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 Forms |
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The new aspects of nature with which he was brought into contact in Australia
aroused his spirit of investigation , and in 1857 he was reading before the
Philosophical Institute of Victoria a paper on ' The Origin of Whirlwinds . ' This
paper is ...
The new aspects of nature with which he was brought into contact in Australia
aroused his spirit of investigation , and in 1857 he was reading before the
Philosophical Institute of Victoria a paper on ' The Origin of Whirlwinds . ' This
paper is ...
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... of those who have so well upheld the natural history fame of the Newcastle
district . LIST OF WORKS AND PAPERS , BY MR . THOMAS BELT . An Inquiry
into the Origin of Whirlwinds . Read before the Philosophical Institute , and
published ...
... of those who have so well upheld the natural history fame of the Newcastle
district . LIST OF WORKS AND PAPERS , BY MR . THOMAS BELT . An Inquiry
into the Origin of Whirlwinds . Read before the Philosophical Institute , and
published ...
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156 . Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society . On the Steppes of Siberia . Vol
. xxx . , p . 463 . On the Steppes of Southern Russia . Vol . xxx . , p . 843 . On the
Drift of Devon and Cornwall : its Origin , Correlation with that of the South - West ...
156 . Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society . On the Steppes of Siberia . Vol
. xxx . , p . 463 . On the Steppes of Southern Russia . Vol . xxx . , p . 843 . On the
Drift of Devon and Cornwall : its Origin , Correlation with that of the South - West ...
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... plains Vegetation of the plains - Armadillo - Savannahs Jicara treesJicara
bowls Origin of gourd - shaped pottery - CoyotesMule - breeding - Reach
Acoyapo Festa - Cross high rangeEsquipula The Rio Mico - Supposed
statues ...
... plains Vegetation of the plains - Armadillo - Savannahs Jicara treesJicara
bowls Origin of gourd - shaped pottery - CoyotesMule - breeding - Reach
Acoyapo Festa - Cross high rangeEsquipula The Rio Mico - Supposed
statues ...
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CONTENTS . xxvii PAGE of the gold - Lodes richer next the surface than at lower
depths - Excavation and reduction of the ore - Extraction of the gold Mantos
Origin of mineral veins : their connection with intrusions of plutonic rocks .
CONTENTS . xxvii PAGE of the gold - Lodes richer next the surface than at lower
depths - Excavation and reduction of the ore - Extraction of the gold Mantos
Origin of mineral veins : their connection with intrusions of plutonic rocks .
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| Title | 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 Forms |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | E. Bumpus, 1888 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 26 nov. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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