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... Earth ; by G. B. AIRY , Esq . , F.R.S. , etc. , XXXVIII . On the rate of Evaporation on the Tulare Lakes of California ; by WM . P. BLAKE , XXXIX . On Electric Conduction ; by Prof. FARADAY , D.C.L. , etc. , XL . On the Occurrence of ...
... Earth ; by G. B. AIRY , Esq . , F.R.S. , etc. , XXXVIII . On the rate of Evaporation on the Tulare Lakes of California ; by WM . P. BLAKE , XXXIX . On Electric Conduction ; by Prof. FARADAY , D.C.L. , etc. , XL . On the Occurrence of ...
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... earth- quakes ; the sea rose in a wave five fathoms above its usual height , overflowing the town and carrying houses and temples before it in its retreat . When it fell it left but four feet of water in the harbor . It rose and sunk ...
... earth- quakes ; the sea rose in a wave five fathoms above its usual height , overflowing the town and carrying houses and temples before it in its retreat . When it fell it left but four feet of water in the harbor . It rose and sunk ...
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... earth over the box will greatly hinder changes of temperature and evaporation . Only let it be remem- bered that the jars should be kept full , either by refilling or by hindering evaporation . The form of a battery described above has ...
... earth over the box will greatly hinder changes of temperature and evaporation . Only let it be remem- bered that the jars should be kept full , either by refilling or by hindering evaporation . The form of a battery described above has ...
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... earth , causing an indentation of the surrounding base of the preceding leaf in form like a spur , boring through the old bulb and penetrating vertically into the ground , and at the same time sinking itself into a deeper stratum with ...
... earth , causing an indentation of the surrounding base of the preceding leaf in form like a spur , boring through the old bulb and penetrating vertically into the ground , and at the same time sinking itself into a deeper stratum with ...
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... earth , only reaching the world of light , towards which all plants strive , in its posterity , viz . , in the quadrifoliate and unifloral lateral shoots which it sends up . The first generation of Viola odorata and related species ...
... earth , only reaching the world of light , towards which all plants strive , in its posterity , viz . , in the quadrifoliate and unifloral lateral shoots which it sends up . The first generation of Viola odorata and related species ...
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