Vol. s3-30, Issue 176, 1885 | Published by American Journal of Science

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Origin of Coral Reefs and Islands

James Dwight Dana

Dana interprets the previous work on coral reefs on Pacific islands as supporting Darwin9s (1842) theory of subsidence of coral reef islands. He states that the island of Hawaii, although...

On the Meteorite of Formatlan, Jalisco, Mex

Charles Upham Shepard

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Science Paper
On the Widespread Occurrence of Allanite, as an Accessory Constituent of Many Rocks
Joseph Paxson IddingsW. Cross
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Science Paper
Crystals of Analcite From the Phoenix Mine, Lake Superior Copper Region
Samuel Lewis Penfield
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Science Paper
Differential Resistance Thermometer
T. C. Mendenhall
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Science Paper
Impact Friction and Faulting
George Ferdinand Becker
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A Standard of Light

John Trowbridge

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W. E. Hidden

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Mineralogical Notes

Edward Salisbury DanaS. L. Penfield

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Science Paper
Amount of Moisture Which Sulphuric Acid Leaves in a Gas
E. W. Morley
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Science Paper
Local Deflections of the Drift Scratches in Maine
George Hapgood Stone
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Science Paper
Successional Relations of the Species in the French old-Tertiary
O. Meyer
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