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On the Relations, Structure, and Function op the Valves of the 

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On the Presumption op Survivorship. By James Bell Pettigrew, M.D. 

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 Smithsonian Report, 1863; showing the Operations, Expenditures, and 



Conditions of the Institution for the year 1862. 

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of Geology, Calcutta. Eighth year, 1863-4. With Map. 18 pp. Royal 



8vo. (Calcutta.) 

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the Structure and Relations of the Southern Portion of the Himalayan 



Ranges between the Rivers Ganges and Ravee. With Plates. 200 pp. 



Royal 8vo. — Vol. IV. Part 2, King and Foote on the Geological Structure 



of the Districts of Trichinopoly, Salem, and South Arcot. With Plates. 



164 pp. Royal 8vo. Calcutta. 

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