Annual Record of Science and Industry, 7. köideSpencer Fullerton Baird Harper & Brothers, 1878 Annual record for 1874-78 contains "Select works on science published during 1874-78." |
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... Lakes and of the Mississippi River .. 220 Miscellaneous Department Surveys ..... 219 THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT : United States Coast Survey .. 222 GEOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA - Continued . THE UNITED STATES viii TABLE OF CONTENTS .
... Lakes and of the Mississippi River .. 220 Miscellaneous Department Surveys ..... 219 THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT : United States Coast Survey .. 222 GEOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA - Continued . THE UNITED STATES viii TABLE OF CONTENTS .
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... Rivers .. 354 Soil - Absorption .... 355 The Causes of Soil - Absorption .. 356 The Absorption of Bases by the Soil ... 356 The Sources of the Nitrogen of Vegetation ..... Oxidation of Nitrogen Compounds in the Soil .. SOURCES AND ...
... Rivers .. 354 Soil - Absorption .... 355 The Causes of Soil - Absorption .. 356 The Absorption of Bases by the Soil ... 356 The Sources of the Nitrogen of Vegetation ..... Oxidation of Nitrogen Compounds in the Soil .. SOURCES AND ...
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... River , in the White Mountains . Of the meteorites which have been described during the past year , several deserve especial mention . M. Daubrée has described a meteoric stone which fell at Feid - Chair , province of Constantine ...
... River , in the White Mountains . Of the meteorites which have been described during the past year , several deserve especial mention . M. Daubrée has described a meteoric stone which fell at Feid - Chair , province of Constantine ...
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... rivers . They consist of gneisses frequently granitoid , often hornblendic , but scarcely micaceous , which are ... River , are also Laurentian , to which are referred the similar stratified rocks found in the same range farther ...
... rivers . They consist of gneisses frequently granitoid , often hornblendic , but scarcely micaceous , which are ... River , are also Laurentian , to which are referred the similar stratified rocks found in the same range farther ...
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... River , near Marion , is referred to the Lower Taconic , of which it has the characters . Portions of this quartzite are granular and flexible , and constitute the rock known as flexible sandstone , or itacolumite . This gran- ular ...
... River , near Marion , is referred to the Lower Taconic , of which it has the characters . Portions of this quartzite are granular and flexible , and constitute the rock known as flexible sandstone , or itacolumite . This gran- ular ...
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