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... EXPOSURE . - 3 . THE POSITION OF ITS MOUNTAINS RELATIVE TO THE CARDINAL POINTS . Description of the sites of Bathurst , Bacchou , and M'Carthy's Island , · Description of the site of Sierra Leone , its towns and villages , Real causes ...
... EXPOSURE . - 3 . THE POSITION OF ITS MOUNTAINS RELATIVE TO THE CARDINAL POINTS . Description of the sites of Bathurst , Bacchou , and M'Carthy's Island , · Description of the site of Sierra Leone , its towns and villages , Real causes ...
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... exposed , 269 Summary of Precautions of French Minister of War to troops serving in the East , 271 12 Rules for the regulation of the Dress in the Tropics , 12 Rules for the regulation of the Food in the Tropics , 12 Rules for the ...
... exposed , 269 Summary of Precautions of French Minister of War to troops serving in the East , 271 12 Rules for the regulation of the Dress in the Tropics , 12 Rules for the regulation of the Food in the Tropics , 12 Rules for the ...
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... exposure . The minimum thermometers are liable to get out of order— first , by carriage , when the index may be wholly or partly driven out of the spirit , or a portion of spirit may become detached from the main column ; and secondly ...
... exposure . The minimum thermometers are liable to get out of order— first , by carriage , when the index may be wholly or partly driven out of the spirit , or a portion of spirit may become detached from the main column ; and secondly ...
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... exposed to the air . This ozone paper is easily made by saturating strips of bibu- lous paper in a mixture made " by boiling one drachm of white starch in an ounce of distilled water for three minutes , in which are to be dissolved ...
... exposed to the air . This ozone paper is easily made by saturating strips of bibu- lous paper in a mixture made " by boiling one drachm of white starch in an ounce of distilled water for three minutes , in which are to be dissolved ...
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... exposed to great heat , the skin suffers apparently in its structure , becoming of a slight yellow colour , from , probably , pigmentary deposits in the deep layers of the cuticle . 6. The urine is lessened in quantity ( and this is ...
... exposed to great heat , the skin suffers apparently in its structure , becoming of a slight yellow colour , from , probably , pigmentary deposits in the deep layers of the cuticle . 6. The urine is lessened in quantity ( and this is ...
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A.M. Noon Accra acid amongst Amount of Cloud April aqueous vapour atmosphere August barometer Bathurst Bight of Benin blows boiling Camaroon Cape Cape Coast cloth Cloudy Days Coast of Africa cold colony commences Daily Dew-Point diarrhoea directions disease dysentery earth Edition effects elevation Evening-2nd Evening-5th Fair-Days Fcap feet Freetown Gold Coast harmattan harmattan wind healthy heat height Hygrometer inches increased inhabitants interior July June lagoon Lagos Liberia lightning M'Carthy's Island matter MAXIMUM OBSERVATIONS.-Morning-2nd Medical MEDIUM OBSERVATIONS.-Morning-4th mercury MILITARY HOSPITAL month morning mountains native night Noon-1st Noon-2nd Noon-4th OBSERVATIONS.-At OBSERVATIONS.-Morning-1st OBSERVATIONS.-Morning-3rd OBSERVATIONS.-Morning-7th ozone Ozonometer Post 8vo produced quantity of ozone quinine rainy season RIVER GAMBIA sanitary Saturation sea breeze Senegal September Sierra Leone soil south-west St Mary's stations surface temperature thermometer THERMOMETRICAL OBSERVATIONS thunder tion tornado town tropical climates unhealthy vegetable weather West Coast Western Africa Wet Bulb Wet-Days whilst yellow fever
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