Nature, Volume 23Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1881 - Electronic journals |
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... means for determining the weights of the " atoms " ( or as we now say , molecules ) of compound bodies . Dalton , and Berzelius after him , laid down rules for deter- mining these weights , but the rules of both chemists were wholly ...
... means for determining the weights of the " atoms " ( or as we now say , molecules ) of compound bodies . Dalton , and Berzelius after him , laid down rules for deter- mining these weights , but the rules of both chemists were wholly ...
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... means uncommon , prove most convincingly to those who can appreciate them the untenable nature of Lyell's theory of the cause of change of geological climates . I must state my argument again : - 1. In Eocene times groves of Moreton Bay ...
... means uncommon , prove most convincingly to those who can appreciate them the untenable nature of Lyell's theory of the cause of change of geological climates . I must state my argument again : - 1. In Eocene times groves of Moreton Bay ...
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... means . The pelican , the adjutant , and several large birds allied to it , the vulture and the cyrus , rise thus . Firstly they rise by flapping the wings vigorously , and when up some 100 or 200 feet , if there is a breeze , begin to ...
... means . The pelican , the adjutant , and several large birds allied to it , the vulture and the cyrus , rise thus . Firstly they rise by flapping the wings vigorously , and when up some 100 or 200 feet , if there is a breeze , begin to ...
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... means can be found of providing the warmth and comfort which the copious use of mineral fuel affords us without having to pay the penalty of dispensing with the solar ray , of finding ourselves and everything we touch covered with soot ...
... means can be found of providing the warmth and comfort which the copious use of mineral fuel affords us without having to pay the penalty of dispensing with the solar ray , of finding ourselves and everything we touch covered with soot ...
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... means of a close - fitting ash - pan , and introduced the gaspipe behind the lower bar , an alteration which can be effected at very trifling expense , and presents the advantage of great cleanliness , the ash- pan being withdrawn only ...
... means of a close - fitting ash - pan , and introduced the gaspipe behind the lower bar , an alteration which can be effected at very trifling expense , and presents the advantage of great cleanliness , the ash- pan being withdrawn only ...
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