Nature, Volume 19Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1879 - Electronic journals |
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... known fact that only a finite velocity is required to effect this result . I have therefore to suggest that by this cause the moon's atmosphere has gradually disappeared . It is probable , no doubt , that it would take a vast period of ...
... known fact that only a finite velocity is required to effect this result . I have therefore to suggest that by this cause the moon's atmosphere has gradually disappeared . It is probable , no doubt , that it would take a vast period of ...
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... known , and his opinion consequently of much value ; but it is hardly sufficient to invalidate that of others who are no less competent to note and record facts , and who certainly give a greater length , as the extreme growth of the ...
... known , and his opinion consequently of much value ; but it is hardly sufficient to invalidate that of others who are no less competent to note and record facts , and who certainly give a greater length , as the extreme growth of the ...
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... known , and his opinion consequently of much value ; but it is hardly sufficient to invalidate that of others who are no less competent to note and record facts , and who certainly give a greater length , as the extreme growth of the ...
... known , and his opinion consequently of much value ; but it is hardly sufficient to invalidate that of others who are no less competent to note and record facts , and who certainly give a greater length , as the extreme growth of the ...
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... known to need repetition ; but it is not equally well known that a similar medal fund was founded in the United States by Rumford , and is held in trust by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . The medals were to be awarded for ...
... known to need repetition ; but it is not equally well known that a similar medal fund was founded in the United States by Rumford , and is held in trust by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . The medals were to be awarded for ...
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... known to the various tribes . To establish this result I have sent a number of circular letters to missionaries ... known to entomologists , certainly to all those who have studied the Aculeata ; but it is well known to the latter that ...
... known to the various tribes . To establish this result I have sent a number of circular letters to missionaries ... known to entomologists , certainly to all those who have studied the Aculeata ; but it is well known to the latter that ...
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