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... miles of the way was over a plain about five miles wide , which was covered to a depth of many feet ( in one place where cracks existed , to not less than twenty feet ) with sulphate of magnesia ( Epsom salts ) , pure and white as newly ...
... miles of the way was over a plain about five miles wide , which was covered to a depth of many feet ( in one place where cracks existed , to not less than twenty feet ) with sulphate of magnesia ( Epsom salts ) , pure and white as newly ...
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... miles of its lake and river course . The waters of the Upper Mississippi I have recently navigated for some hundred miles below the Falls of St. Anthony . The Ohio , Susquehanna , Potomac , and Connecticut rivers I have followed far ...
... miles of its lake and river course . The waters of the Upper Mississippi I have recently navigated for some hundred miles below the Falls of St. Anthony . The Ohio , Susquehanna , Potomac , and Connecticut rivers I have followed far ...
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... miles from Brest . A brief account of some of the animal forms obtained by me in that expedition may not be without interest to some of the readers of NATURE . To Mr. R. London , superintending the expedition , I am greatly indebted for ...
... miles from Brest . A brief account of some of the animal forms obtained by me in that expedition may not be without interest to some of the readers of NATURE . To Mr. R. London , superintending the expedition , I am greatly indebted for ...
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... miles . " Three bands of carbonaceous shales can frequently be made out , but occasionally they come together so as to form one thick band . These bands are very prolific in graptolites . They have , from their carbonaceous aspect ...
... miles . " Three bands of carbonaceous shales can frequently be made out , but occasionally they come together so as to form one thick band . These bands are very prolific in graptolites . They have , from their carbonaceous aspect ...
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... miles , from within 70 miles of the coast of Florida to within 100 miles of that of San Domingo . Several banks are distinguishable , and the islands are gener- ally on the windward sides of these , never exceeding 200 ft . in height ...
... miles , from within 70 miles of the coast of Florida to within 100 miles of that of San Domingo . Several banks are distinguishable , and the islands are gener- ally on the windward sides of these , never exceeding 200 ft . in height ...
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Página 160 - An Introduction to Physical Measurements, with Appendices on Absolute Electrical Measurement. &c. By Dr. F. Kohlrausch. Translated from the Second German Edition by TH Waller, BA, B.Sc., and HR Procter, FCS (London : J. and A. Churchill, New Burlington Street, 1873.) MESSRS. TH WALLER and HR Procter have furnished us with a translation of the second edition of Dr. KoYrausch's "Physical Measurements," to which they have auded several useful Appendices and Tables.