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... Matter of Exact Thought , A. B. Kempe , F.R.S. , 156 ; on Stokes's Current Function , R. A. Sampson , 261 ; Key to Arith- metic in Theory and Practice , J. Brooksmith , 294 ; Theory of Functions , Dr. H. A. Schwartz , Prof. O. Henrici ...
... Matter of Exact Thought , A. B. Kempe , F.R.S. , 156 ; on Stokes's Current Function , R. A. Sampson , 261 ; Key to Arith- metic in Theory and Practice , J. Brooksmith , 294 ; Theory of Functions , Dr. H. A. Schwartz , Prof. O. Henrici ...
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... Matter , Prof. P. G. Tait , 78 Protective Resemblance in an African Butterfly , an Assumed Instance of Compound , W. L. Distant , 390 Psychological Laboratory at University College , Toronto , the , Baldwin , 88 Psychology : Hand - book ...
... Matter , Prof. P. G. Tait , 78 Protective Resemblance in an African Butterfly , an Assumed Instance of Compound , W. L. Distant , 390 Psychological Laboratory at University College , Toronto , the , Baldwin , 88 Psychology : Hand - book ...
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... matter of very early observation , and our forefathers were wont to believe that certain evil species came from the body of the Wicked One , and familiarly called them Tode's - stools , or Devil's droppings . In this division of the ...
... matter of very early observation , and our forefathers were wont to believe that certain evil species came from the body of the Wicked One , and familiarly called them Tode's - stools , or Devil's droppings . In this division of the ...
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... matter becomes a constituent of the sap , to be chemically acted upon in the formation of new cells effecting the mysterious operations called growth . " This kind of thing is sufficiently startling , and what its effect may be on the ...
... matter becomes a constituent of the sap , to be chemically acted upon in the formation of new cells effecting the mysterious operations called growth . " This kind of thing is sufficiently startling , and what its effect may be on the ...
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... matter ; the other , named by him formed material , was situated peripherally to the germinal matter from which it was produced ; it was passive , non - living or dead , incapable of multiplying itself , and not coloured red by carmine ...
... matter ; the other , named by him formed material , was situated peripherally to the germinal matter from which it was produced ; it was passive , non - living or dead , incapable of multiplying itself , and not coloured red by carmine ...
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