Nature, Volume 19Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1879 - Electronic journals |
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... tion of the African Elephant , 54 Female University Education , 353 , Ferlo , Senegambia , Proposed Exploration of , 491 Fertilisation of Flowers , Gevaert's Work on , 506 Fiji Islands , 492 Finck ( Henry T. ) , Intellect in Brutes ...
... tion of the African Elephant , 54 Female University Education , 353 , Ferlo , Senegambia , Proposed Exploration of , 491 Fertilisation of Flowers , Gevaert's Work on , 506 Fiji Islands , 492 Finck ( Henry T. ) , Intellect in Brutes ...
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... tion of nearly one - half for persons of an unsuitable age for work , the author obtains 413,3957 . as the value of the saving from the lessened number of deaths in ten years on an average population of 43,912 . The saving in cases of ...
... tion of nearly one - half for persons of an unsuitable age for work , the author obtains 413,3957 . as the value of the saving from the lessened number of deaths in ten years on an average population of 43,912 . The saving in cases of ...
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... tion of the metropolitan outfalls . It is impossible in the space at our disposal to notice the numerous details de- scribed and illustrated ; the plates of all the more important are carefully drawn and well executed , no trouble being ...
... tion of the metropolitan outfalls . It is impossible in the space at our disposal to notice the numerous details de- scribed and illustrated ; the plates of all the more important are carefully drawn and well executed , no trouble being ...
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... tion , it is instructive to notice how the technical pro- cesses of manufacture impose limits on an artist's scope , and how these scopes have been widened by recent discoveries . It is not intended in this short note to do more than ...
... tion , it is instructive to notice how the technical pro- cesses of manufacture impose limits on an artist's scope , and how these scopes have been widened by recent discoveries . It is not intended in this short note to do more than ...
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... tion from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M , which appears to show a similar relation to the temperature - oscillation . 2 The mean pressure at Singapore is corrected by + o'o20 in . for reduc- tion to sea - level , a correction which it is believed is ...
... tion from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M , which appears to show a similar relation to the temperature - oscillation . 2 The mean pressure at Singapore is corrected by + o'o20 in . for reduc- tion to sea - level , a correction which it is believed is ...
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