Nature, Volume 19Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1879 - Electronic journals |
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... possible neglect and callousness on the subject . While all admit the necessity of efficient sanitary works and are generally quite ready to attribute to defective arrangements illness occurring in a neighbour's house or another town ...
... possible neglect and callousness on the subject . While all admit the necessity of efficient sanitary works and are generally quite ready to attribute to defective arrangements illness occurring in a neighbour's house or another town ...
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... possible form ? When one gets over Mr. Simmond's extraordinary and often misleading style ( for which we commit him to the tender mercies of the literary Dr. Birch ) , it is found that his work contains a great mass of useful and ...
... possible form ? When one gets over Mr. Simmond's extraordinary and often misleading style ( for which we commit him to the tender mercies of the literary Dr. Birch ) , it is found that his work contains a great mass of useful and ...
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... possible diversity at a former epoch in the constitu- tion and density of the earth's atmosphere raises rather a curious question in connection with the known diversity of the plants and animals that formerly inhabited the globe , as ...
... possible diversity at a former epoch in the constitu- tion and density of the earth's atmosphere raises rather a curious question in connection with the known diversity of the plants and animals that formerly inhabited the globe , as ...
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... possible . This higher temperature now employed fuses and softens the glaze ; the colours painted on it blend with it so that , on cooling , there is produced that softness and brilliancy hitherto charac- teristic of pâte - tendre ...
... possible . This higher temperature now employed fuses and softens the glaze ; the colours painted on it blend with it so that , on cooling , there is produced that softness and brilliancy hitherto charac- teristic of pâte - tendre ...
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... possible that like boars , and other animals , they may differ in size according to locality , food , and other conditions of life ; and that such being the case , it is probable that tigers of one pro- vince or district may exceed ...
... possible that like boars , and other animals , they may differ in size according to locality , food , and other conditions of life ; and that such being the case , it is probable that tigers of one pro- vince or district may exceed ...
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