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Side 12
... seen in the eocene floras extends into the miocene . There is no great break in passing from one to the other when we compare them over many latitudes , and but little change , beyond that brought about by altered temperature or ...
... seen in the eocene floras extends into the miocene . There is no great break in passing from one to the other when we compare them over many latitudes , and but little change , beyond that brought about by altered temperature or ...
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... seen that this instrument is capable of performing the functions of an ordinary microscope , a polariscope , a stauroscope , and , to some extent , a goniometer . A spectroscope could be fitted to it if needful , as well as an apparatus ...
... seen that this instrument is capable of performing the functions of an ordinary microscope , a polariscope , a stauroscope , and , to some extent , a goniometer . A spectroscope could be fitted to it if needful , as well as an apparatus ...
Side 31
... seen in the skeletons of these fishes are the peculiar cartilaginous labials , forming the sucking apparatus , and the basket- work of the " extra - branchials , " which embrace the huge multiperforate pharynx . The Selachians ( shark ...
... seen in the skeletons of these fishes are the peculiar cartilaginous labials , forming the sucking apparatus , and the basket- work of the " extra - branchials , " which embrace the huge multiperforate pharynx . The Selachians ( shark ...
Side 35
... seen round the negative pole . The shape and size of this dark space do not vary with the distance separating the poles ; nor , only very slightly , with alteration of battery power , or with inten- sity of spark . This well - known ...
... seen round the negative pole . The shape and size of this dark space do not vary with the distance separating the poles ; nor , only very slightly , with alteration of battery power , or with inten- sity of spark . This well - known ...
Side 46
... seen extending from wave - length about 5,700 to about 5,775 . This band was also seen for a short time bright , when the material was put into the tube before it was heated , and the light observed as the tube got hot . It was also ...
... seen extending from wave - length about 5,700 to about 5,775 . This band was also seen for a short time bright , when the material was put into the tube before it was heated , and the light observed as the tube got hot . It was also ...
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