Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Volume 3Metcalf and Company, 1857 - Humanities Vol. 12 (from May 1876 to May 1877) includes: Researches in telephony / by A. Graham Bell. |
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... genus of long- armed orangs ( Hylobates ) is considered by some as contain- ing eleven species , while others make ... genus , and their analogy can no more be fully accounted for on any hypothesis of transmission or tradi- tion than in ...
... genus of long- armed orangs ( Hylobates ) is considered by some as contain- ing eleven species , while others make ... genus , and their analogy can no more be fully accounted for on any hypothesis of transmission or tradi- tion than in ...
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... genus mastodon to that of the elephant , as shown by the teeth in the different species discovered by Falconer and Coutley in Asia , and upon the sim- ilarity in the forms of the brains , as showing a much closer affinity between the ...
... genus mastodon to that of the elephant , as shown by the teeth in the different species discovered by Falconer and Coutley in Asia , and upon the sim- ilarity in the forms of the brains , as showing a much closer affinity between the ...
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... genus , Heterandria , in which the sexual differences were very remarkable ; the position and shape of the ventral and other fins being quite different , which he showed by diagrams . The habits of these fishes , living in immense ...
... genus , Heterandria , in which the sexual differences were very remarkable ; the position and shape of the ventral and other fins being quite different , which he showed by diagrams . The habits of these fishes , living in immense ...
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... genus is dedicated to Mr. Joseph Drayton , the principal artist of the Expedition . - - RHYTIDANDRA , Nov. Gen. Olacacearum . Flores hermaphroditi . Calyx parvulus ; tubo cum ovario connato ; limbo cupulari truncato , margine 6-7 ...
... genus is dedicated to Mr. Joseph Drayton , the principal artist of the Expedition . - - RHYTIDANDRA , Nov. Gen. Olacacearum . Flores hermaphroditi . Calyx parvulus ; tubo cum ovario connato ; limbo cupulari truncato , margine 6-7 ...
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... Genus Melicopi et Acronychia affine , Deæ Hawaiensium Pele dica- tum . Species veræ Sandwicenses sex , septima dubia Samoensis . 1. P. CLUSIEFOLIA . - - - Clusia sessilis , Hook . & Arn . non Forst . 2. P. AURICULEFOLIA ( sp . nov ...
... Genus Melicopi et Acronychia affine , Deæ Hawaiensium Pele dica- tum . Species veræ Sandwicenses sex , septima dubia Samoensis . 1. P. CLUSIEFOLIA . - - - Clusia sessilis , Hook . & Arn . non Forst . 2. P. AURICULEFOLIA ( sp . nov ...
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