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ON several previous occasions 1 we have alluded to the excellent work in science accomplished by Prof. Burmeister, or under his supervision, since that eminent German naturalist took up his residence in the Argentine Republic. A batch of books, which has now, we regret to say, been lying before us for some time, testifies to his unabated activity in the good cause, and requires a few words of acknowledgment and explanation. The first of these, originally written in German by Richard Napp, but translated for the benefit of the Anglo-Americans, gives a general physical and commercial account of the Argentine Republic, prepared on the occasion of the Centenary Exhibition at Philadelphia. It is, of course, rather superficial, as is usually the case with such essays, but contains a good deal of information, and will be useful to the many Angle-Saxons who are now settling in various parts of the country of which it treats.
The Argentine Republic.
Written in German by Richard Napp., assisted by several Fellow-writers, for the Central Argentine Commission on the Centenary Exhibition at Philadelphia. With several maps. (Buenos Ayres, 1876.)
Physikalische Beschreibung der argentinischen Republik, nach eigenen und den vorhandenen fremden Beobachtungen entworfen.
Von Dr. Hermann Burmeister. Erster Band: die Geschichte der Entdeckung und die geographische Skizze des Landes enthaltend. (Buenos Aires, 1875.)
Acta de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas existente en la Universidad de Córdova.
Tomo I. (Buenos Aires, 1875.)
Los Caballos Fósiles de la Pampa Argentina.
Descriptos por Dr. Hermann Burmeister., Director del Museo Público de Buenos Aires. Obra ejecutada por órden del Superior Gobierno de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, para ser presentada en la Exposicion de Filadelfia. Con viii. Láminas Litografiadas. (Buenos Aires, 1875.)
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The Argentine Republic Physikalische Beschreibung der argentinischen Republik, nach eigenen und den vorhandenen fremden Beobachtungen entworfen Acta de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas existente en la Universidad de Córdova Los Caballos Fósiles de la Pampa Argentina . Nature 16, 395 (1877). https://doi.org/10.1038/016395a0
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