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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... 01 Zoology Comparative MAY 2 1940 LIBRARY Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1878 , by HARPER & BROTHERS , In the Office of the Librarian of Congress , at Washington . PREFACE . THE present volume is the seventh of a.
... 01 Zoology Comparative MAY 2 1940 LIBRARY Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1878 , by HARPER & BROTHERS , In the Office of the Librarian of Congress , at Washington . PREFACE . THE present volume is the seventh of a.
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Spencer Fullerton Baird. PREFACE . THE present volume is the seventh of a series com- menced in 1871 , and which , although entirely unconnected with a work having somewhat the same object - the An- nual of Scientific Discovery - took up ...
Spencer Fullerton Baird. PREFACE . THE present volume is the seventh of a series com- menced in 1871 , and which , although entirely unconnected with a work having somewhat the same object - the An- nual of Scientific Discovery - took up ...
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... present time , show that after fall- ing from the second to the seventh magnitude in nine days , its light diminished very gradually year after year down to nearly the tenth magnitude , at which it has remained pretty constant for the ...
... present time , show that after fall- ing from the second to the seventh magnitude in nine days , its light diminished very gradually year after year down to nearly the tenth magnitude , at which it has remained pretty constant for the ...
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... present rate ) for 50,000,000 years . As so much light , etc. , has not been produced , Lockyer argues that this body " might weigh only a few tons or even hun- dred - weights , " and that it may therefore be quite near to us , and he ...
... present rate ) for 50,000,000 years . As so much light , etc. , has not been produced , Lockyer argues that this body " might weigh only a few tons or even hun- dred - weights , " and that it may therefore be quite near to us , and he ...
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... present successor at the Observatory of Bonn , Dr. Schönfeld , is now engaged in executing this important work . The same methods will be followed by Schönfeld which were so successful formerly ; the equinox of 1855 is chosen as the ...
... present successor at the Observatory of Bonn , Dr. Schönfeld , is now engaged in executing this important work . The same methods will be followed by Schönfeld which were so successful formerly ; the equinox of 1855 is chosen as the ...
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