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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... inches and a half long , the other from nine to ten inches . The jaw he exhibited confirmed the view that there are two species , one of which is of small size ; it was of small size , yet was that of an adult animal , as shown by the ...
... inches and a half long , the other from nine to ten inches . The jaw he exhibited confirmed the view that there are two species , one of which is of small size ; it was of small size , yet was that of an adult animal , as shown by the ...
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... inches or even more in diameter ; tubercles 1 line long , spines - 1 lines long , in B. 1-2 lines long ; uppermost spines of each areola in the fully developed plant 3 to 4 times as long as the others , and strongly clavate , surrounded ...
... inches or even more in diameter ; tubercles 1 line long , spines - 1 lines long , in B. 1-2 lines long ; uppermost spines of each areola in the fully developed plant 3 to 4 times as long as the others , and strongly clavate , surrounded ...
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... inches high ; hooks much longer than the radial spines , which are 3-6 lines long . Flowers below the top , nearly one inch in diameter . Berry and seed small , the latter only 0.4 line long . 7. M. WRIGHTII , E. 1. c .: depresso ...
... inches high ; hooks much longer than the radial spines , which are 3-6 lines long . Flowers below the top , nearly one inch in diameter . Berry and seed small , the latter only 0.4 line long . 7. M. WRIGHTII , E. 1. c .: depresso ...
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... inches high . Radial spines 2-3 lines long ; the lower central spine a little longer . Flowers apparently yellowish - white , and half an inch in diameter . 3. Setosa , Salm . 9. M. BICOLOR , Lehm .: depressa , ovata , s . cylindracea ...
... inches high . Radial spines 2-3 lines long ; the lower central spine a little longer . Flowers apparently yellowish - white , and half an inch in diameter . 3. Setosa , Salm . 9. M. BICOLOR , Lehm .: depressa , ovata , s . cylindracea ...
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... longer than the upper ones central spines 1 or 2 , shorter . § 5. Longimamma , Salm . 13. M. SPHÆRICA , Dietr ... inches long . Fruit not seen . Subgen . 2. CORYPHANTHA . Flores e basi tuberculorum hornotino- rum aculeiferorum ...
... longer than the upper ones central spines 1 or 2 , shorter . § 5. Longimamma , Salm . 13. M. SPHÆRICA , Dietr ... inches long . Fruit not seen . Subgen . 2. CORYPHANTHA . Flores e basi tuberculorum hornotino- rum aculeiferorum ...
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4to pamph 8vo pamph Academy acid aculeis aculeis radialibus albidis allantois angulatis animal apice areolis articulis ASA GRAY B. A. Gould Band basi Boston brevioribus Bruxelles carbon cells cellulis central spines centralibus chair Cherbourg Class Committee Cotyledones crustacea Eclipse Edward Sabine El Paso elongatis embryo exhibited fishes flavis flore floribus Flower foliis fossil Fruit genus gerentibus Glanis Gray heat Heft hundred Hydrogen inches high inches in diameter inferioribus iron joints lines in diameter lines long London longioribus LOUIS AGASSIZ magnis mass Mémoires MONTHLY MEETING motion Nitrogen observed Opuntia ovario ovatis ovum Oxygen Paris Paso patulis paullo Petala petalis plant plerumque present PRESIDENT Professor Agassiz Professor Lovering Professor Peirce pulvillis radial spines radiantibus rectis remarks Report River robustis Royal sæpe Sciences Section Seeds seminibus Society species specimens starch stigmatibus superioribus tetradrachmon tion Treadwell tubercles tuberculis Wien Wisl Wolffian bodies
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