The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Volumen43A. and C. Black, 1847 |
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... ; the former was 98 ° of Fahr . when I tried it ; the latter 88 ° . Adjoining them is a well , or rather a little cistern , the water VOL . XLIII . NO . LXXXV . — JULY 1847 . A of which is used for drinking . This is the pitals,
... ; the former was 98 ° of Fahr . when I tried it ; the latter 88 ° . Adjoining them is a well , or rather a little cistern , the water VOL . XLIII . NO . LXXXV . — JULY 1847 . A of which is used for drinking . This is the pitals,
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... latter remarks , which I offer with the hope that they may meet the eye of some influential person belonging to the Company , well disposed to have the West India Mail Steamers made as comfortable and as wholesome as pos- sible for ...
... latter remarks , which I offer with the hope that they may meet the eye of some influential person belonging to the Company , well disposed to have the West India Mail Steamers made as comfortable and as wholesome as pos- sible for ...
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a long diluvian epoch which might more properly be called alluvial , since the latter name has a more general accepta- tion , and may be applied to diluvium , which is only an exag- gerated paroxysm of this great period . " There is ...
a long diluvian epoch which might more properly be called alluvial , since the latter name has a more general accepta- tion , and may be applied to diluvium , which is only an exag- gerated paroxysm of this great period . " There is ...
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... latter case are ejected with so much violence , that they rise to a height often of many thousand feet and fall around in cinders . This action builds up the pointed mountain , while the simple boiling of Kilauea makes no cin- ders and ...
... latter case are ejected with so much violence , that they rise to a height often of many thousand feet and fall around in cinders . This action builds up the pointed mountain , while the simple boiling of Kilauea makes no cin- ders and ...
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... latter having clearly indicated these relations . * Professor Phillips mentions two very imperfect and doubtful scales of fishes , the one in South Devon , the other in North Devon . Palæ . Fossils , p . 133 , figs . 256 , 257 . † See ...
... latter having clearly indicated these relations . * Professor Phillips mentions two very imperfect and doubtful scales of fishes , the one in South Devon , the other in North Devon . Palæ . Fossils , p . 133 , figs . 256 , 257 . † See ...
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