Nature, Volume 11Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1874 - Electronic journals |
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... Government . Mr. Dixon , a civil engineer in Cairo , has been of great assistance in the matter of transit . Capt . Abney was expected to leave for Thebes on the 26th . Admiral Ommaney had arrived at Alexandria , but to what party he ...
... Government . Mr. Dixon , a civil engineer in Cairo , has been of great assistance in the matter of transit . Capt . Abney was expected to leave for Thebes on the 26th . Admiral Ommaney had arrived at Alexandria , but to what party he ...
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... Government an authorisation to establish industrial schools in that city . AT a meeting held a year ago in Islington , a large number of influential gentlemen were " appointed a committee to obtain for that large and important district ...
... Government an authorisation to establish industrial schools in that city . AT a meeting held a year ago in Islington , a large number of influential gentlemen were " appointed a committee to obtain for that large and important district ...
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... Government plantations at the end of 1872 was 1,705,542 , and the bark crop for the same year amounted to 18,000 kilogrammes . IT has recently been discovered that the bamboo contains a dangerous poison which the natives of Java extract ...
... Government plantations at the end of 1872 was 1,705,542 , and the bark crop for the same year amounted to 18,000 kilogrammes . IT has recently been discovered that the bamboo contains a dangerous poison which the natives of Java extract ...
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... Government and people of the country will take to heart . Sir John , as a member of the Schools Commission and of the Science Commission , has had ample opportunities of ascertaining the exact state of our schools and univer- sities as ...
... Government and people of the country will take to heart . Sir John , as a member of the Schools Commission and of the Science Commission , has had ample opportunities of ascertaining the exact state of our schools and univer- sities as ...
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... Government , he deserves the greatest credit for having proved that with skill , deter- mination , and adequate means — and his means were very inadequate the journey from Cairo to the Albert N'yanza might be accomplished in a very ...
... Government , he deserves the greatest credit for having proved that with skill , deter- mination , and adequate means — and his means were very inadequate the journey from Cairo to the Albert N'yanza might be accomplished in a very ...
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