Nature, Volume 29Nature Publishing Group, 1884 - Science |
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Page 86
... period when the contour lines of the south coast began to change . The Crag period was that in which the great estuaries round the British coast began to be filled up . Then pebbles and sand were driven along the coast . I believe all ...
... period when the contour lines of the south coast began to change . The Crag period was that in which the great estuaries round the British coast began to be filled up . Then pebbles and sand were driven along the coast . I believe all ...
Page 229
... period , cer- tainly in no one recent period . We recognise , however , that they diverge to a wonderful extent ; one group has diverged at one period , and another one has become diversified in a different period ; and so each one has ...
... period , cer- tainly in no one recent period . We recognise , however , that they diverge to a wonderful extent ; one group has diverged at one period , and another one has become diversified in a different period ; and so each one has ...
Page 463
... period recurs twenty times per second . If it recurs twenty , thirty , forty , or fifty times per second , you hear a low note . If the period is gradually accelerated , you hear the low note gradually rising , becoming higher and ...
... period recurs twenty times per second . If it recurs twenty , thirty , forty , or fifty times per second , you hear a low note . If the period is gradually accelerated , you hear the low note gradually rising , becoming higher and ...
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