Vestiges of the natural history of creation [by R. Chambers].John Churchill, Princes Street, Soho, 1853 - 356 páginas |
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... Formation . - Mammalia Abundant . 95 Era of the Superficial Formations - Existing Specific Forms Abundant . 104 . General Considerations respecting the Origin of the Animated Tribes 111 Particular Considerations respecting the Origin of ...
... Formation . - Mammalia Abundant . 95 Era of the Superficial Formations - Existing Specific Forms Abundant . 104 . General Considerations respecting the Origin of the Animated Tribes 111 Particular Considerations respecting the Origin of ...
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... Formations , and an unbroken Succession of Animal Life from the beginning to the present Epoch 5. The Lower Silurian Formation is the Record of an Era of Invertebrate Animals PAGE 111 iv • iv vii 6. The Genera of the Lower Silurian ...
... Formations , and an unbroken Succession of Animal Life from the beginning to the present Epoch 5. The Lower Silurian Formation is the Record of an Era of Invertebrate Animals PAGE 111 iv • iv vii 6. The Genera of the Lower Silurian ...
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... which they are placed from us . Attempts have been made to ascertain the distance in some instances by calculations founded B on parallax ; that is , the change of relative The Bodies of Space, their Arrangements and Formation.
... which they are placed from us . Attempts have been made to ascertain the distance in some instances by calculations founded B on parallax ; that is , the change of relative The Bodies of Space, their Arrangements and Formation.
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... space , must be long in producing any change sensible to the inhabitants of our planet , and it is not easy to grasp their general character ; but grounds have nevertheless been found for B 2 THEIR ARRANGEMENTS AND FORMATION . 3.
... space , must be long in producing any change sensible to the inhabitants of our planet , and it is not easy to grasp their general character ; but grounds have nevertheless been found for B 2 THEIR ARRANGEMENTS AND FORMATION . 3.
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... , 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.
... , 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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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...