Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Volume 11Royal Society of Edinburgh., 1882 Obituary notices are included in many of the volumes. |
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acid action Albannach algæ animal aperture apothecia axis Balf Ben Nevis blocks body boulders Branchial sac breadth carbon cell cent chloride colour corallites depth direction distance Dorsal lamina dredged edge Edinburgh equation experiments fathoms feet flame foliis Foraminifera fragments G. O. Sars glacier Glen Glen Nevis gneiss granite gravel heat height hill hornblende inches iodine island latæ length Loch longæ metal miles Müll Nevis observed obtained Olfactory tubercle paper particles plate porphyry position posterior end present pressure probably produced Professor Heddle Professor Tait quartz Radiolarians remarkable ridge rocks rounded Royal salt schist Schweinf Scotland sea-level seen side skeleton slope smoothed Society Socotra solution species specific gravity specimen spines sporæ Station statistics surface temperature Tentacles thallus thick tion transverse tube valley ventral vertebræ zinc
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