Nature, Volume 23Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1881 - Electronic journals |
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... Round the World , " 134 Rogers ( J. Innes ) , Colours of British Butterflies , 435 Rolleston ( Prof. ) , His Lecture on the Modifications of the External Aspects of Organic Nature Produced by Man's Interference , 19 Romanes ( George J ...
... Round the World , " 134 Rogers ( J. Innes ) , Colours of British Butterflies , 435 Rolleston ( Prof. ) , His Lecture on the Modifications of the External Aspects of Organic Nature Produced by Man's Interference , 19 Romanes ( George J ...
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... round in vain for any central cone from which this great sea of basalt could have flowed . It assuredly had not come from the adjacent mountains , which consisted of older and very different lavas round the worn flanks of which the ...
... round in vain for any central cone from which this great sea of basalt could have flowed . It assuredly had not come from the adjacent mountains , which consisted of older and very different lavas round the worn flanks of which the ...
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... round a brass tube and at once removed ; in this way a tube about 275 mm . long and 13.5 wide , and consisting of about 5 layers of paper was obtained . Thirty - two of these were joined end to end by glueing narrow strips of paper round ...
... round a brass tube and at once removed ; in this way a tube about 275 mm . long and 13.5 wide , and consisting of about 5 layers of paper was obtained . Thirty - two of these were joined end to end by glueing narrow strips of paper round ...
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... round and round without flapping the wings , and also can rise thus from 100 or 200 feet to some 8,000 by same means . The pelican , the adjutant , and several large birds allied to it , the vulture and the cyrus , rise thus . Firstly ...
... round and round without flapping the wings , and also can rise thus from 100 or 200 feet to some 8,000 by same means . The pelican , the adjutant , and several large birds allied to it , the vulture and the cyrus , rise thus . Firstly ...
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... round with the wind , and by slightly falling , great impetus is gained , which is slowed down by turning to meet and rise on the wind like a kite ( if near , this is seen ) . I have seen the albatross and gulls floating , but this case ...
... round with the wind , and by slightly falling , great impetus is gained , which is slowed down by turning to meet and rise on the wind like a kite ( if near , this is seen ) . I have seen the albatross and gulls floating , but this case ...
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