Nature, Volume 81Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1909 - Electronic journals |
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... ( published in English and Italian ) . In the two volumes under review , the geological and biological collections and observations of the Duke's expedition are dealt with by a large number of authors , the whole work being edited by Dr ...
... ( published in English and Italian ) . In the two volumes under review , the geological and biological collections and observations of the Duke's expedition are dealt with by a large number of authors , the whole work being edited by Dr ...
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... published in 1896 by the celebrated Italian astronomer , M. Schiaparelli , the discoverer of the canals . This memoir is devoted to a discussion of his observations of the Opposition 1883-4 , while a sixth memoir , published in 1899 and ...
... published in 1896 by the celebrated Italian astronomer , M. Schiaparelli , the discoverer of the canals . This memoir is devoted to a discussion of his observations of the Opposition 1883-4 , while a sixth memoir , published in 1899 and ...
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... published between 1901 and the present year . MR . R. B. HENDERSON , assistant master at Rugby School , has written an introduction to the study of moths and butterflies for the Rugby School Natural History Society , entitled " The ...
... published between 1901 and the present year . MR . R. B. HENDERSON , assistant master at Rugby School , has written an introduction to the study of moths and butterflies for the Rugby School Natural History Society , entitled " The ...
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... published at One Shilling . Reliable Photographic Solutions Essential for successful results TRADE MARK ' TABLOID ' BRAND Photographic Chemicals Of all Dealers Yield developing , toning , and other solutions that are ideal in freshness ...
... published at One Shilling . Reliable Photographic Solutions Essential for successful results TRADE MARK ' TABLOID ' BRAND Photographic Chemicals Of all Dealers Yield developing , toning , and other solutions that are ideal in freshness ...
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... published in German , but it is to be hoped that an English translation will follow in due course . It will be a matter for regret if the efforts of the Cambridge University Press to provide English - speaking biologists with standard ...
... published in German , but it is to be hoped that an English translation will follow in due course . It will be a matter for regret if the efforts of the Cambridge University Press to provide English - speaking biologists with standard ...
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Page xxiii - Are God and Nature then at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life...
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Page 18 - Beardmore was a member of the Council of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and a member of the Smeatonian Club.
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Page 16 - ... among specialists, who will welcome a work of reasonable compass and handy form, containing a trustworthy treatment of the various departments of Natural History by men who are familiar with, and competent to deal with, the latest results of scientific research. Altogether to judge from this first volume, the Cambridge Natural History promises to fulfil all the expectations that its prospectus holds out
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Page xxiv - ... selection index numbers" in such work. The idea of such index numbers is to combine in a single numerical expression the values of a series of variable characters with regard to all of which the breeder wishes to practise selection at the same time. The analytical expression of this idea is discussed and its adaptability and usefulness are illustrated by examples drawn from poultry and maize breeding. It is shown that selection index numbers...