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... known , over large tracts of the bed of the ocean , is chiefly derived from the observations made in the Challenger ' and in the previous deep - sea expedi- tions which were organized by Sir Wyville Thomson and Dr. Carpenter . The ...
... known , over large tracts of the bed of the ocean , is chiefly derived from the observations made in the Challenger ' and in the previous deep - sea expedi- tions which were organized by Sir Wyville Thomson and Dr. Carpenter . The ...
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... known by a work on the application of the spectroscope to chemical analysis . Our knowledge of aerolites has of late years been greatly increased ; and I cannot occupy a few moments of your time more usefully than by briefly referring ...
... known by a work on the application of the spectroscope to chemical analysis . Our knowledge of aerolites has of late years been greatly increased ; and I cannot occupy a few moments of your time more usefully than by briefly referring ...
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... known to the world the principles of his analytical machine -a gigantic conception , the effort to realize which it is known was one of the chief objects of Babbage's later life . The latest development of this con- ception is to be ...
... known to the world the principles of his analytical machine -a gigantic conception , the effort to realize which it is known was one of the chief objects of Babbage's later life . The latest development of this con- ception is to be ...
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... known element of whose presence we are certain , in those vast sheets of ignited gas of which the nebulæ proper are composed . Nitrogen is also widely diffused among the stellar bodies , and carbon has been discovered in more than one ...
... known element of whose presence we are certain , in those vast sheets of ignited gas of which the nebulæ proper are composed . Nitrogen is also widely diffused among the stellar bodies , and carbon has been discovered in more than one ...
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... known as " The Great Oven , ” which connects with one another " The Cave of Inscriptions " and " The Bear's Den , " the two remotest chambers of the Cavern . The Great Oven may be said to consist of three Reaches , the Eastern , Central ...
... known as " The Great Oven , ” which connects with one another " The Cave of Inscriptions " and " The Bear's Den , " the two remotest chambers of the Cavern . The Great Oven may be said to consist of three Reaches , the Eastern , Central ...
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