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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... Colour in Plants and Animals . By ANDREW MURRAY , F.R.S.E. , PAGE 66 6. Notes on the Aurora of the 28th August , and several subsequent nights , as observed at Lunenburg , Massa- chusetts , Lat . 42 ° 35 ' . By Professor WILLIAM B ...
... Colour in Plants and Animals . By ANDREW MURRAY , F.R.S.E. , PAGE 66 6. Notes on the Aurora of the 28th August , and several subsequent nights , as observed at Lunenburg , Massa- chusetts , Lat . 42 ° 35 ' . By Professor WILLIAM B ...
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... colour prevails much in the glacial accumulations of the higher valleys ; and I could not but recollect , in connection therewith , the red colour of the boulder - clay of Lancashire . On close examination , it was evident that the clay ...
... colour prevails much in the glacial accumulations of the higher valleys ; and I could not but recollect , in connection therewith , the red colour of the boulder - clay of Lancashire . On close examination , it was evident that the clay ...
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... colour , resting on a grooved sur- face of felspar porphyry . The chloritic slates , which form the flanks of Great Langdale along the northern shore of Elter Water , are remarkably ice - moulded and grooved , to an eleva- tion of 650 ...
... colour , resting on a grooved sur- face of felspar porphyry . The chloritic slates , which form the flanks of Great Langdale along the northern shore of Elter Water , are remarkably ice - moulded and grooved , to an eleva- tion of 650 ...
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... Colour in Plants and Animals . By ANDREW MURRAY , F.R.S.E. * I have long thought that an inquiry into the laws by which the external - or what may be called the extrinsic - forms and appearance of organic objects are regulated , might ...
... Colour in Plants and Animals . By ANDREW MURRAY , F.R.S.E. * I have long thought that an inquiry into the laws by which the external - or what may be called the extrinsic - forms and appearance of organic objects are regulated , might ...
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... colour , which may be compared to a fleece . Like the stems of other ferns , the inner parts are soft and pulpy , and the sap of a rich red colour re- sembling blood . From these materials a number of fabulous stories have been ...
... colour , which may be compared to a fleece . Like the stems of other ferns , the inner parts are soft and pulpy , and the sap of a rich red colour re- sembling blood . From these materials a number of fabulous stories have been ...
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