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The Home of the Pigeox-blood Ruby. 



By Leopold Clarcmont. 1 



Solar Disturbances during November. 1914. 



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The .\mateur in Astronomy. 



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Societies 11 



Flora Selborniensis 12 



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To Obtain the Colouring Matters of Red Algae. 



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 The Face of the Sky for February. 



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