Nature, Volumen24Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1881 |
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... seen that something had gone hopelessly wrong . THE following excursions have been arranged ] for by the Geologists ' Association : -To Croydon , Shirley and the Adding- ton Hills , May 7 ; to Grays , Essex , May 14 ; Sheppey , May 23 ...
... seen that something had gone hopelessly wrong . THE following excursions have been arranged ] for by the Geologists ' Association : -To Croydon , Shirley and the Adding- ton Hills , May 7 ; to Grays , Essex , May 14 ; Sheppey , May 23 ...
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... seen the new volume contains much matter of permanent interest . WE have received Nos . 6 , 7 , and 8 ( in one thick volume ) of the Bulletin of the Union Géographique of the North of France . M. Leon Lacroix has a long paper describing ...
... seen the new volume contains much matter of permanent interest . WE have received Nos . 6 , 7 , and 8 ( in one thick volume ) of the Bulletin of the Union Géographique of the North of France . M. Leon Lacroix has a long paper describing ...
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... seen is the shadow of the pin , thrown on the retina by the light diverging from the small hole . As the shadow is erect on the retina , it produces vision of an inverted pin . This appears to be situated about the distance of most ...
... seen is the shadow of the pin , thrown on the retina by the light diverging from the small hole . As the shadow is erect on the retina , it produces vision of an inverted pin . This appears to be situated about the distance of most ...
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... seen ; it was a fine specimen , some twenty - five feet in height and nearly fifty - two feet in circumference . Another larger and deeper lake was called by the natives Karri- karri . Here baobabs abounded . The third of the great salt ...
... seen ; it was a fine specimen , some twenty - five feet in height and nearly fifty - two feet in circumference . Another larger and deeper lake was called by the natives Karri- karri . Here baobabs abounded . The third of the great salt ...
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... seen , but although at least 10,000 bullets had been fired off , only four elephants had been killed . At last leave was given to the author to accompany some of the queens who had come from the Barotse country , and on December I he ...
... seen , but although at least 10,000 bullets had been fired off , only four elephants had been killed . At last leave was given to the author to accompany some of the queens who had come from the Barotse country , and on December I he ...
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