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Scientific American, Vol. 81, No. 8 (August 1899) (1899)

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advancement of science bark, and calisaya bark are the products of the that followed the coming of Louis Agassiz to cinchona tree, which is a native of western South America ; and beyond doubt it was his influence, America, more particularly of Peru and Ecuador. direct or indirect, that led the… … by contact and mixture with alien races. The his professorship of geology. As a geologist President Orton has gained for Murray Islands were selected for the most pro- himself also a high place among his contempor- longed and careful study. These were the most ioolated and less accessible islands.…

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