Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical Society of Great Britain, 40. köideVictoria Institute., 1908 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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... known case of the condemnation of Galileo . It is an old story , one that has been told many a time , but it is worth while to tell it briefly yet once again , since the true lesson of the story is very generally missed In February ...
... known case of the condemnation of Galileo . It is an old story , one that has been told many a time , but it is worth while to tell it briefly yet once again , since the true lesson of the story is very generally missed In February ...
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... known , and their meaning forgotten or misunderstood . Such myths therefore are the evidence of knowledge on the downgrade ; of astronomical knowledge lost ; not of astronomical knowledge incipient . The myths did not give rise to the ...
... known , and their meaning forgotten or misunderstood . Such myths therefore are the evidence of knowledge on the downgrade ; of astronomical knowledge lost ; not of astronomical knowledge incipient . The myths did not give rise to the ...
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... known in Babylon , it is most improbable that the Alexandrian translators would have failed . to obtain the necessary information therefrom . But it is clear that the prophet Amos and the writers of the book of Job , and of the ...
... known in Babylon , it is most improbable that the Alexandrian translators would have failed . to obtain the necessary information therefrom . But it is clear that the prophet Amos and the writers of the book of Job , and of the ...
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... known by the name of the " Campinian Sand . " Now , all these different deposits belong to the same geological era , for they all contain the same remains ; the bones of the lion , elephant , * hyæna , and rhinoceros , being found in ...
... known by the name of the " Campinian Sand . " Now , all these different deposits belong to the same geological era , for they all contain the same remains ; the bones of the lion , elephant , * hyæna , and rhinoceros , being found in ...
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... known as the skull of La Truchère , the possessor of which lived with the lion and the rhinoceros . This splendid skull has a cranial capacity of 1,925 cubic centimetres , whereas the average cranial capacity of the modern Parisians is ...
... known as the skull of La Truchère , the possessor of which lived with the lion and the rhinoceros . This splendid skull has a cranial capacity of 1,925 cubic centimetres , whereas the average cranial capacity of the modern Parisians is ...
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