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... Society regarded | On returning to Switzerland he was ap- each of these gentlemen as equally enti- tled to honourable distinction , and Mr. Adams has since become the President of that distinguished Society , and of which he forms a ...
... Society regarded | On returning to Switzerland he was ap- each of these gentlemen as equally enti- tled to honourable distinction , and Mr. Adams has since become the President of that distinguished Society , and of which he forms a ...
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... society in Europe . tion to the Euphrates . After remaining The Glacial theory , with which his name for some time ... Society to explore the course of the on Fossil Fishes , his Natural History of Halys ; and by the Society for the Pro ...
... society in Europe . tion to the Euphrates . After remaining The Glacial theory , with which his name for some time ... Society to explore the course of the on Fossil Fishes , his Natural History of Halys ; and by the Society for the Pro ...
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... Society , member of the Prussian Order of Merit , and a Correspondent of the French Academy , of those of St. Petersburg and Berlin , and is well known throughout Europe and America as one of the most eminent cultivators of physical ...
... Society , member of the Prussian Order of Merit , and a Correspondent of the French Academy , of those of St. Petersburg and Berlin , and is well known throughout Europe and America as one of the most eminent cultivators of physical ...
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... Society with a speech from the chair , which was honoured with their gold medal for oratory . He has pub- lished some poems , which were well re- ceived , and gained the praise of accu- rate critics . In an early number of " Blackwood's ...
... Society with a speech from the chair , which was honoured with their gold medal for oratory . He has pub- lished some poems , which were well re- ceived , and gained the praise of accu- rate critics . In an early number of " Blackwood's ...
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... Society , and of the British inventor could have desired . It was at Association for the Advancement of once a calculating and printing machine , and its value may be better estimated from the fact , that a table of logarithms of all ...
... Society , and of the British inventor could have desired . It was at Association for the Advancement of once a calculating and printing machine , and its value may be better estimated from the fact , that a table of logarithms of all ...
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