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... described by F. Jagor , 139 Marine Animal , New , from Washington , 487 Markham ( Capt . ) , Plants from Smith's Sound , 487 Markham ( Clements , R. , C. B. ) , Arctic Exploration , 83 Marsh ( Prof. ) , Mammalia from the Rocky Mountains ...
... described by F. Jagor , 139 Marine Animal , New , from Washington , 487 Markham ( Capt . ) , Plants from Smith's Sound , 487 Markham ( Clements , R. , C. B. ) , Arctic Exploration , 83 Marsh ( Prof. ) , Mammalia from the Rocky Mountains ...
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... described by Dr. Wyville Thomson LL.D. & c , packed and forwarded with de . scriptive pamphlet . Price 5s . Bryce M. Wright , 90 , Great Russel Street , Bloomsbury , W.C. , Four Doors from Bloomsbury Street . TO BE SOLD . A COLLECTION ...
... described by Dr. Wyville Thomson LL.D. & c , packed and forwarded with de . scriptive pamphlet . Price 5s . Bryce M. Wright , 90 , Great Russel Street , Bloomsbury , W.C. , Four Doors from Bloomsbury Street . TO BE SOLD . A COLLECTION ...
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... described and figured by Meyer and Möbius as R. octona has two more ( viz . ten ) whorls ; it is not horn - colour , but variegated ; the mouth is oval , and not " fere orbiculata ; " and Linné does not mention the ribs which ...
... described and figured by Meyer and Möbius as R. octona has two more ( viz . ten ) whorls ; it is not horn - colour , but variegated ; the mouth is oval , and not " fere orbiculata ; " and Linné does not mention the ribs which ...
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... described a complete circle , and it was towards the left . My father also tells me that he has been informed ( although under what circumstances he does not recollect ) that the same idea obtains in Australia . It has been suggested ...
... described a complete circle , and it was towards the left . My father also tells me that he has been informed ( although under what circumstances he does not recollect ) that the same idea obtains in Australia . It has been suggested ...
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... described , a blood - stain is examined , Mr. Sorby asserts that the thousandth part of a grain of blood , -that is to say , a blood - spot so small that it only contains 1000 of a grain , is perfectly easy of detection by means of this ...
... described , a blood - stain is examined , Mr. Sorby asserts that the thousandth part of a grain of blood , -that is to say , a blood - spot so small that it only contains 1000 of a grain , is perfectly easy of detection by means of this ...
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