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... known , of 250 square miles . The Archæological Collection supplies a more extensive knowledge of the nature and habits of the Prehis- toric Inhabitants of this District than is known of any similar area in any part of the world . - For ...
... known , of 250 square miles . The Archæological Collection supplies a more extensive knowledge of the nature and habits of the Prehis- toric Inhabitants of this District than is known of any similar area in any part of the world . - For ...
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... known . Here all inventors of a new language insist on retrench- ment . The inventor of Volapük was satisfied at first with a dictionary of 10,000 words , but we are now promised a new one of 20,000 . There is a great difference of ...
... known . Here all inventors of a new language insist on retrench- ment . The inventor of Volapük was satisfied at first with a dictionary of 10,000 words , but we are now promised a new one of 20,000 . There is a great difference of ...
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... known to the ancients , alluded to by Homer , insisted upon as really existing by Aristotle , next believed to be ... known writer , though of a very different school from that of Prof. Quatrefages - Prof . Albert Gaudry , also a Member ...
... known to the ancients , alluded to by Homer , insisted upon as really existing by Aristotle , next believed to be ... known writer , though of a very different school from that of Prof. Quatrefages - Prof . Albert Gaudry , also a Member ...
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... known parts of the surface of our globe , and is so rarely found in well - defined crystals that M. Des Cloizeaux has only just completed his investigation of its mineralogical and optical properties . Generally it is found in the form ...
... known parts of the surface of our globe , and is so rarely found in well - defined crystals that M. Des Cloizeaux has only just completed his investigation of its mineralogical and optical properties . Generally it is found in the form ...
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... known naturalists in every branch of zoology habits of animals ; arrival and departure of migratory birds ; occurrence of rare birds ; distribution and migration of British fresh - water fish ; new or rare marine fish ; local aquaria ...
... known naturalists in every branch of zoology habits of animals ; arrival and departure of migratory birds ; occurrence of rare birds ; distribution and migration of British fresh - water fish ; new or rare marine fish ; local aquaria ...
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