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termination of the Resistance of the Air to the Motion of Pro- 
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Brioschi (Francesco). Opere Matematiche. Tomo II. Pnbblicate per 
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British Offices Life Tables. 1893. Tables deduced from the Graduated 
Experience of Whole-Life Participating Assurances on Male Lives. 
Aggregate Tables. London, 1902. 8vo. 
The same. Select Tables. London, 1903. 8vo. 
British Offices Life Annuity Tables. 1893. Tables deduced from the 
Graduated Experience of Life Annuitants, Male and Female. 
Select Tables. London, 1903. 8vo. {From the Joint Committee on 
Mortality Investigation of the Institute of Actuaries and Faculty of 
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British Rainfall. 1900. On the Distribution of Rain over the British 
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Dutch Eclipse Expedition. Total Eclipse of the Sun, May 18, 1901. 
Reports on the Dutch Expedition to Karang Sago (Sumatra). Pre- 
liminary Report. Observations. No. 1. — General Account. By 
Dr A. A. Nijland. No. 2. — Magnetic Observations. By Dr W. 
van Bemmelen. Amsterdam, 1902-3. {From the Dutch Eclipse 
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Fairley (Thomas). On Writing and Printing Inks. Leeds, 1903. 8vo. 
Ferguson (Prof. John). Joannes Mattliaeus and his Tract “De Rerum 
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Fritsche (H.). Die Tagliche Periode der Erdmagnetischen Elemente. 
St Petersburg, 1902. 8vo. Atlas des Erdmagnetismus fur die 
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Gaede (Wolfgang). Tiber die Anderung der specifischen Warme der 
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Galileo. Le Opere di Galileo Galilei. Edizione Nazionale sotto gli 
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Gegenbaur (Carl). Vergleichende Anatomie der Wirbelthiere, mit 
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Goodbody (Francis W.), Bardswell (Noel D.), and Chapman (J. E.). 
On Metabolism in Phthisis. London, 1902. 8vo. {From Dr 
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Gramme (Zenobe). Les Hypotheses Scientifiqu.es emises par . . . en 
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