The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests; with Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living FormsE. Bumpus, 1888 - 403 pages |
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... Origin of Whirlwinds . ' This paper is printed in the Philosophical Magazine for 1859 , to which periodical it was communicated by the Astronomer - Royal . " The auriferous quartz veins of Australia he made his peculiar study , the ...
... Origin of Whirlwinds . ' This paper is printed in the Philosophical Magazine for 1859 , to which periodical it was communicated by the Astronomer - Royal . " The auriferous quartz veins of Australia he made his peculiar study , the ...
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... Origin of Whirlwinds . Read before the Philosophical Institute , and published in the Philo- sophical Magazine , vol . xvii . , p . 47 . Mineral Veins . An Inquiry into their Origin . Founded on a Study of the Auriferous Quartz Veins of ...
... Origin of Whirlwinds . Read before the Philosophical Institute , and published in the Philo- sophical Magazine , vol . xvii . , p . 47 . Mineral Veins . An Inquiry into their Origin . Founded on a Study of the Auriferous Quartz Veins of ...
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... Origin , Cor- relation with that of the South - West of England , and Place in the Glacial Series . Vol . xxxii . , p . 80 . Quarterly Journal of Science . An Examination of the Theories that have been proposed to account for the ...
... Origin , Cor- relation with that of the South - West of England , and Place in the Glacial Series . Vol . xxxii . , p . 80 . Quarterly Journal of Science . An Examination of the Theories that have been proposed to account for the ...
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... Origin of gourd - shaped pottery - Coyotes— Mule - breeding - Reach Acoyapo - Festa - Cross high range-- Esquipula - The Rio Mico - Supposed statues on its banks- Pital - Cultivation of maize - Its use from the earliest times in America ...
... Origin of gourd - shaped pottery - Coyotes— Mule - breeding - Reach Acoyapo - Festa - Cross high range-- Esquipula - The Rio Mico - Supposed statues on its banks- Pital - Cultivation of maize - Its use from the earliest times in America ...
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... Origin of mineral veins : their connec- tion with intrusions of plutonic rocks • PAGE 85 CHAPTER VII . Climate of the north - eastern side of Nicaragua - Excursions around Santo Domingo - The Artígua - Corruption of ancient names ...
... Origin of mineral veins : their connec- tion with intrusions of plutonic rocks • PAGE 85 CHAPTER VII . Climate of the north - eastern side of Nicaragua - Excursions around Santo Domingo - The Artígua - Corruption of ancient names ...
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