Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1892 |
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... described , thirty - six of the plates being devoted to the illustration of the group Gasteropoda and fourteen to the Cephalopoda . The descrip- tive part of the work is preceded by a chapter on the paleontologic characters of the New ...
... described , thirty - six of the plates being devoted to the illustration of the group Gasteropoda and fourteen to the Cephalopoda . The descrip- tive part of the work is preceded by a chapter on the paleontologic characters of the New ...
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... described in the report . These are illustrated by 671 figures on the 50 plates . Three hundred and seventy - four figures illustrate the gasteropods of the lower green marls , 27 those of the middle marls , 17 those of the base of the ...
... described in the report . These are illustrated by 671 figures on the 50 plates . Three hundred and seventy - four figures illustrate the gasteropods of the lower green marls , 27 those of the middle marls , 17 those of the base of the ...
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... described . In like manner the Neocene geology of the Pacific coast has been treated , and in addition to that of California , Oregon , and Washington , a synopsis of data relating to British Columbia has been included , together with a ...
... described . In like manner the Neocene geology of the Pacific coast has been treated , and in addition to that of California , Oregon , and Washington , a synopsis of data relating to British Columbia has been included , together with a ...
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... described in detail , and succeeding chapters show the methods used for the measurement of high pres- sures and for testing gauges . The lines of constant volume are then worked out in detail for a group of five bodies , and it is ...
... described in detail , and succeeding chapters show the methods used for the measurement of high pres- sures and for testing gauges . The lines of constant volume are then worked out in detail for a group of five bodies , and it is ...
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... described , several old or uncertain forms , as well as the new ferns , being illustrated . Generic and ordinal characterizations are omitted except in cases where recent discoveries as to the nature or relation of the groups make it ...
... described , several old or uncertain forms , as well as the new ferns , being illustrated . Generic and ordinal characterizations are omitted except in cases where recent discoveries as to the nature or relation of the groups make it ...
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