A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1860 |
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... Greenland or Harp Seal . Male • 2. Greenland or Harp Seal . Female 3. Pennant's pied Seal 4. Marbled Seal 5. Common Seal • 6. Walrus or Sea - horse 7. Fur Seal of Commerce Do. 8 . SCIENTIFIC NAME . Phoca Grænlandica . do . do . Phoca ...
... Greenland or Harp Seal . Male • 2. Greenland or Harp Seal . Female 3. Pennant's pied Seal 4. Marbled Seal 5. Common Seal • 6. Walrus or Sea - horse 7. Fur Seal of Commerce Do. 8 . SCIENTIFIC NAME . Phoca Grænlandica . do . do . Phoca ...
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... History of Greenland , p . 3 . • Ibid . p . 22 . • Ibid . p . 27 . So early as the year 1527 , it was conceived that a passage might be effected to the East Indies by the north pole . It was not , however , till the year 1607 that any ...
... History of Greenland , p . 3 . • Ibid . p . 22 . • Ibid . p . 27 . So early as the year 1527 , it was conceived that a passage might be effected to the East Indies by the north pole . It was not , however , till the year 1607 that any ...
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... Greenland as upon the coast of Guinea . One fire is more intense than another ; of heat there are various de- grees ; but boiling water is a heat every where the same , and easily procurable . As heat thus expands water , so cold , when ...
... Greenland as upon the coast of Guinea . One fire is more intense than another ; of heat there are various de- grees ; but boiling water is a heat every where the same , and easily procurable . As heat thus expands water , so cold , when ...
Page 83
... History of Greenland , vol . i . p . 41 . CHAP . XV . OF THE OCEAN IN GENERAL ; AND OF ITS SALTNESS . Is we look upon a map of the world , we shall find that the ocean occupies considerably more of the globe than the land is found to do ...
... History of Greenland , vol . i . p . 41 . CHAP . XV . OF THE OCEAN IN GENERAL ; AND OF ITS SALTNESS . Is we look upon a map of the world , we shall find that the ocean occupies considerably more of the globe than the land is found to do ...
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... History of Greenland , vol . i . p . 31 . Buffon , vol . ii . p . 91 . 5 Crantz . Thus are these amazing ice - mountains launch- ed forth 88 HISTORY OF.
... History of Greenland , vol . i . p . 31 . Buffon , vol . ii . p . 91 . 5 Crantz . Thus are these amazing ice - mountains launch- ed forth 88 HISTORY OF.
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