An essay on the philosophy, study, and use of natural historyWhite, Cochrane, and Company, 1813 - 236 pages |
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... remarkable fact that the natu- ralist of the expedition actually collected more than fifteen genera known to be na- tives of Europe on various parts of its surface ; might have removed any such doubt , and confirmed the truth of this by ...
... remarkable fact that the natu- ralist of the expedition actually collected more than fifteen genera known to be na- tives of Europe on various parts of its surface ; might have removed any such doubt , and confirmed the truth of this by ...
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... had so remarkable an interview . This relation , which almost exceeds belief , is given by Dr. SHAW in his General Zoology , vol . viii . part 2d . p . 504 . Thus , the Calmuck Tartar might , perhaps , by 48 PHILOSOPHY OF.
... had so remarkable an interview . This relation , which almost exceeds belief , is given by Dr. SHAW in his General Zoology , vol . viii . part 2d . p . 504 . Thus , the Calmuck Tartar might , perhaps , by 48 PHILOSOPHY OF.
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... remarkable proofs of this kind , which have occurred under my own imme- diate notice . But , as two or three well- authenticated facts are sufficient to eluci- date the truth of any position , or principle , as well as a greater number ...
... remarkable proofs of this kind , which have occurred under my own imme- diate notice . But , as two or three well- authenticated facts are sufficient to eluci- date the truth of any position , or principle , as well as a greater number ...
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... remarkable proofs of more than instinctive sagacity in the common for , from the worthy and eccentric PONTOPPI PAN , had I not known several instances of In the 14th Letter to the Hon . Daines Barrington . t In the same letter in which ...
... remarkable proofs of more than instinctive sagacity in the common for , from the worthy and eccentric PONTOPPI PAN , had I not known several instances of In the 14th Letter to the Hon . Daines Barrington . t In the same letter in which ...
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... remarkable qualities inherent in them ; such as the poles . The hog seems to approach the nearest to our species in that privilege . " - Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , vol . i . P. 349 . loadstone , for instance , which has the ...
... remarkable qualities inherent in them ; such as the poles . The hog seems to approach the nearest to our species in that privilege . " - Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , vol . i . P. 349 . loadstone , for instance , which has the ...
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