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... fact is alleged , and where the judgment of public opinion suffices to set things in their true place ; however , I ... facts and the men of genius who frame general theories . opinion of most Continental men of science seems , how- ever ...
... fact is alleged , and where the judgment of public opinion suffices to set things in their true place ; however , I ... facts and the men of genius who frame general theories . opinion of most Continental men of science seems , how- ever ...
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... facts , it is he who has the incontestable merit of having furnished the exact in- terpretation of the phenomena , freed from the mists of phlogiston , to which Cavendish seems to have remained faithful to the day of his death . 66 " I ...
... facts , it is he who has the incontestable merit of having furnished the exact in- terpretation of the phenomena , freed from the mists of phlogiston , to which Cavendish seems to have remained faithful to the day of his death . 66 " I ...
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... fact is not mentioned , which is apparently an oversight , as all other copies that we have noticed are acknowledged . Running through the plates from the be- ginning , we will indicate a few of the more striking . Thus , Quercus ...
... fact is not mentioned , which is apparently an oversight , as all other copies that we have noticed are acknowledged . Running through the plates from the be- ginning , we will indicate a few of the more striking . Thus , Quercus ...
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... fact that they are worked out in a neat and concise form , will greatly add to the utility of the book . LETTERS TO THE EDITOR . [ The Editor does not hold himself responsible for opinions ex- pressed by his correspondents . Neither can ...
... fact that they are worked out in a neat and concise form , will greatly add to the utility of the book . LETTERS TO THE EDITOR . [ The Editor does not hold himself responsible for opinions ex- pressed by his correspondents . Neither can ...
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... fact , that in animals new cells arose within pre - existing cells , as Schleiden had affirmed to be the case in plants , and that the nucleus acted as an im- | portant centre for the production of young cells . In re- cognizing the ...
... fact , that in animals new cells arose within pre - existing cells , as Schleiden had affirmed to be the case in plants , and that the nucleus acted as an im- | portant centre for the production of young cells . In re- cognizing the ...
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