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... Natural History in the University of St Andrews , and James Thomson , F.G.S. , · On a Stable and Flexible Arch . By Professor Fleeming Jenkin , Is the Gaelic Ossian a Translation from the English ? By Professor Blackie , Notes on ...
... Natural History in the University of St Andrews , and James Thomson , F.G.S. , · On a Stable and Flexible Arch . By Professor Fleeming Jenkin , Is the Gaelic Ossian a Translation from the English ? By Professor Blackie , Notes on ...
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... nature and amount of the work we as a Society are doing , and our means of doing it . The second and concluding part of my Address will have reference to the present aspect and prospects of science generally in the country . With regard ...
... nature and amount of the work we as a Society are doing , and our means of doing it . The second and concluding part of my Address will have reference to the present aspect and prospects of science generally in the country . With regard ...
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... nature de Pouvoir , 2. Essais de Philosophie , 3. Abelard , 4. Melanges Philosophiques , 5. St Anselm , 6. Bacon - Sa Vie , son Temps , 7. La Philosophie Religieuse , 8. David Hartley , 9. Philosophie Anglaise - Bacon jusqu'a Locke ...
... nature de Pouvoir , 2. Essais de Philosophie , 3. Abelard , 4. Melanges Philosophiques , 5. St Anselm , 6. Bacon - Sa Vie , son Temps , 7. La Philosophie Religieuse , 8. David Hartley , 9. Philosophie Anglaise - Bacon jusqu'a Locke ...
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... natural agencies of bygone times had been much more powerful than now . On the other hand , Lyell maintained that the natural agencies now on our planet were capable of producing all the effects observed , if only sufficient time was ...
... natural agencies of bygone times had been much more powerful than now . On the other hand , Lyell maintained that the natural agencies now on our planet were capable of producing all the effects observed , if only sufficient time was ...
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... nature of these fish was not known , though it has since been well ascertained that the parr are the young of the true salmon in their first year's growth . Sir William Jardine was President of the Berwickshire Natura- lists ' Club in ...
... nature of these fish was not known , though it has since been well ascertained that the parr are the young of the true salmon in their first year's growth . Sir William Jardine was President of the Berwickshire Natura- lists ' Club in ...
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