North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 5Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge Wells and Lilly, 1825 Vols. 277-230, no. 2 include Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 76
... nature . One indeed , guided wholly by external characters , in determining the nature of a mineral , will be much deceived , if he looks for a silex , and blunders by chance on the thirteenth species of Jameson's flint genus ; or for ...
... nature . One indeed , guided wholly by external characters , in determining the nature of a mineral , will be much deceived , if he looks for a silex , and blunders by chance on the thirteenth species of Jameson's flint genus ; or for ...
Page 79
... nature , according to general laws ; fracture is the casual division of the whole into fragments . " This distinction is evident . If we take , for example , a hexago- nal crystal of carbonate of lime , we shall find that from three of ...
... nature , according to general laws ; fracture is the casual division of the whole into fragments . " This distinction is evident . If we take , for example , a hexago- nal crystal of carbonate of lime , we shall find that from three of ...
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... nature in their formation . He employs a peculiar descriptive language to convey a conception of their forms , not to explain the order of their construction . When he describes a crystal as truncated on its angles or edges , he knows ...
... nature in their formation . He employs a peculiar descriptive language to convey a conception of their forms , not to explain the order of their construction . When he describes a crystal as truncated on its angles or edges , he knows ...
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