Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, Volume 5Devonshire Press, 1872 - Devon (England) List of members in each volume. |
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Page 40
... observed that at the bottom of the valley of the Sid there lies a bed of alluvium of recent or quaternary formation , varying in thickness from ten to twenty feet . This alluvium is composed of subangular stones of flint or churt , of ...
... observed that at the bottom of the valley of the Sid there lies a bed of alluvium of recent or quaternary formation , varying in thickness from ten to twenty feet . This alluvium is composed of subangular stones of flint or churt , of ...
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... observed this passing into a red mud or earth , out of which emerged a huge trap boulder . It was not in the red rock , nor even on the red rock , but eight feet above it , lying in a superficial deposit . The mud or clay in which the ...
... observed this passing into a red mud or earth , out of which emerged a huge trap boulder . It was not in the red rock , nor even on the red rock , but eight feet above it , lying in a superficial deposit . The mud or clay in which the ...
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... observed upon the occasion of an eclipse of the sun . The results at present obtained are not entirely conclusive ; but if subsequent observations confirm them , it would simply show that nitrogen is found as well in the solar ...
... observed upon the occasion of an eclipse of the sun . The results at present obtained are not entirely conclusive ; but if subsequent observations confirm them , it would simply show that nitrogen is found as well in the solar ...
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List of Officers | 5 |
Charles Babbage F R S S S Bastard William | 35 |
What is Grimspound? By G Wareing Ormerod M A F G | 41 |
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