Nature, Volume 33Nature Publishing Group, 1885 - Science |
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Page 115
... rocks ; there can be little doubt , therefore , that the vast regions included within the Nile basin are in the main composed of rocks belonging to those classes , or of sedimentary deposits derived from them . Of still greater interest ...
... rocks ; there can be little doubt , therefore , that the vast regions included within the Nile basin are in the main composed of rocks belonging to those classes , or of sedimentary deposits derived from them . Of still greater interest ...
Page 204
... rocks , in the examination of which Mr. Murray used the methods he employed in the case of the deep - sea deposits , may be grouped into two chief classes , according to the proportion of volcanic débris they contain . The first class ...
... rocks , in the examination of which Mr. Murray used the methods he employed in the case of the deep - sea deposits , may be grouped into two chief classes , according to the proportion of volcanic débris they contain . The first class ...
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... rock , but I have little doubt that modern trap - rocks form some of the islands . But there is no active volcano amongst them . The nearest point for such phenomena is said to be Formosa , but I think this doubtful . Yet , proceeding ...
... rock , but I have little doubt that modern trap - rocks form some of the islands . But there is no active volcano amongst them . The nearest point for such phenomena is said to be Formosa , but I think this doubtful . Yet , proceeding ...
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Anemometry Prof Neesen | 95 |
Annalen der Physik und Chemie 356 523 | 126 |
Antedon phalangium P H Carpenter on Variations of Cirri | 165 |
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