A Manual of Scientific Enquiry: Prepared for the Use of Officers in Her Majesty's Navy; and Travellers in GeneralJohn Frederick William Herschel, Robert Main |
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... history and antiquities of countries visited , 217 -Coins , manuscripts , and works of art , 217 . - THIRD DIVISION , SECTION 2 . STATISTICS . Population , 219 - Methods of ascertaining the numbers of the popula- tion , 219 ...
... history and antiquities of countries visited , 217 -Coins , manuscripts , and works of art , 217 . - THIRD DIVISION , SECTION 2 . STATISTICS . Population , 219 - Methods of ascertaining the numbers of the popula- tion , 219 ...
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... History of each particular country . Thus we trace a close connection between its physical configuration and those questions which have to be discussed in con- sidering , in its most extended sense , the geographical features of ...
... History of each particular country . Thus we trace a close connection between its physical configuration and those questions which have to be discussed in con- sidering , in its most extended sense , the geographical features of ...
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... history and of the remains of antiquities still left to attest their former condition ; and we therefore propose briefly to point out to the traveller a few of the objects to which his attention may be advantage ously directed on this ...
... history and of the remains of antiquities still left to attest their former condition ; and we therefore propose briefly to point out to the traveller a few of the objects to which his attention may be advantage ously directed on this ...
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... history it may be worth recording . It would even be interesting to know the virtues attached to charms and amulets , as well as the manner in which they are obtained , of what they consist , and how they are worn ; nor would the ...
... history it may be worth recording . It would even be interesting to know the virtues attached to charms and amulets , as well as the manner in which they are obtained , of what they consist , and how they are worn ; nor would the ...
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... history of an ani- mal or vegetable substance ; unless it be placed in spirits or in a dilute solution of the chloride of zinc . The latter , as it is now generally employed in ships of war for the de- struction of vermin and the ...
... history of an ani- mal or vegetable substance ; unless it be placed in spirits or in a dilute solution of the chloride of zinc . The latter , as it is now generally employed in ships of war for the de- struction of vermin and the ...
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