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... mass will flow beneath a warm air mass when the two converge , and a river will sometimes plunge beneath the surface of a lake and flow along its bottom in accord with this principle . The term density current is not used , however ...
... mass will flow beneath a warm air mass when the two converge , and a river will sometimes plunge beneath the surface of a lake and flow along its bottom in accord with this principle . The term density current is not used , however ...
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... mass of uncleaved yolk . The conditions of cleav- age in placental mammals , including man , are peculiar . During cleavage , development involves only an increase of cell numbers ; the shape of the embryo does not change , and chemical ...
... mass of uncleaved yolk . The conditions of cleav- age in placental mammals , including man , are peculiar . During cleavage , development involves only an increase of cell numbers ; the shape of the embryo does not change , and chemical ...
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... Mass . ) ; " The Concert Singer " ( 1892 ; Philadelphia Museum of Art ) ; " Frank Hamil- ton Cushing " ( 1894-95 ; Thomas Gilcrease Institute of Ameri- can History and Art , Tulsa , Oklahoma ) ; " Taking the Count " ( 1898 ; Yale ...
... Mass . ) ; " The Concert Singer " ( 1892 ; Philadelphia Museum of Art ) ; " Frank Hamil- ton Cushing " ( 1894-95 ; Thomas Gilcrease Institute of Ameri- can History and Art , Tulsa , Oklahoma ) ; " Taking the Count " ( 1898 ; Yale ...
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