Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Volume 2; Volume 5Metcalf and Company, 1862 - Humanities Vol. 12 (from May 1876 to May 1877) includes: Researches in telephony / by A. Graham Bell. |
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... length , pentagonal ; as in the radials , its centre is elevated , it differs from them in the portion where the second radials join the first ; on the radials there is a well - defined , articulating facet , whilst on the anal piece ...
... length , pentagonal ; as in the radials , its centre is elevated , it differs from them in the portion where the second radials join the first ; on the radials there is a well - defined , articulating facet , whilst on the anal piece ...
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... Length of arms • .55 inch . .85 66 .26 66 2.00 66 .60 66 Length of proboscis ( variable proportion in diff . sp . ) Geological Position and Locality . Rare in the silicious mud beds at the top of the Knob member of the subcarboniferous ...
... Length of arms • .55 inch . .85 66 .26 66 2.00 66 .60 66 Length of proboscis ( variable proportion in diff . sp . ) Geological Position and Locality . Rare in the silicious mud beds at the top of the Knob member of the subcarboniferous ...
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... Length of first radials Height of specimen . Greatest diameter of calyx • • .25 inch . .20 86 .20 66 .20 66 .55 66 .45 66 Geological Position and Locality . Rare in the upper beds of the cavernous member of the subcarboniferous ...
... Length of first radials Height of specimen . Greatest diameter of calyx • • .25 inch . .20 86 .20 66 .20 66 .55 66 .45 66 Geological Position and Locality . Rare in the upper beds of the cavernous member of the subcarboniferous ...
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... length of the first radial pieces , from which it contracts toward the summit of the calyx ; contracting regularly toward the column , around which it is inflated . Columnar pit small , slightly depressed . Basal pieces two , similar in ...
... length of the first radial pieces , from which it contracts toward the summit of the calyx ; contracting regularly toward the column , around which it is inflated . Columnar pit small , slightly depressed . Basal pieces two , similar in ...
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... length of the pieces than at the ends . The second and third primary radials are buried in an excavation at the summit of the first radials . There is no gibbosity or swelling at the insertion of the second radials ; the first radials ...
... length of the pieces than at the ends . The second and third primary radials are buried in an excavation at the summit of the first radials . There is no gibbosity or swelling at the insertion of the second radials ; the first radials ...
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