Nature, Volume 47Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1893 - Electronic journals |
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... regard to n menclature , that Kew has officially refrained from expressing any opinion upon those proposals . It has neither expressed approval nor dis- approval . In America Harvard has long occupied the leading place in the botanical ...
... regard to n menclature , that Kew has officially refrained from expressing any opinion upon those proposals . It has neither expressed approval nor dis- approval . In America Harvard has long occupied the leading place in the botanical ...
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... regard the naturalist who puts a described plant into its proper position in regard to its allies as rendering a greater service to science than its describer when he either puts it into a wrong place or throws it into any of those ...
... regard the naturalist who puts a described plant into its proper position in regard to its allies as rendering a greater service to science than its describer when he either puts it into a wrong place or throws it into any of those ...
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... regard to the body and other legs . These two photographs also show that the antenna is often twitched almost simultaneously with the motion of the 1st leg of its side . M. Demoor also ob- served a scorpion ( Buthus australis ) , but ...
... regard to the body and other legs . These two photographs also show that the antenna is often twitched almost simultaneously with the motion of the 1st leg of its side . M. Demoor also ob- served a scorpion ( Buthus australis ) , but ...
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... regard to the origin of the cells . T2 : most favoured view is that it is produced by the ectoderm , thr it is a thickening of the outer epithelium . Recent researches by Kowalevsky , however ( described to the St. Petersburg Academy ) ...
... regard to the origin of the cells . T2 : most favoured view is that it is produced by the ectoderm , thr it is a thickening of the outer epithelium . Recent researches by Kowalevsky , however ( described to the St. Petersburg Academy ) ...
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... regard to the Nickel and copper retained their power . high power of cobalt , the authors tried that metal in a volta meter , but curiously it showed no hydrogen polarization when the charging circuit was opened . MESSRS . WILLIAMS AND ...
... regard to the Nickel and copper retained their power . high power of cobalt , the authors tried that metal in a volta meter , but curiously it showed no hydrogen polarization when the charging circuit was opened . MESSRS . WILLIAMS AND ...
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