The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts, 13. köideA. and C. Black, 1861 |
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... Theory of Dew . " By CHARLES TOMLINSON , Lecturer on Science , King's College School , London , 6 56 4. The Theory of Terminal Fructification in the Simple Plant , of Ovules and Pollen , and of Spores . By Dr MACVICAR , Moffat , 5. An ...
... Theory of Dew . " By CHARLES TOMLINSON , Lecturer on Science , King's College School , London , 6 56 4. The Theory of Terminal Fructification in the Simple Plant , of Ovules and Pollen , and of Spores . By Dr MACVICAR , Moffat , 5. An ...
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... theory of the origin of this water is , that it is simply rain - water , which has penetrated or permeated the crust of the earth , and has made its way into huge reservoirs in its interior , in which re- servoir it has been stored . 2 ...
... theory of the origin of this water is , that it is simply rain - water , which has penetrated or permeated the crust of the earth , and has made its way into huge reservoirs in its interior , in which re- servoir it has been stored . 2 ...
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... theory of those , who assert the connec- tion between the water ejected in the course of volcanic eruptions or earthquakes and that of lakes or rivers . That there may be a connection in certain rare instances is pos- sible ; but this ...
... theory of those , who assert the connec- tion between the water ejected in the course of volcanic eruptions or earthquakes and that of lakes or rivers . That there may be a connection in certain rare instances is pos- sible ; but this ...
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... Theory of Dew . " By CHARLES TOMLINSON , Lecturer on Science , King's College School , London . Probably there never was a scientific treatise at once so famous and so little known , as the " Essay on Dew , " by William Charles Wells ...
... Theory of Dew . " By CHARLES TOMLINSON , Lecturer on Science , King's College School , London . Probably there never was a scientific treatise at once so famous and so little known , as the " Essay on Dew , " by William Charles Wells ...
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... theory , as respects the subject in hand . Now , in a case of this kind , it is not necessary to the author's fame or origi- nality that all his experiments should be new ; it is not only right , but desirable , that he should take ...
... theory , as respects the subject in hand . Now , in a case of this kind , it is not necessary to the author's fame or origi- nality that all his experiments should be new ; it is not only right , but desirable , that he should take ...
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