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On Geographical Distribution IT has been suggested that a leading feature of the sectional addresses to be delivered on the occasion of this, the fiftieth anniversary of the meetings of the British Association, should be a review of the progress made during the last half century in the branches of knowledge which the sections respectively represent.
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HOOKER, J. The British Association: Section F Geography. Nature 24, 443–448 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/024443a0
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