Vestiges of the natural history of creation [by R. Chambers].John Churchill, Princes Street, Soho, 1853 - 356 páginas |
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... Earth , and of the other Bodies of Space 18 The Earth Formed - Geological Changes Lower and Upper Silurian Formations - First Forms of Life . Upper Silurian Devonian Era . - Fishes Abundant . 28 • 31 42 43 Carbonigenous Era - Land ...
... Earth , and of the other Bodies of Space 18 The Earth Formed - Geological Changes Lower and Upper Silurian Formations - First Forms of Life . Upper Silurian Devonian Era . - Fishes Abundant . 28 • 31 42 43 Carbonigenous Era - Land ...
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... earth from the sun . ' Such are but the first steps we take in imagination amongst the hosts of orbs by which we are surrounded . If we suppose that similar intervals exist between all the stars , we shall readily see that the space ...
... earth from the sun . ' Such are but the first steps we take in imagination amongst the hosts of orbs by which we are surrounded . If we suppose that similar intervals exist between all the stars , we shall readily see that the space ...
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... end . And , indeed , it is by experience placed beyond all doubt , that to yield to this impulse is to use a 1 Herschel's Address , ut supra . direct means of improving our condition on earth , and THEIR ARRANGEMENTS AND FORMATION . 5.
... end . And , indeed , it is by experience placed beyond all doubt , that to yield to this impulse is to use a 1 Herschel's Address , ut supra . direct means of improving our condition on earth , and THEIR ARRANGEMENTS AND FORMATION . 5.
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... earth is a globe for the same reason that a dew - drop is so . It is slightly flattened at the poles , as a consequence of rotation on an axis when in a soft state , for the same reason that a mass of clay whirled rapidly round will ...
... earth is a globe for the same reason that a dew - drop is so . It is slightly flattened at the poles , as a consequence of rotation on an axis when in a soft state , for the same reason that a mass of clay whirled rapidly round will ...
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... Earth being considered as 1— Mercury , 2.95 ; Venus , 99 ; Earth , 1 ; Mars , 79 ; Jupiter , 23 ; Saturn , 11 ; Uranus , 26 ; the last being the only very decided There is an exception , but doubtless apparent only , in the motion of ...
... Earth being considered as 1— Mercury , 2.95 ; Venus , 99 ; Earth , 1 ; Mars , 79 ; Jupiter , 23 ; Saturn , 11 ; Uranus , 26 ; the last being the only very decided There is an exception , but doubtless apparent only , in the motion of ...
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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...