Hardwicke's Science-gossipRobert Hardwicke, 1885 |
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... mean an establishment with amateur observers pretending to do original astronomical work , and thereby supple- menting or superseding the Greenwich business ; but simply a good astronomical peep - show , where millions of people who ...
... mean an establishment with amateur observers pretending to do original astronomical work , and thereby supple- menting or superseding the Greenwich business ; but simply a good astronomical peep - show , where millions of people who ...
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... means of a couple of screws to the under surface of the block , so that the fine screw works up and down in the centre of the pewter tube . Get also one of the coarse iron screws with brass fittings , such as are used to fasten old ...
... means of a couple of screws to the under surface of the block , so that the fine screw works up and down in the centre of the pewter tube . Get also one of the coarse iron screws with brass fittings , such as are used to fasten old ...
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... means . 13 HI K Vertical scale about 800 feet to the. of his followers , retired to Glastonbury , where they greatly improved the church and form of religion , and moreover enriched the altar with a sapphire of inestimable value . King ...
... means . 13 HI K Vertical scale about 800 feet to the. of his followers , retired to Glastonbury , where they greatly improved the church and form of religion , and moreover enriched the altar with a sapphire of inestimable value . King ...
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... means uncommon , and with it Cochlicopa tridens , Helix arbustorum , H. lapicida , and others . On a wall at Battle we found some specimens of Clausilia rugosa , var . gracilior , and close by one C. laminata . Helix cartusiana was ...
... means uncommon , and with it Cochlicopa tridens , Helix arbustorum , H. lapicida , and others . On a wall at Battle we found some specimens of Clausilia rugosa , var . gracilior , and close by one C. laminata . Helix cartusiana was ...
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... mean its middle pair ) . I think its food consists of the disintegrated particles of alge , which I have in the aquarium , and which by some means or other have become separated from their respective plants . Should my surmise prove ...
... mean its middle pair ) . I think its food consists of the disintegrated particles of alge , which I have in the aquarium , and which by some means or other have become separated from their respective plants . Should my surmise prove ...
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