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... extreme and yet harmonious modification . Still it must be admitted that variation is a vera causa , capable , within a limited period , under favourable circum- stances , of converting one species into what , accord- ing to our present ...
... extreme and yet harmonious modification . Still it must be admitted that variation is a vera causa , capable , within a limited period , under favourable circum- stances , of converting one species into what , accord- ing to our present ...
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... extreme variation which passes the natural limit in any direction clashes in some way with surrounding circum- stances , and is dangerous to the life of the indivi- dual . The normal or graphic line , or line of safety , ' of the ...
... extreme variation which passes the natural limit in any direction clashes in some way with surrounding circum- stances , and is dangerous to the life of the indivi- dual . The normal or graphic line , or line of safety , ' of the ...
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... extreme depths had been liable to error , or at all events to doubt , from two sources . The appliances and methods of deep- sea sounding were imperfect , and there was always a possibility , from the action of deep currents upon the ...
... extreme depths had been liable to error , or at all events to doubt , from two sources . The appliances and methods of deep- sea sounding were imperfect , and there was always a possibility , from the action of deep currents upon the ...
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... extreme pressure , and that they do not seem to be affected by it in any way . We dredged at 2,435 fathoms Scrobicularia nitida , MÜLLER , a species which is abundant in six fathoms and at all inter- mediate depths , and at 2,090 ...
... extreme pressure , and that they do not seem to be affected by it in any way . We dredged at 2,435 fathoms Scrobicularia nitida , MÜLLER , a species which is abundant in six fathoms and at all inter- mediate depths , and at 2,090 ...
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... extreme pressure . The required indication is no doubt given , but such an instrument is at the same time an extremely delicate thermoscope , and until lately there has been no perfect means of correcting for temperature . A more ...
... extreme pressure . The required indication is no doubt given , but such an instrument is at the same time an extremely delicate thermoscope , and until lately there has been no perfect means of correcting for temperature . A more ...
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