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Page 123
... never found but on sum- mits ; that it covers all the mineral substances of which these mountains are composed , and that it is never covered by them ; that always similar to itself , whether it rests on gra- nite , gneiss , micaceous ...
... never found but on sum- mits ; that it covers all the mineral substances of which these mountains are composed , and that it is never covered by them ; that always similar to itself , whether it rests on gra- nite , gneiss , micaceous ...
Page 273
... never to issue from them : in vain do the ramifications of these valleys present it on all sides other valleys to people ; it passes over these openings , and , con- tinuing its route in the direction it has adopted , it ascends from ...
... never to issue from them : in vain do the ramifications of these valleys present it on all sides other valleys to people ; it passes over these openings , and , con- tinuing its route in the direction it has adopted , it ascends from ...
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... never were so many people seen to die as at Kamtschatka , when a soldier introduced the small - pox for the first ... never cut the thread of so many lives as this inexorable devourer of the human race , now happily , as will be seen in ...
... never were so many people seen to die as at Kamtschatka , when a soldier introduced the small - pox for the first ... never cut the thread of so many lives as this inexorable devourer of the human race , now happily , as will be seen in ...
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OF | 3 |
History of Astronomy for the Year 1803 Read at | 10 |
Gerions Errors | 14 |
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