Nature, 14. köideSir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1876 |
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... feet , and a telescope said to be good , which Legentil brought from India . Valz adds : “ J'ai vu le dessein original de la tache , elle etait grande et de forme trapezoide arrondie , & c . " Hussey's vigorous but prejudiced defence of ...
... feet , and a telescope said to be good , which Legentil brought from India . Valz adds : “ J'ai vu le dessein original de la tache , elle etait grande et de forme trapezoide arrondie , & c . " Hussey's vigorous but prejudiced defence of ...
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... feet long , whereas the diameter of the passage of the ear is quite small , and could not well have been made a large multiple of eight feet . It is evident therefore that it is useless to look for anything corresponding to the ...
... feet long , whereas the diameter of the passage of the ear is quite small , and could not well have been made a large multiple of eight feet . It is evident therefore that it is useless to look for anything corresponding to the ...
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... feet higher than the present channel . During the Glacial epoch ice - action deepened , and more or less modified the existing channel , and scooped out the basin of Bala Lake , which was not previously in existence . The general ...
... feet higher than the present channel . During the Glacial epoch ice - action deepened , and more or less modified the existing channel , and scooped out the basin of Bala Lake , which was not previously in existence . The general ...
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... feet on every side except the south . The depth of the water at the present time is only from 25 to 30 feet , which , considering the extent of land submerged , affords a strong argument in favour of the supposition that the lake ...
... feet on every side except the south . The depth of the water at the present time is only from 25 to 30 feet , which , considering the extent of land submerged , affords a strong argument in favour of the supposition that the lake ...
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... feet , and during the severe drought of the following summer sank to the extent of from one to two feet , but with the returning rains it recovered its former level . If , up to the present time , the first and wet half of a cycle has ...
... feet , and during the severe drought of the following summer sank to the extent of from one to two feet , but with the returning rains it recovered its former level . If , up to the present time , the first and wet half of a cycle has ...
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