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... Coast Survey . 2. Meteorological Observations in the Arctic Seas ; by Sir Leopold McClintock ; made on board the Arctic searching yacht " Fox " in Baffin's Bay and Prince Regent's Inlet in 1857 - '59 . Reduced and dis- cussed by Charles ...
... Coast Survey . 2. Meteorological Observations in the Arctic Seas ; by Sir Leopold McClintock ; made on board the Arctic searching yacht " Fox " in Baffin's Bay and Prince Regent's Inlet in 1857 - '59 . Reduced and dis- cussed by Charles ...
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... coast of the United States , Mexico , and Central America , by the same author . 6. Descriptive catalogue of the air - breathing shells of North America , by W. G. Binney . 7. Descriptive catalogue of several genera of water - breathing ...
... coast of the United States , Mexico , and Central America , by the same author . 6. Descriptive catalogue of the air - breathing shells of North America , by W. G. Binney . 7. Descriptive catalogue of several genera of water - breathing ...
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... coast and bays , often deeply covered with earth and overgrown with trees ; human remains , or implements of human manufacture , bearing the marks of tools or of subjection to fire , found in caves , beneath deposits of stony material ...
... coast and bays , often deeply covered with earth and overgrown with trees ; human remains , or implements of human manufacture , bearing the marks of tools or of subjection to fire , found in caves , beneath deposits of stony material ...
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... coast of America , which had been received through the assistance of Mr. Alex- ander S. Taylor , of Monterey , California . Several of these were copied at the expense of the Institution , with the intention of securing their ...
... coast of America , which had been received through the assistance of Mr. Alex- ander S. Taylor , of Monterey , California . Several of these were copied at the expense of the Institution , with the intention of securing their ...
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... coast in the first three days of December , 1863 . Laboratory . — The principal work which has been done in the laboratory during the past year is an extended series of experiments on the properties of different kinds of oil intended ...
... coast in the first three days of December , 1863 . Laboratory . — The principal work which has been done in the laboratory during the past year is an extended series of experiments on the properties of different kinds of oil intended ...
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