Hardwicke's Science-gossipRobert Hardwicke, 1885 |
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... nearly all , the writers whose papers have appeared in these pages . A brief interregnum , however , has occurred . Owing to failing health , the Editor was obliged to take as long a holiday as he could . Fortunately , the same able ...
... nearly all , the writers whose papers have appeared in these pages . A brief interregnum , however , has occurred . Owing to failing health , the Editor was obliged to take as long a holiday as he could . Fortunately , the same able ...
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... near , but rarely before , Christ- mas . We have come to the conclusion , after a patient research , and sifting the exceedingly few facts known , that its pedigree is not nearly so extensive as is popularly supposed . " THE GEOLOGICAL ...
... near , but rarely before , Christ- mas . We have come to the conclusion , after a patient research , and sifting the exceedingly few facts known , that its pedigree is not nearly so extensive as is popularly supposed . " THE GEOLOGICAL ...
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... nearly exhausted ) are still being cut out of the hard concretionary nodules of sandstone . At Haldon , however , the fossil fauna ( corals excepted ) is comparatively poor , for out of some 200 species found at Blackdown 50 only occur ...
... nearly exhausted ) are still being cut out of the hard concretionary nodules of sandstone . At Haldon , however , the fossil fauna ( corals excepted ) is comparatively poor , for out of some 200 species found at Blackdown 50 only occur ...
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... almost in centre of periphery . From Fulham . 5. Limnæa glutinosa , monst . Spire very short , sunken , slightly raised at apex , body whorl swollen above , top of shell nearly flat . St. Nicholas Marsh , with type . 6. L. peregra , var ...
... almost in centre of periphery . From Fulham . 5. Limnæa glutinosa , monst . Spire very short , sunken , slightly raised at apex , body whorl swollen above , top of shell nearly flat . St. Nicholas Marsh , with type . 6. L. peregra , var ...
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... nearly full - grown , as well as a single elegantly urn - shaped thin wax cell containing a very little clear honey . The summer of 1883 , however , was remark- able for a superabundance of the social wasps , and an abundance of the ...
... nearly full - grown , as well as a single elegantly urn - shaped thin wax cell containing a very little clear honey . The summer of 1883 , however , was remark- able for a superabundance of the social wasps , and an abundance of the ...
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