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... feet across , which makes the summit , he quickened our enthusiasm by describing the physical struggle by which he lifted him- self so that he could stand on this little three - foot table . He said , " one by one we stood there , and ...
... feet across , which makes the summit , he quickened our enthusiasm by describing the physical struggle by which he lifted him- self so that he could stand on this little three - foot table . He said , " one by one we stood there , and ...
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... feet across , which makes the summit , he quickened our enthusiasm by describing the physical struggle by which he lifted him- self so that he could stand on this little three - foot table . He said , " one by one we stood there , and ...
... feet across , which makes the summit , he quickened our enthusiasm by describing the physical struggle by which he lifted him- self so that he could stand on this little three - foot table . He said , " one by one we stood there , and ...
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... feet . The deposits are distinguished by the following chief characters : 1. The axes of the mountain ranges were the same as at present . The mountain ranges , in relation to the surrounding country , were probably higher than at ...
... feet . The deposits are distinguished by the following chief characters : 1. The axes of the mountain ranges were the same as at present . The mountain ranges , in relation to the surrounding country , were probably higher than at ...
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... feet in thickness , is the only Eocene deposit which has been exactly examined from the standpoint of geology , petrography , and paleontology . Wind - blown volcanic ash , glass , and eruptive feldspar are large ingredients of this ...
... feet in thickness , is the only Eocene deposit which has been exactly examined from the standpoint of geology , petrography , and paleontology . Wind - blown volcanic ash , glass , and eruptive feldspar are large ingredients of this ...
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... feet . Their central area is best shown in Darton's preliminary geo- logic map of the central Great Plains . " History of opinion as to mode of deposition . — The lacustrine - origin theory as to the Great Plains deposits was ...
... feet . Their central area is best shown in Darton's preliminary geo- logic map of the central Great Plains . " History of opinion as to mode of deposition . — The lacustrine - origin theory as to the Great Plains deposits was ...
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Página 74 - Under a wide and starry sky Dig the grave and let me lie. Glad did I live and gladly die And I lay me down with a will. This be the verse you grave for me: " Here he lies, where he longed to he: Home is the sailor, home from the sea, And the hunter home from the hill.
Página 6 - too often quote the rugged insistence of Carlyle: " Produce ! Produce! Were it but the pitifullest infinitesimal fraction of a product, produce it in God's name! 'Tis the utmost thou hast in thee: out with it, then.
Página 3 - IMMEDIATELY on the receipt of a cable announcing the first successful descent of the Barton bathysphere I cabled to Director Beebe for a brief official report to be published in SCIENCE. This is the thirteenth expedition of the Department of Tropical Research of the New York Zoological Society under the direction of William Beebe. It is the fifth year of
Página 1 - average cost of each trip being $9,920. THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS The seventh expedition of the Department of Tropical Research of the New York Zoological Society •was directed to the Galapagos Archipelago, and is known as the Williams Galapagos Expedition. Through the generosity of Mr. Harrison Williams the two hundred and fifty foot steam yacht Noma was chartered for the purpose and left March first on
Página 15 - We cannot see how the differentiation into species came about. Variations of many kinds, .often considerable, we daily witness, but no origin of species. . . . That particular and essential bit of the theory of evolution which is concerned with the origin and nature of species remains utterly mysterious.
Página 74 - Home is the sailor, home from the sea, And the hunter home from the hill.