Nature, Volume 23Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1881 - Electronic journals |
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... original surface had been buried in some places 3000 feet beneath volcanic ejections . I believe that the most stupendous outpourings of lava in geological history have been effected not by the familiar type of conical volcano , but by ...
... original surface had been buried in some places 3000 feet beneath volcanic ejections . I believe that the most stupendous outpourings of lava in geological history have been effected not by the familiar type of conical volcano , but by ...
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... original imperfect musical telephone of Philip Reis could only transmit musical tones , because it worked by direct action of an intermittent light , in the experiments made hitherto with articulate speech the instru- ments have by ...
... original imperfect musical telephone of Philip Reis could only transmit musical tones , because it worked by direct action of an intermittent light , in the experiments made hitherto with articulate speech the instru- ments have by ...
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... original observations by Blanpain at Marseilles , which he considers to be amongst the best , if not the best series that are available ; the original observations by Lindenau have also been received , but unfortunately nothing is to be ...
... original observations by Blanpain at Marseilles , which he considers to be amongst the best , if not the best series that are available ; the original observations by Lindenau have also been received , but unfortunately nothing is to be ...
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... original articles should be taken , though occasionally important papers in several periodi- cals , and reprints when the originals have not been in the library , have been indexed . In describing the arrange- ment of the book we cannot ...
... original articles should be taken , though occasionally important papers in several periodi- cals , and reprints when the originals have not been in the library , have been indexed . In describing the arrange- ment of the book we cannot ...
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... original stock of roots in the Aryan family . Nor , as stated , will it help us in the least towards an explanation even of these . On the whole it is to be feared that our author leaves the matter much where Max Müller left it at the ...
... original stock of roots in the Aryan family . Nor , as stated , will it help us in the least towards an explanation even of these . On the whole it is to be feared that our author leaves the matter much where Max Müller left it at the ...
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