Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical Society of Great Britain, 23. köideVictoria Institute., 1890 Each volume includes list of members, and "objects of the institute" (except v. 31, which has no list of members). Beginning with v. 12, a list of the papers contained in preceding volumes is issued regularly with each volume. |
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Page 47
... land on account of the heavy surf and the absence of any dry land . However , they contended with the ocean , and " the shallow waters vanished , leaving the island elevated far above the surrounding ocean . " Here they took up their ...
... land on account of the heavy surf and the absence of any dry land . However , they contended with the ocean , and " the shallow waters vanished , leaving the island elevated far above the surrounding ocean . " Here they took up their ...
Page 48
... land appeared . They stamped again , and up sprang the grass , trees , and other vegetation . Then they caused a man and a woman to grow from the ti plant , and from these sprang the present inhabitants . An interesting Mangaian ...
... land appeared . They stamped again , and up sprang the grass , trees , and other vegetation . Then they caused a man and a woman to grow from the ti plant , and from these sprang the present inhabitants . An interesting Mangaian ...
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... land gained from the sea . The fact that the shells lying on the bare surface of Christmas Island have not decayed is urged by Mr. Darwin as affording evidence of an increase of the reef in a period not very remote . This is true enough ...
... land gained from the sea . The fact that the shells lying on the bare surface of Christmas Island have not decayed is urged by Mr. Darwin as affording evidence of an increase of the reef in a period not very remote . This is true enough ...
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... land enclosing a lake is subsequently formed from the materials piled up by the waves . Thus the atoll was pro- duced , in the opinion of Chamisso , by the natural growth of corals and by the action of the waves . Mr. Darwin himself ...
... land enclosing a lake is subsequently formed from the materials piled up by the waves . Thus the atoll was pro- duced , in the opinion of Chamisso , by the natural growth of corals and by the action of the waves . Mr. Darwin himself ...
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... land slope is at once negatived by the fact that the slope of the land in the reef - encircled islands of the Pacific is usually 6 degrees or 7 degrees , sometimes only 3 degrees or 4 degrees , but often as much as 10 degrees or 12 ...
... land slope is at once negatived by the fact that the slope of the land in the reef - encircled islands of the Pacific is usually 6 degrees or 7 degrees , sometimes only 3 degrees or 4 degrees , but often as much as 10 degrees or 12 ...
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