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Page 54
... remarkable forms , brought to light by travellers . It was , therefore , with no little gratification that a collection of birds , made by Dr. A. Von Frant- zius , an eminent naturalist and physician , resident in Costa Rica , aided by ...
... remarkable forms , brought to light by travellers . It was , therefore , with no little gratification that a collection of birds , made by Dr. A. Von Frant- zius , an eminent naturalist and physician , resident in Costa Rica , aided by ...
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... remarkable concretion of a clayey material , which occurs in thin slabs , entirely formed of cones , the axes of which are all at right angles to the parallel surfaces of the slabs . The only explanation which occurs to us of the mode ...
... remarkable concretion of a clayey material , which occurs in thin slabs , entirely formed of cones , the axes of which are all at right angles to the parallel surfaces of the slabs . The only explanation which occurs to us of the mode ...
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... remarkable case , the wearing - out processes have led to the total abandonment of a conspicuous department of grammatical structure . A dis- tinction of gender in nouns , as masculine , feminine , or neuter , marked by dif- ferences of ...
... remarkable case , the wearing - out processes have led to the total abandonment of a conspicuous department of grammatical structure . A dis- tinction of gender in nouns , as masculine , feminine , or neuter , marked by dif- ferences of ...
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... remarkable objects , but wrote the measures of the angles observed , the bearings of the points with respect to one another , the estimate of distances , & c . The draughts , on which were to be written the results of the observations ...
... remarkable objects , but wrote the measures of the angles observed , the bearings of the points with respect to one another , the estimate of distances , & c . The draughts , on which were to be written the results of the observations ...
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... remarkable places of the coast , while each of the as- sistants measured the angular distance of the same point of departure from one of the other objects embraced in the survey . The results of these simultaneous observations were ...
... remarkable places of the coast , while each of the as- sistants measured the angular distance of the same point of departure from one of the other objects embraced in the survey . The results of these simultaneous observations were ...
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