Science, Volume 22John Michels (Journalist) American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1905 - Science |
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... matter of his explorations in Babylonia . M. PERRIER has been reappointed for five years director of the Paris Museum of Natural History . MR . J. J. LISTER , M.A. , Fellow of St. John's College , Cambridge , has beeen nominated to ...
... matter of his explorations in Babylonia . M. PERRIER has been reappointed for five years director of the Paris Museum of Natural History . MR . J. J. LISTER , M.A. , Fellow of St. John's College , Cambridge , has beeen nominated to ...
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... matter of fact , it may be determined that , e . g . , in the oak the female flowers always occur in those parts of the twig which are stronger , that is , better nourished than those in which the male flowers occur . This offers us ...
... matter of fact , it may be determined that , e . g . , in the oak the female flowers always occur in those parts of the twig which are stronger , that is , better nourished than those in which the male flowers occur . This offers us ...
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... matter in question . For a long time we have known that often in the room of the stamens - to confine ourselves to these -flower leaves or foliage leaves or occa- sionally even carpels arise . The idealistic morphology says that this ...
... matter in question . For a long time we have known that often in the room of the stamens - to confine ourselves to these -flower leaves or foliage leaves or occa- sionally even carpels arise . The idealistic morphology says that this ...
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... matter will in the smallest degree affect its weight , ' etc. This is rather too loose a state- ment to let pass without comment . Chapter I. discusses some general state- ments about the discharge of electricity through gases , a ...
... matter will in the smallest degree affect its weight , ' etc. This is rather too loose a state- ment to let pass without comment . Chapter I. discusses some general state- ments about the discharge of electricity through gases , a ...
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... matter of the barberry stage and other acidial rusts may yet be proved to be of physiological necessity for the perpetua- tion of the species , but it would seem that these need no longer be believed to be a direct yearly necessity to ...
... matter of the barberry stage and other acidial rusts may yet be proved to be of physiological necessity for the perpetua- tion of the species , but it would seem that these need no longer be believed to be a direct yearly necessity to ...
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