Report of the Annual MeetingJ. Murray., 1877 |
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... interest of this observation is greatly enhanced by the circumstance that these masses of meteoric iron , like the basalt with which they are associated , do not belong to the present geologi- cal epoch , but must have fallen long ...
... interest of this observation is greatly enhanced by the circumstance that these masses of meteoric iron , like the basalt with which they are associated , do not belong to the present geologi- cal epoch , but must have fallen long ...
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... of Wüllner on the band- and line - spectra of the gases , and of Guthrie on the cryohydrates . Cosmical chemistry is a science of yesterday : and yet it already abounds in facts of the highest interest . Hydrogen , which , ADDRESS . lxxvii.
... of Wüllner on the band- and line - spectra of the gases , and of Guthrie on the cryohydrates . Cosmical chemistry is a science of yesterday : and yet it already abounds in facts of the highest interest . Hydrogen , which , ADDRESS . lxxvii.
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British Association for the Advancement of Science. facts of the highest interest . Hydrogen , which , if the absolute zero of the physicist does not bar the way , we may hope yet to see in the metallic form , appears to be everywhere ...
British Association for the Advancement of Science. facts of the highest interest . Hydrogen , which , if the absolute zero of the physicist does not bar the way , we may hope yet to see in the metallic form , appears to be everywhere ...
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... interest of the country to encourage a pursuit so ennobling in itself , and fraught with such impor- tant consequences to the wellbeing of the community . Nor is there any question in which this Association , whose special aim is the ...
... interest of the country to encourage a pursuit so ennobling in itself , and fraught with such impor- tant consequences to the wellbeing of the community . Nor is there any question in which this Association , whose special aim is the ...
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... interests involved on all sides are immense , and a false step once taken may be irretrievable . It is with diffidence that I now refer to the subject , even after having given to it the most anxious and careful consideration . As ...
... interests involved on all sides are immense , and a false step once taken may be irretrievable . It is with diffidence that I now refer to the subject , even after having given to it the most anxious and careful consideration . As ...
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