Natural Science: A Monthly Review of Scientific Progress, 1. köideMacmillan, 1892 |
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... Geology , 69 Annals of Scottish Natural History , 9 Antelopes of Somali - land , 255 Anthropology as a science , 252 * Anthropops , 104 Anti - vivisection , 648 Bas Boulonnais , geology of , 414 Bath Museum , 576 Bather on " Museums and ...
... Geology , 69 Annals of Scottish Natural History , 9 Antelopes of Somali - land , 255 Anthropology as a science , 252 * Anthropops , 104 Anti - vivisection , 648 Bas Boulonnais , geology of , 414 Bath Museum , 576 Bather on " Museums and ...
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... Geological Congress , 396 Geological Map of Scotland , 712 Geological Map of United States , 405 Geological Society of London and Equity , Soo Geological Survey of Great Britain , 569 Geologists ' Association , 74 Geologists , early ...
... Geological Congress , 396 Geological Map of Scotland , 712 Geological Map of United States , 405 Geological Society of London and Equity , Soo Geological Survey of Great Britain , 569 Geologists ' Association , 74 Geologists , early ...
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... Geology , " 482 Laramie vertebrata , 90 Larynx , 564 Late flowering plants , 730 Latrodectus formidabilis , 716 Lausanne Museum , 399 Leaves , falling of , 680 Leeches , 93 Leeds Geological Association , 716 Leeds Phil . Soc . Museum ...
... Geology , " 482 Laramie vertebrata , 90 Larynx , 564 Late flowering plants , 730 Latrodectus formidabilis , 716 Lausanne Museum , 399 Leaves , falling of , 680 Leeches , 93 Leeds Geological Association , 716 Leeds Phil . Soc . Museum ...
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... geology of , 7 Mammalia , evolution of , 97 , 489 Mammalia , fossil , of Ireland , 136 Mammalia , Miocene , 566 Mammalian ... Geological Survey , 796 Newspaper science , 5 , 651 , 736 Nomenclature , 409 Nomenclature of insects , 572 ...
... geology of , 7 Mammalia , evolution of , 97 , 489 Mammalia , fossil , of Ireland , 136 Mammalia , Miocene , 566 Mammalian ... Geological Survey , 796 Newspaper science , 5 , 651 , 736 Nomenclature , 409 Nomenclature of insects , 572 ...
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... Geology , 69 Blanford's Mammals of India , 60 Bocquillon - Limousin on Plant poison- antidotes , 553 Brehm's Thierleben ... Geological Map of Scotland , 712 Grandidier's Madagascar Fishes , 152 Gresswell's Africa S. of the Zambesi , 314 ...
... Geology , 69 Blanford's Mammals of India , 60 Bocquillon - Limousin on Plant poison- antidotes , 553 Brehm's Thierleben ... Geological Map of Scotland , 712 Grandidier's Madagascar Fishes , 152 Gresswell's Africa S. of the Zambesi , 314 ...
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Page 48 - THE THANATOPHIDIA OF INDIA; being a Description of the Venomous Snakes of the Indian Peninsula. With an Account of the Influence of their Poison on Life, and a Series of Experiments.
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Page 408 - Britton has not considered it his duty to publish the last written words of Dr. Gray which were addressed to him upon this subject and which expressed his positive opinions upon this point. There is nothing whatever of an ethical character inherent in a name through any priority of publication or position which should render it morally obligatory upon anyone to accept one name rather than another...
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Page 408 - Dr. Gray in his later years and by the Kew botanists, for the reason that once established and pretty generally recognized, it would avoid the great mass of synonymy, which is being heaped like an incubus upon the science. I must express surprise that Dr. Britton had not considered it his duty to publish the last written words of Dr.
Page 640 - When the centuries behind me like a fruitful land reposed ; When I clung to all the present for the promise that it closed : When I...