The Lithology of EdinburghWilliam P. Kennedy, 1859 - 102 pages |
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Page ii
... districts . In the house of a working farmer , like that in which Professor Fleming passed his youth , there was much to call forth the energies of the younger members of the household . Master and servant stood much nearer each other ...
... districts . In the house of a working farmer , like that in which Professor Fleming passed his youth , there was much to call forth the energies of the younger members of the household . Master and servant stood much nearer each other ...
Page v
... district supplied opportunities specially favourable to its exercise and gratification . From early youth he studied Zoology , Botany , and Geology , after a fashion which always leads to success . Having acquired the general ...
... district supplied opportunities specially favourable to its exercise and gratification . From early youth he studied Zoology , Botany , and Geology , after a fashion which always leads to success . Having acquired the general ...
Page xxi
... district . Jameson visited Dunbar , changed his faith , and gave the W. Society a paper , the contents of which were carefully published ; while my Redhead paper was scarcely noticed , except my account of the gravel beds . I was ...
... district . Jameson visited Dunbar , changed his faith , and gave the W. Society a paper , the contents of which were carefully published ; while my Redhead paper was scarcely noticed , except my account of the gravel beds . I was ...
Page xlii
... districts of Argyle and Ross . These probably were the parent stock of our domesticated varieties , which , with but little care , are reared in the remoter districts . 6 " The ' boves sylvestres ' of Lesley ( p XLII MEMOIR .
... districts of Argyle and Ross . These probably were the parent stock of our domesticated varieties , which , with but little care , are reared in the remoter districts . 6 " The ' boves sylvestres ' of Lesley ( p XLII MEMOIR .
Page xlviii
... district in which he laboured on some of these points , and he embraced it . An urn had been found in Tomb - den , Cults , and a letter had ap- peared in the Fife Herald craving information regarding it , and Dr Fleming wrote three ...
... district in which he laboured on some of these points , and he embraced it . An urn had been found in Tomb - den , Cults , and a letter had ap- peared in the Fife Herald craving information regarding it , and Dr Fleming wrote three ...
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