing in his inimitable manner . Francis Maitland Balfour had just completed his " Elasmobranch Fishes , " and was working five hours a day on his " Comparative Embryology " ; his lectures were ...
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... Vice- President Aerial League of the British Empire , Membre d'Honneur Aéro Club of France , can accept engagements for his eminently suc- cessful lecture , " AIRSHIPS , BALLOONS , AND FLYING MACHINES , " profusely illustrated by ...
... Vice- President Aerial League of the British Empire , Membre d'Honneur Aéro Club of France , can accept engagements for his eminently suc- cessful lecture , " AIRSHIPS , BALLOONS , AND FLYING MACHINES , " profusely illustrated by ...
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Crown 8vo 2s net By HENRY WOODS , M.A. , University Lecturer in Palæozoology , Cambridge . ... Darwin began his scientific career as a geologist , and in this lecture Sir Archibald Geikie makes acknowledg ment of the services he has ...
Crown 8vo 2s net By HENRY WOODS , M.A. , University Lecturer in Palæozoology , Cambridge . ... Darwin began his scientific career as a geologist , and in this lecture Sir Archibald Geikie makes acknowledg ment of the services he has ...
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| Title | Nature, Volume 81 |
| Editor | Sir Norman Lockyer |
| Publisher | Macmillan Journals Limited, 1909 |
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