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... figures and descriptions of all the known inver- tebrate fossil remains of the various geological formations of Idaho , Dakota , Nebraska , and portions of Kansas . About 370 species , nearly all of which are new , are fully described ...
... figures and descriptions of all the known inver- tebrate fossil remains of the various geological formations of Idaho , Dakota , Nebraska , and portions of Kansas . About 370 species , nearly all of which are new , are fully described ...
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... figure , ( the lower one on the plate , ) where it is represented as resting upon two legs , owing to the lower part of the ring , of which it consists , being buried in the ground . His estimate of six hundred pounds as its weight ...
... figure , ( the lower one on the plate , ) where it is represented as resting upon two legs , owing to the lower part of the ring , of which it consists , being buried in the ground . His estimate of six hundred pounds as its weight ...
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... figure shows through , and cannot be lost sight of . Semitic speech , then , is rather pictorial , forcible , vivid , than adapted to calm and reasoning philosophy . The next family of languages is one of much greater extent and variety ...
... figure shows through , and cannot be lost sight of . Semitic speech , then , is rather pictorial , forcible , vivid , than adapted to calm and reasoning philosophy . The next family of languages is one of much greater extent and variety ...
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... figure and characteristic of this period ; but had fate per- mitted the instructions given to la Perouse to have been completely carried out , the voyage of this last would , perhaps , have afforded the best example of what it was ...
... figure and characteristic of this period ; but had fate per- mitted the instructions given to la Perouse to have been completely carried out , the voyage of this last would , perhaps , have afforded the best example of what it was ...
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... figure of Sir Isaac Newton , with emblematical accompaniments , are given for such papers only , on important and completed discoveries , as have been presented to the Royal Society , and inserted in their Transactions . Here , also ...
... figure of Sir Isaac Newton , with emblematical accompaniments , are given for such papers only , on important and completed discoveries , as have been presented to the Royal Society , and inserted in their Transactions . Here , also ...
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