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... Prof. Somerville , 62 ; Bangor son , 327 ; the Variable Star Z Herculis ,. ABBE ( Prof. Cleveland ) , Evaporation , 283 Abbott ( Dr. George ) , Proposed Union of South - eastern ( English ) Natural History Societies , 16 ; on a Plan for ...
... Prof. Somerville , 62 ; Bangor son , 327 ; the Variable Star Z Herculis ,. ABBE ( Prof. Cleveland ) , Evaporation , 283 Abbott ( Dr. George ) , Proposed Union of South - eastern ( English ) Natural History Societies , 16 ; on a Plan for ...
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... Prof. W. F. R. Weldon , F.R.S. , 606 ; Prof. C. S. Minot , 606 ; E. W. MacBride , 606 ; Walter Garstang , 606 ; F. A. Bather , 606 Anchovy , on the Occurrence of the Pelagic Ova of the , off Lytham , 296 Ancient British Interment in ...
... Prof. W. F. R. Weldon , F.R.S. , 606 ; Prof. C. S. Minot , 606 ; E. W. MacBride , 606 ; Walter Garstang , 606 ; F. A. Bather , 606 Anchovy , on the Occurrence of the Pelagic Ova of the , off Lytham , 296 Ancient British Interment in ...
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... Prof. Hough , 137 ; the Displacement of Lines in Spectrum of Jupiter , M. Deslandres , 162 ; Rotation Period of Jupiter , Prof. A. A. Rambaut , 280 ; Comet Perrine Lamp ( 1896 I. ) , 137 ; Comets Perrine ( 1895 IV . ) and Perrine Lamp ...
... Prof. Hough , 137 ; the Displacement of Lines in Spectrum of Jupiter , M. Deslandres , 162 ; Rotation Period of Jupiter , Prof. A. A. Rambaut , 280 ; Comet Perrine Lamp ( 1896 I. ) , 137 ; Comets Perrine ( 1895 IV . ) and Perrine Lamp ...
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... Prof. E. C. Pickering , 527 Bassett ( Prof. J. S. ) , Slavery in North Carolina , 157 Bather ( F. A. ) , on the Ancestry of the Vertebrates , 606 ; on the Value of the Morphological Method in Zoology , 606 Batrachian , Remarkable Blind ...
... Prof. E. C. Pickering , 527 Bassett ( Prof. J. S. ) , Slavery in North Carolina , 157 Bather ( F. A. ) , on the Ancestry of the Vertebrates , 606 ; on the Value of the Morphological Method in Zoology , 606 Batrachian , Remarkable Blind ...
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... ( Prof. J. Chunder ) , on an Apparatus for Studying the Properties of Electric Waves , 567 Bosnia - Herzegovina and Dalmatia , Rambles and Studies in , Robert Munro , Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins , F.R.S. , 78 Bost ( W. D. A ) , the Spontaneous ...
... ( Prof. J. Chunder ) , on an Apparatus for Studying the Properties of Electric Waves , 567 Bosnia - Herzegovina and Dalmatia , Rambles and Studies in , Robert Munro , Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins , F.R.S. , 78 Bost ( W. D. A ) , the Spontaneous ...
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