Report of the Annual MeetingJ. Murray., 1877 |
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... Passed by the General Committee , Edinburgh , 1871 . + Notice to Cmtributors of Memoirs.- Authors are reminded that , under an arrange- ment dating from 1871 , the acceptance of Memoirs , and the days on which they are to be and on the ...
... Passed by the General Committee , Edinburgh , 1871 . + Notice to Cmtributors of Memoirs.- Authors are reminded that , under an arrange- ment dating from 1871 , the acceptance of Memoirs , and the days on which they are to be and on the ...
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... a separate note . * Passed by the General Committee , Edinburgh , 1871 . + This and the following sentence were added by the General Committee , 1871 . Secretaries are to correct , on a copy of the XX RULES OF THE ASSOCIATION .
... a separate note . * Passed by the General Committee , Edinburgh , 1871 . + This and the following sentence were added by the General Committee , 1871 . Secretaries are to correct , on a copy of the XX RULES OF THE ASSOCIATION .
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... passed over since the British Association for the Advancement of Science held its tenth meeting in this ancient city , and twenty - one years have elapsed since it last assembled here . The representa- tives of two great Scottish ...
... passed over since the British Association for the Advancement of Science held its tenth meeting in this ancient city , and twenty - one years have elapsed since it last assembled here . The representa- tives of two great Scottish ...
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... passed over without notice , although many of the circumstances connected with it have already become historical . It was to observe this rare astro- nomical phenomenon , on the occasion of its former occurrence in 1769 , that Captain ...
... passed over without notice , although many of the circumstances connected with it have already become historical . It was to observe this rare astro- nomical phenomenon , on the occasion of its former occurrence in 1769 , that Captain ...
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... Passing to the subject of electricity , it is with pleasure that I have to announce the failure of a recent attempt to deprive Oerstedt of his great discovery . It is gratifying thus to find high reputations vindicated , and names which ...
... Passing to the subject of electricity , it is with pleasure that I have to announce the failure of a recent attempt to deprive Oerstedt of his great discovery . It is gratifying thus to find high reputations vindicated , and names which ...
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