Hardwicke's Science-gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, 2. köideMordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Ellor Taylor Robert Hardwicke, 1867 |
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... known . From 1841 - first year of the exploitation to the 31st December , 1860 , the exportation amounted to 4,026,174 tons , valuing 200 million dollars , or average value 10 millions of piastres a year ; the exportation of 1864 ...
... known . From 1841 - first year of the exploitation to the 31st December , 1860 , the exportation amounted to 4,026,174 tons , valuing 200 million dollars , or average value 10 millions of piastres a year ; the exportation of 1864 ...
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... known to be always at one particular spot they can be stirred up with a stick , when they swim about for a few moments ( generally with their heads towards the light , and their noses to the hinder glass side of the tank ) , with an ...
... known to be always at one particular spot they can be stirred up with a stick , when they swim about for a few moments ( generally with their heads towards the light , and their noses to the hinder glass side of the tank ) , with an ...
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... known under that name . According to Dr. Blume , the name of tchoum is given by the Chinese to Behmeria spicata , Thunb .; and to B. longispica , Steud .; the RHEA of Assam is B. nivea and B. tenacissima , Gaudich .; the TAMEH , RAMI ...
... known under that name . According to Dr. Blume , the name of tchoum is given by the Chinese to Behmeria spicata , Thunb .; and to B. longispica , Steud .; the RHEA of Assam is B. nivea and B. tenacissima , Gaudich .; the TAMEH , RAMI ...
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... known crystalline forms so often to be seen in snow- storms here and elsewhere . Ice is indeed only an aggregate of crystals similar to those of snow , which , lying together in perfect contact , render each other invisible and the ...
... known crystalline forms so often to be seen in snow- storms here and elsewhere . Ice is indeed only an aggregate of crystals similar to those of snow , which , lying together in perfect contact , render each other invisible and the ...
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... known , form interesting objects for examination with the microscope , but it often happens , that for want of a hint or two as to the choice of suitable specimens and the best mode of mounting them when obtained , many cabinets are ...
... known , form interesting objects for examination with the microscope , but it often happens , that for want of a hint or two as to the choice of suitable specimens and the best mode of mounting them when obtained , many cabinets are ...
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