Vestiges of the natural history of creation [by R. Chambers].John Churchill, Princes Street, Soho, 1853 - 356 páginas |
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... Distribution of Organisms . 185 Early History of Mankind . Mental Constitution of Animals 259 286 Purpose and General Condition of the Animated Creation . 306 PROOFS , ILLUSTRATIONS , AUTHORITIES , ETC. 1. Natural Law.
... Distribution of Organisms . 185 Early History of Mankind . Mental Constitution of Animals 259 286 Purpose and General Condition of the Animated Creation . 306 PROOFS , ILLUSTRATIONS , AUTHORITIES , ETC. 1. Natural Law.
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... earliest Strata in which they are found , to the highest . XXV 10. The comparatively large bulk of some of the early Fossils is to be regarded as a mark of their inferiority in the scale xxvii 11. Variability of Species . xxviii 12 ...
... earliest Strata in which they are found , to the highest . XXV 10. The comparatively large bulk of some of the early Fossils is to be regarded as a mark of their inferiority in the scale xxvii 11. Variability of Species . xxviii 12 ...
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... early part of this century , it was found by Laplace , that the adverse chances were as upwards of four millions of millions to one . It is thus powerfully impressed on us that the uniformity of the motions , as well as their general ...
... early part of this century , it was found by Laplace , that the adverse chances were as upwards of four millions of millions to one . It is thus powerfully impressed on us that the uniformity of the motions , as well as their general ...
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... earliest from the original granite , and so on in succession ; and this , by means of processes which continue in operation ... early rocks , that they have evidently been subjected to an extraordinary degree of heat , insomuch that they ...
... earliest from the original granite , and so on in succession ; and this , by means of processes which continue in operation ... early rocks , that they have evidently been subjected to an extraordinary degree of heat , insomuch that they ...
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... earliest strata were in their turn exposed to the wearing influences of sea and atmo- sphere , and the materials ... early portion of the sedimentary rock series to its close , the mineral masses are found to enclose remains of the ...
... earliest strata were in their turn exposed to the wearing influences of sea and atmo- sphere , and the materials ... early portion of the sedimentary rock series to its close , the mineral masses are found to enclose remains of the ...
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admitted advance affinity Agassiz America amongst animal kingdom Annelides appear aquatic belemnites birds bivalve body brachiopods brain called carboniferous carnivorous cephalopoda character civilization cloth connexion creation cretaceous Crinoidea crustacea Devonian dicotyledons DISEASES distinct earth eocene example existence external fact faculties favour Fcap feet fishes formation fossils gasteropods genera genus geological globe grade habits herbivorous higher human hypothesis Ichthyosaur idea Illustrations inferior Infusoria insects instances invertebrate kind land language larvæ living mammæ mammalia manner marine matter Medical mental mind mode mollusks naturalists nature observed oolite organic origin peculiar phenomena plants portion Post 8vo present principle produced Professor race regard regions remarkable reptiles resemblance respect rocks saurian says Second Edition Sedgwick seen shells species stirps strata structure superior supposed surface tertiary thecodonts tion trace tribes Trilobites vegetable vertebrata vertebrate whole
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Página lx - Thus, the production of new forms, as shewn in the pages of the geological record, has never been anything more than a new stage of progress in gestation, an event as simply natural, and attended as little by any circumstances of a wonderful or startling kind, as the silent advance of an ordinary mother from one week to another of her pregnancy.
Página 329 - A law presupposes an agent, for it is only the mode according to which an agent proceeds: it implies a power, for it is the order according to which that power acts. Without this agent, without this power, which are both distinct from itself, the law does nothing, is nothing. The expression, "the law of metallic nature...