The American Journal of Science and Arts, Volumes 93-94S. Converse, 1867 - Science |
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... described as occurring at Yankton on the Missouri river . It here contains an abundance of its characteristic fossil , Ostrea congesta . The thickness exposed is about fifty feet , but from an examination of the slope above , I ...
... described as occurring at Yankton on the Missouri river . It here contains an abundance of its characteristic fossil , Ostrea congesta . The thickness exposed is about fifty feet , but from an examination of the slope above , I ...
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... described by him from a selected collection forwarded to him , would seem to constitute an isolated group , almost unconnected specifically , with the lower members of the Cretaceous of the Southwest and elsewhere ; whereas in reality ...
... described by him from a selected collection forwarded to him , would seem to constitute an isolated group , almost unconnected specifically , with the lower members of the Cretaceous of the Southwest and elsewhere ; whereas in reality ...
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... described in the September number of this Journal , calling it the " Colorado meteorite . " Owing to the discovery of another in the same territory ( specimens of which have been in my possession for some little time ) , it will be ...
... described in the September number of this Journal , calling it the " Colorado meteorite . " Owing to the discovery of another in the same territory ( specimens of which have been in my possession for some little time ) , it will be ...
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... described a path of 135 ° . I was at first a bright point , but after a time burst out into a flame and left a train for several seconds . The duration of flight was called four seconds . At Newark and Philadelphia the same star described ...
... described a path of 135 ° . I was at first a bright point , but after a time burst out into a flame and left a train for several seconds . The duration of flight was called four seconds . At Newark and Philadelphia the same star described ...
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... described variety . The diameters of the cavities in both are the same , being from one to one and a half inches . The differences in the depth of the cavities in the two varieties probably grew out of the hardness of the bottom where ...
... described variety . The diameters of the cavities in both are the same , being from one to one and a half inches . The differences in the depth of the cavities in the two varieties probably grew out of the hardness of the bottom where ...
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