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... means agree that " theoretical explanations should be reserved for the recitation - room , ' and not given in the laboratory . Still less would they say that the students should " study thoroughly all the details of an experiment before ...
... means agree that " theoretical explanations should be reserved for the recitation - room , ' and not given in the laboratory . Still less would they say that the students should " study thoroughly all the details of an experiment before ...
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... means of a central permanent eclipse committee is one which might be usefully copied in other countries , where much money has been wasted " by send- ing out a number of mutually independent expeditions , often in charge of incompetent ...
... means of a central permanent eclipse committee is one which might be usefully copied in other countries , where much money has been wasted " by send- ing out a number of mutually independent expeditions , often in charge of incompetent ...
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... means of their common air lines with the iron spectrum , and so by means of the iron lines with the solar spectrum . In the gold group he found many lines due to these metals which up to that time had not been observed , and he also ...
... means of their common air lines with the iron spectrum , and so by means of the iron lines with the solar spectrum . In the gold group he found many lines due to these metals which up to that time had not been observed , and he also ...
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... means by which the study of astronomy will be encouraged , he presented the Cape Observatory , ten years ago , with a large telescope , fittings , and dome , with all the latest improvements , to accomplish work which other- wise would ...
... means by which the study of astronomy will be encouraged , he presented the Cape Observatory , ten years ago , with a large telescope , fittings , and dome , with all the latest improvements , to accomplish work which other- wise would ...
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... means of ordinary chemical poisons the microbes in the living body is fraught with danger , for long before the protoplasm of the microbe is destroyed the cells of the body are irreparably damaged . Internal antiseptic therapy is a ...
... means of ordinary chemical poisons the microbes in the living body is fraught with danger , for long before the protoplasm of the microbe is destroyed the cells of the body are irreparably damaged . Internal antiseptic therapy is a ...
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