The Annals of Philosophy, Volume 5Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy., 1815 |
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... Shell - Fish in the Moss at Elgin A remarkable Meteor , Dec. 2 , 1814 Of the Weather at Calcutta . ibid . 236 ..ibid . .ibid . .ibid . 235 Mode of Conveying Gas for Lighting the Streets Mr. Accum's Treatise on Gas Light Metallization of ...
... Shell - Fish in the Moss at Elgin A remarkable Meteor , Dec. 2 , 1814 Of the Weather at Calcutta . ibid . 236 ..ibid . .ibid . .ibid . 235 Mode of Conveying Gas for Lighting the Streets Mr. Accum's Treatise on Gas Light Metallization of ...
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... Shells belonging to the genus Anomia of Linnæus and Terrebratula of Lamark . These shells occur in limestone , and he thinks the spiral tubes will furnish characters sufficient to constitute them a new genus . M. Vicillot's paper begun ...
... Shells belonging to the genus Anomia of Linnæus and Terrebratula of Lamark . These shells occur in limestone , and he thinks the spiral tubes will furnish characters sufficient to constitute them a new genus . M. Vicillot's paper begun ...
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... shells are more abundant . The corals belong chiefly to the genera fungia , millepora , eschara , orbitolites , and iubipora . The shells are principally the remains of acephalous mollusca , some of which may be referred to the follow ...
... shells are more abundant . The corals belong chiefly to the genera fungia , millepora , eschara , orbitolites , and iubipora . The shells are principally the remains of acephalous mollusca , some of which may be referred to the follow ...
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... shell lime - stone , ) would be in reality entitled to the name of chemical . Some other phrase , ( immediate deposites , for example , ) might easily be chosen to denote the idea , which then , in my opinion , would be unexceptionable ...
... shell lime - stone , ) would be in reality entitled to the name of chemical . Some other phrase , ( immediate deposites , for example , ) might easily be chosen to denote the idea , which then , in my opinion , would be unexceptionable ...
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... shells in lime - stone are with the lime - stone . His reasons are , that they occur in primitive rocks , as gneis , mica- slate , clay - slate , and appear to be of cotemporaneous formation with these rocks . Brown coal , on the ...
... shells in lime - stone are with the lime - stone . His reasons are , that they occur in primitive rocks , as gneis , mica- slate , clay - slate , and appear to be of cotemporaneous formation with these rocks . Brown coal , on the ...
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