Hardwicke's Science-gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, 27. köideMordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Ellor Taylor Robert Hardwicke, 1891 |
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... Four cables to France : Dover to Calais , laid in 1851 ( 25 ) , and to Boulogne ( 26 ) , laid in 1859 ; Beachy Head to Dieppe ( 27 ) , and to Havre ( 28 ) . There is a cable from the Dorset coast to Alderney and Guernsey , and from the ...
... Four cables to France : Dover to Calais , laid in 1851 ( 25 ) , and to Boulogne ( 26 ) , laid in 1859 ; Beachy Head to Dieppe ( 27 ) , and to Havre ( 28 ) . There is a cable from the Dorset coast to Alderney and Guernsey , and from the ...
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... four cables and some very long land lines , instead of passing , had it been possible to have sent it by the direct route , over one short land line and six cables , in all under six thousand miles . Perhaps some of our readers may ...
... four cables and some very long land lines , instead of passing , had it been possible to have sent it by the direct route , over one short land line and six cables , in all under six thousand miles . Perhaps some of our readers may ...
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... four , " the squire , " two naturalists , and a Londoner , who had deserted civilised existence in Babylon for a time , for the purpose of studying the untamed agriculturist in his native wilds . The state of the weather of late had ...
... four , " the squire , " two naturalists , and a Londoner , who had deserted civilised existence in Babylon for a time , for the purpose of studying the untamed agriculturist in his native wilds . The state of the weather of late had ...
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... four hundred cuts , in addition to five large and artistically coloured plates . Eighth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey , 2 vols , by J. W. Powell , Director ( Washing- ton : Government Printing Office ) . These ...
... four hundred cuts , in addition to five large and artistically coloured plates . Eighth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey , 2 vols , by J. W. Powell , Director ( Washing- ton : Government Printing Office ) . These ...
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... four hours - for I wrung its neck - the liver was completely rotten . There were no marks of any wound or injury . The feathers were smooth and glossy , but the bird was very light in weight . - R . Ashington Bullen . " PROCEEDINGS ...
... four hours - for I wrung its neck - the liver was completely rotten . There were no marks of any wound or injury . The feathers were smooth and glossy , but the bird was very light in weight . - R . Ashington Bullen . " PROCEEDINGS ...
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