Nature, 14. köideSir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1876 |
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... fact that the light from certain parts of the sky is polarised , and the plane of polarisation depends on the position of the sun ; this is included in the collection . It would take too long to refer in detail to the now nume- rous ...
... fact that the light from certain parts of the sky is polarised , and the plane of polarisation depends on the position of the sun ; this is included in the collection . It would take too long to refer in detail to the now nume- rous ...
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... fact that the plants collected amounted to 5,000 specimens , representing upwards of 500 species , of which a fifth are new . But especially im- portant was the booty in zoology , which is Prejevalsky's own specialty , for this included ...
... fact that the plants collected amounted to 5,000 specimens , representing upwards of 500 species , of which a fifth are new . But especially im- portant was the booty in zoology , which is Prejevalsky's own specialty , for this included ...
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... fact that of the two treatises which head this article , No. 1 , by Professors Kautzsch and Socin , is against , whilst No. 2 , by Prof. Koch is for the genuineness of these discoveries . After a careful study of the question , we shall ...
... fact that of the two treatises which head this article , No. 1 , by Professors Kautzsch and Socin , is against , whilst No. 2 , by Prof. Koch is for the genuineness of these discoveries . After a careful study of the question , we shall ...
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... fact that it is much colder than the mean winter tem- perature of the area which it occupies , and colder than the mean winter temperature of the crust of the earth ; that it is moving in one mass from the southward is shown by the ...
... fact that it is much colder than the mean winter tem- perature of the area which it occupies , and colder than the mean winter temperature of the crust of the earth ; that it is moving in one mass from the southward is shown by the ...
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... fact that the principal governments of Europe have enthusiastically seconded the efforts of the British Government , ought to excite that curiosity to the utmost . A great deal of mystery still hangs about science and scientific men and ...
... fact that the principal governments of Europe have enthusiastically seconded the efforts of the British Government , ought to excite that curiosity to the utmost . A great deal of mystery still hangs about science and scientific men and ...
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