Bulletin of the Proceedings of the National Institution for the Promotion of Science, Volume 1Gales and Seaton, 1841 - Natural history |
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... coast , his wonderment would be turned rather from the past to the present - for he would there find the bottom composed , for miles together , of shells , whose genera and species yet live , and inhabit the unexplored caverns of the ...
... coast , his wonderment would be turned rather from the past to the present - for he would there find the bottom composed , for miles together , of shells , whose genera and species yet live , and inhabit the unexplored caverns of the ...
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... coast , showing the unproductive from the fruitful and habitable parts of the bottom of the ocean - a work which would have the merit of being both useful and new . I have the honor to be , & c . M. F. MAURY , U. S. N. A letter to the ...
... coast , showing the unproductive from the fruitful and habitable parts of the bottom of the ocean - a work which would have the merit of being both useful and new . I have the honor to be , & c . M. F. MAURY , U. S. N. A letter to the ...
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... coast survey which is now in progress under the learned and accurate Hassler ; the exploration of the country lying between the Missouri and Mississippi rivers by that indefatigable and scientific traveller Nicol- let ; and the ...
... coast survey which is now in progress under the learned and accurate Hassler ; the exploration of the country lying between the Missouri and Mississippi rivers by that indefatigable and scientific traveller Nicol- let ; and the ...
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... coast along very near to the Island , thus favoring us with an opportunity of most clearly recognising the superposition of the rocks and their various stratifica- tion . We approached Arran near where the whole coal field is seen in ...
... coast along very near to the Island , thus favoring us with an opportunity of most clearly recognising the superposition of the rocks and their various stratifica- tion . We approached Arran near where the whole coal field is seen in ...
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... coast is covered with immense boulders of granite , which must have been transported by some tremendous moving power from the mountains in the interior . The granite here , where found in situ , is evidently intrusive , and is ...
... coast is covered with immense boulders of granite , which must have been transported by some tremendous moving power from the mountains in the interior . The granite here , where found in situ , is evidently intrusive , and is ...
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Page 29 - Observatory, the erection of suitable buildings to contain the collections, and for lecture rooms, the purchase of books and instruments, and the salaries of professors and curators. Specimens of natural history are rapidly accumulating. The exploring expedition has already sent home a large collection, which remains packed away in boxes in a room belonging to the Philadelphia Museum, generously loaned by the company for that purpose ; and we may anticipate, from the ability and...