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... century ; yet it still flourishes , as if in perpetual youth , bearing flowers and fruit . A tropical forest of Hy- menæas and Cæsalpinieæ may perhaps present to us a monu- ment of more than a thousand years ' standing . If we embrace ...
... century ; yet it still flourishes , as if in perpetual youth , bearing flowers and fruit . A tropical forest of Hy- menæas and Cæsalpinieæ may perhaps present to us a monu- ment of more than a thousand years ' standing . If we embrace ...
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... vulgaris , Erica tetralix , E. carnea , and E. cinerea , are social plants , and for centuries agricultural nations have combated their advance with little success . It is remarkable that the PHYSIOGNOMY OF PLANTS . 23.
... vulgaris , Erica tetralix , E. carnea , and E. cinerea , are social plants , and for centuries agricultural nations have combated their advance with little success . It is remarkable that the PHYSIOGNOMY OF PLANTS . 23.
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... century ago , expressed his astonish- ment that the vulture of the Andes could soar in regions where the atmospheric pressure is less than 14 French inches , ( Voyage de l'Amérique meridionale , T. ii . p . 2 , 1752 ; Observations ...
... century ago , expressed his astonish- ment that the vulture of the Andes could soar in regions where the atmospheric pressure is less than 14 French inches , ( Voyage de l'Amérique meridionale , T. ii . p . 2 , 1752 ; Observations ...
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... century ago ( Versuche über die gereizte Muskel- und Nervenfaser , Bd . i . S. 438-441 , and see also Obs . de Zoo- logie et d'Anatomie comparée , vol . i . p . 84 ) ; and as John Davy has since confirmed ( Phil . Trans . for 1834 ...
... century ago ( Versuche über die gereizte Muskel- und Nervenfaser , Bd . i . S. 438-441 , and see also Obs . de Zoo- logie et d'Anatomie comparée , vol . i . p . 84 ) ; and as John Davy has since confirmed ( Phil . Trans . for 1834 ...
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... centuries , if there were opened a fissure a thousand fathoms in depth , reach- ing from the shores of the Adriatic to the Baltic ? If in the present condition of our planet , the stable equilibrium of temperature , first calculated by ...
... centuries , if there were opened a fissure a thousand fathoms in depth , reach- ing from the shores of the Adriatic to the Baltic ? If in the present condition of our planet , the stable equilibrium of temperature , first calculated by ...
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