The American Journal of Science and Arts, Volumes 93-94S. Converse, 1867 - Science |
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... nearly twelve months continued a dili- gent student of subjects far more peaceable , and far more conge- nial to his turn of mind . Nevertheless the return of Napoleon from Elba once more finds him in a soldier's uniform , but now only ...
... nearly twelve months continued a dili- gent student of subjects far more peaceable , and far more conge- nial to his turn of mind . Nevertheless the return of Napoleon from Elba once more finds him in a soldier's uniform , but now only ...
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... nearly vertical bluffs , extending sometimes several miles . The rock varies in texture from a nearly white , soft chalk , much like our chalk of commerce , to a somewhat compact limestone which is used for burning into lime and for ...
... nearly vertical bluffs , extending sometimes several miles . The rock varies in texture from a nearly white , soft chalk , much like our chalk of commerce , to a somewhat compact limestone which is used for burning into lime and for ...
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... nearly north , up the west side of James river . Our path led over a gently rolling prairie for sixty - five miles , with not a tree or a bush to greet the eye . There were no cut bluffs along the little streams over which we passed ...
... nearly north , up the west side of James river . Our path led over a gently rolling prairie for sixty - five miles , with not a tree or a bush to greet the eye . There were no cut bluffs along the little streams over which we passed ...
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... Nearly all of our writers on Indian history have invested this place with a number of legends or myths . They have rep resented the locality as having been known to the Indians from remote antiquity . All these notions , I am convinced ...
... Nearly all of our writers on Indian history have invested this place with a number of legends or myths . They have rep resented the locality as having been known to the Indians from remote antiquity . All these notions , I am convinced ...
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... ( nearly pure C ) . 10. KABAITE , ( Shepard ) . CHO ( meteoric petroleum ) . 11. CHROMITE . Fe er ( with traces of Mg ) . 12. QUARTZ . Si . 13. OLIVINE , Fe2 Si + 9 Mg2Si ( = Si 41-3 , Mg 47 ′ , Fe 10 ) . 14. AUGITE OF ENSTATITE . Mg Si ...
... ( nearly pure C ) . 10. KABAITE , ( Shepard ) . CHO ( meteoric petroleum ) . 11. CHROMITE . Fe er ( with traces of Mg ) . 12. QUARTZ . Si . 13. OLIVINE , Fe2 Si + 9 Mg2Si ( = Si 41-3 , Mg 47 ′ , Fe 10 ) . 14. AUGITE OF ENSTATITE . Mg Si ...
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