The Quarterly Journal of Science, Volume 3John Churchill and Sons, 1866 - Science |
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... ground , and 35 feet at 6 feet from the surface . Humboldt made it only 45 feet in circumference , but he must have measured it higher up ; I once cleared the ground round the trunk and found it 49 feet . Many years ago a large arm was ...
... ground , and 35 feet at 6 feet from the surface . Humboldt made it only 45 feet in circumference , but he must have measured it higher up ; I once cleared the ground round the trunk and found it 49 feet . Many years ago a large arm was ...
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... ground of this zone is covered with moss . The third zone , which is generally enveloped in clouds towards It may be con- the evening , extends to 5,400 feet above the sea . sidered as the true region of the arborescent ferns and that ...
... ground of this zone is covered with moss . The third zone , which is generally enveloped in clouds towards It may be con- the evening , extends to 5,400 feet above the sea . sidered as the true region of the arborescent ferns and that ...
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... ground till 1757 , was exactly the same as the present plague . Of this we have proof in the descriptions extant of the symptoms then observed , and of the morbid appearances after death . In a paper communicated to the Royal Society in ...
... ground till 1757 , was exactly the same as the present plague . Of this we have proof in the descriptions extant of the symptoms then observed , and of the morbid appearances after death . In a paper communicated to the Royal Society in ...
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... ground for believing that the ark of the covenant , held so sacred by the Jews , contained nothing more nor less than a Phallus , the ark being the type of the Argha or Yoni . " Of the last volume we need say no more than that it is ...
... ground for believing that the ark of the covenant , held so sacred by the Jews , contained nothing more nor less than a Phallus , the ark being the type of the Argha or Yoni . " Of the last volume we need say no more than that it is ...
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... grounds , is valuable . The principle of Müller is that the surest way to prove the correctness of Darwin's views would be to apply them to a particular group of animals , going as much as possible into detail . Such an attempt to set ...
... grounds , is valuable . The principle of Müller is that the surest way to prove the correctness of Darwin's views would be to apply them to a particular group of animals , going as much as possible into detail . Such an attempt to set ...
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