Report of the Annual MeetingJ. Murray., 1877 |
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... called for it , may be read in another Section , at the request of the Officers of that Section , with the consent of the Author . Duties of the Doorkeepers . 1. To remain constantly at the Doors of the Rooms to which they are ap ...
... called for it , may be read in another Section , at the request of the Officers of that Section , with the consent of the Author . Duties of the Doorkeepers . 1. To remain constantly at the Doors of the Rooms to which they are ap ...
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... called a spirit of adventure , in nations a spirit of enterprise - which impels mankind forward to explore every part of the world we inhabit , however inhospitable or difficult of access ; and if the country claiming the foremost place ...
... called a spirit of adventure , in nations a spirit of enterprise - which impels mankind forward to explore every part of the world we inhabit , however inhospitable or difficult of access ; and if the country claiming the foremost place ...
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... called by astrono- mers the constant of aberration , Foucault calculated the distance of the earth from the sun , and found it to be one thirtieth part , or about 3,000,000 miles , less than the commonly received number . This ...
... called by astrono- mers the constant of aberration , Foucault calculated the distance of the earth from the sun , and found it to be one thirtieth part , or about 3,000,000 miles , less than the commonly received number . This ...
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... called in question by Lawrence Smith ; and it is no doubt possible that they may have been raised by upheaval from the interior of the earth . I have indeed myself shown by a magneto - chemical process that metallic iron , in particles ...
... called in question by Lawrence Smith ; and it is no doubt possible that they may have been raised by upheaval from the interior of the earth . I have indeed myself shown by a magneto - chemical process that metallic iron , in particles ...
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... called forth a chemist of high renown ; and in a classical memoir recently published , M. Dumas ap- pears to have resolved the difficult problem . His method , although immedi- ately applied to the Phylloxera of the vine , is a general ...
... called forth a chemist of high renown ; and in a classical memoir recently published , M. Dumas ap- pears to have resolved the difficult problem . His method , although immedi- ately applied to the Phylloxera of the vine , is a general ...
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