The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... period . As has been pointed out by Prof. Wyville Thomson . ( Depths of the Sea , p . 473 ) , it is difficult to show that any oscillations have occurred in the north of Europe since the termination of the Secondary period , to a ...
... period . As has been pointed out by Prof. Wyville Thomson . ( Depths of the Sea , p . 473 ) , it is difficult to show that any oscillations have occurred in the north of Europe since the termination of the Secondary period , to a ...
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... period . As soon as the first solid lavas raised their heads above water , and were thus exposed to the action of the waves , fragments were detached and rounded on the shore ; and these being swept off , with the débris resulting from ...
... period . As soon as the first solid lavas raised their heads above water , and were thus exposed to the action of the waves , fragments were detached and rounded on the shore ; and these being swept off , with the débris resulting from ...
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... period from the Carboniferous limestone to the present time , and when ( if ever ) the present sea - bed of the Atlantic was in the character of its deep - sea beds , a strong indication dry land , the doctrine first put forth by Prof ...
... period from the Carboniferous limestone to the present time , and when ( if ever ) the present sea - bed of the Atlantic was in the character of its deep - sea beds , a strong indication dry land , the doctrine first put forth by Prof ...
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... period of vibration of a luminous particle is therefore a quantity which in itself is capable of assuming any one of ... period of vibration of a molecule from assuming any one of many thousand different observable values . That which ...
... period of vibration of a luminous particle is therefore a quantity which in itself is capable of assuming any one of ... period of vibration of a molecule from assuming any one of many thousand different observable values . That which ...
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... period , but had declined into a small town in the time of Strabo . Its modern revival has been furthered by the excavation of new canals . ATRIUM , the principal apartment in a Roman house , was entered through the ostium or janua ...
... period , but had declined into a small town in the time of Strabo . Its modern revival has been furthered by the excavation of new canals . ATRIUM , the principal apartment in a Roman house , was entered through the ostium or janua ...
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