The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1844 |
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... Species 228-241 BOTANY : New Facts in Vegetable Physiology , Newly Discovered Plants , & c . GEOLOGY and PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY : The Progress of Geology ; Theories and Phenomena ; with details of the Fossil Organic Remains discovered ...
... Species 228-241 BOTANY : New Facts in Vegetable Physiology , Newly Discovered Plants , & c . GEOLOGY and PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY : The Progress of Geology ; Theories and Phenomena ; with details of the Fossil Organic Remains discovered ...
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... species of covering at Mr. Nash's house , in Regent - street , and in other places , are accounted for by the composition having been used in one thin coat , laid upon an improper foundation of lath and tiles . The durability of the ...
... species of covering at Mr. Nash's house , in Regent - street , and in other places , are accounted for by the composition having been used in one thin coat , laid upon an improper foundation of lath and tiles . The durability of the ...
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... species of syringe , or small force - pump , for salting meat under the most adverse circumstances , and in a few mi- nutes ' time , by forcing the brine into its pores . The plunger of the pump is very small - not of much larger ...
... species of syringe , or small force - pump , for salting meat under the most adverse circumstances , and in a few mi- nutes ' time , by forcing the brine into its pores . The plunger of the pump is very small - not of much larger ...
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... species is provided with a peculiar a๋rial sac , which , proceeding from the mouth , conducts the air to the luminous organ . This particular apparatus ought to be the cause of the differ- ences in the luminous state , since the species ...
... species is provided with a peculiar a๋rial sac , which , proceeding from the mouth , conducts the air to the luminous organ . This particular apparatus ought to be the cause of the differ- ences in the luminous state , since the species ...
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Charles W. Vincent, James Mason. species is emitted in sparks . " It is on account of this difference , " says M. Peters , " that I had a great desire to find an opportunity of examining the last - mentioned animal . This I at last ...
Charles W. Vincent, James Mason. species is emitted in sparks . " It is on account of this difference , " says M. Peters , " that I had a great desire to find an opportunity of examining the last - mentioned animal . This I at last ...
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