The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts, 11. köideA. and C. Black, 1860 |
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... Mean Temperature in England . By JAMES STARK , M.D. , F.R.S.E. , & c . & c . , 5. Remarks on the recent progress of Sanskrit Literature 228 and Comparative Philology . By JOHN MUIR , D.C.L. , 242 PAGE 6. Some Miscellaneous Observations ...
... Mean Temperature in England . By JAMES STARK , M.D. , F.R.S.E. , & c . & c . , 5. Remarks on the recent progress of Sanskrit Literature 228 and Comparative Philology . By JOHN MUIR , D.C.L. , 242 PAGE 6. Some Miscellaneous Observations ...
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... Means of Natural Selection , or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life . By CHARLES DARWIN , M.A .. PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES : - - British Association , Royal Society of Edinburgh , Botanical Society of Edinburgh ...
... Means of Natural Selection , or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life . By CHARLES DARWIN , M.A .. PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES : - - British Association , Royal Society of Edinburgh , Botanical Society of Edinburgh ...
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... means ela- borateness of organisation , it is not , of course , to be denied that the medusa is in advance of the polype ; but as regards the selection of the phase to be taken as the typical form of the species , I do not see how we ...
... means ela- borateness of organisation , it is not , of course , to be denied that the medusa is in advance of the polype ; but as regards the selection of the phase to be taken as the typical form of the species , I do not see how we ...
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... means . The great function of the germinal or pro- tomorphic zooids is the evolution of the more perfect embryos , of which they serve as budding - stocks ; that of the sexual or gamomorphic zooids is the development of ova and spermato ...
... means . The great function of the germinal or pro- tomorphic zooids is the evolution of the more perfect embryos , of which they serve as budding - stocks ; that of the sexual or gamomorphic zooids is the development of ova and spermato ...
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... wonderful , rather than to what is probable - I mean the assertion that cats , car- ried to the elevation of 13,000 feet , invariably sink , after being seized with very singular shocks of tetanus . This supposed Peruvian Gleanings . 27.
... wonderful , rather than to what is probable - I mean the assertion that cats , car- ried to the elevation of 13,000 feet , invariably sink , after being seized with very singular shocks of tetanus . This supposed Peruvian Gleanings . 27.
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