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... portion at the south end of the building for exhi- biting those Mechanical and Scientific objects , which under a fiction were supposed to have derived their origin in " Patents . " It was necessary that the visitors to all parts of the ...
... portion at the south end of the building for exhi- biting those Mechanical and Scientific objects , which under a fiction were supposed to have derived their origin in " Patents . " It was necessary that the visitors to all parts of the ...
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... portion of the pectoral fins , showed * See Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum , vol . v . p . 268 . The class of Fishes supplies us , also , with an example of aërial locomotion in the well - known Flying Fish . We Since ...
... portion of the pectoral fins , showed * See Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum , vol . v . p . 268 . The class of Fishes supplies us , also , with an example of aërial locomotion in the well - known Flying Fish . We Since ...
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... portion of the cranium which has separated , probably before fossilisation , from the posterior part at the fronto - parietal suture , and in a line descending vertically therefrom . This portion has then been subjected to severe ...
... portion of the cranium which has separated , probably before fossilisation , from the posterior part at the fronto - parietal suture , and in a line descending vertically therefrom . This portion has then been subjected to severe ...
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... portion of an unusually clumsy fibula , and in that respect not unlike the same bone in the Mentone skele- ton . " When Mr. Busk has taken some time to consider the question there are few scientific men who will dispute his verdict ...
... portion of an unusually clumsy fibula , and in that respect not unlike the same bone in the Mentone skele- ton . " When Mr. Busk has taken some time to consider the question there are few scientific men who will dispute his verdict ...
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... portion . A pup , of which the dog is the un- doubted father , has inherited the paternal peculiarity , with the difference that , instead of the end of the tail being turned up , it is turned down . A SERIES of methodical observations ...
... portion . A pup , of which the dog is the un- doubted father , has inherited the paternal peculiarity , with the difference that , instead of the end of the tail being turned up , it is turned down . A SERIES of methodical observations ...
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