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Page 307
... Dead Sea unfilled for the support of Ani - dently owe their existence to volcanic action , as is mal Life . By ROBERT JAMES GRAVES , M. D. , F. R. S. Communicated by the author . THE earth contains living beings so generally on its land ...
... Dead Sea unfilled for the support of Ani - dently owe their existence to volcanic action , as is mal Life . By ROBERT JAMES GRAVES , M. D. , F. R. S. Communicated by the author . THE earth contains living beings so generally on its land ...
Page 308
... Dead Sea ; and we are indebted to his exer- tions for an analysis of its water , a specimen of which he brought to Mr. Herapath , who found in it rather more than 24 per cent . of saline matter , con- sisting of chlorides of potassium ...
... Dead Sea ; and we are indebted to his exer- tions for an analysis of its water , a specimen of which he brought to Mr. Herapath , who found in it rather more than 24 per cent . of saline matter , con- sisting of chlorides of potassium ...
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... dead trees upon its margin , all within the scope of vision , bore a sud and sombre aspect . The preceding quotations seem to prove that Von Buch was in error in stating that " this sea has no appearance of volcanic origin . It merely ...
... dead trees upon its margin , all within the scope of vision , bore a sud and sombre aspect . The preceding quotations seem to prove that Von Buch was in error in stating that " this sea has no appearance of volcanic origin . It merely ...
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