Vestiges of the natural history of creation [by R. Chambers].John Churchill, Princes Street, Soho, 1853 - 356 páginas |
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... Oolite - Reptiles Abundant - First Traces of Birds and Mammalia Trias . Oolite Cretaceous Era Era of the Tertiary Formation . - Mammalia Abundant . 69 70 77 . 90 95 Era of the Superficial Formations - Existing Specific Forms Abundant ...
... Oolite - Reptiles Abundant - First Traces of Birds and Mammalia Trias . Oolite Cretaceous Era Era of the Tertiary Formation . - Mammalia Abundant . 69 70 77 . 90 95 Era of the Superficial Formations - Existing Specific Forms Abundant ...
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... OOLITE - REPTILES ABUNDANT . - FIRST TRACES OF BIRDS AND MAMMALIA . GEOLOGISTS now apply the term Secondary Formation ( once of wider application ) to those strata intervening between the end of the Permian or close of what they call ...
... OOLITE - REPTILES ABUNDANT . - FIRST TRACES OF BIRDS AND MAMMALIA . GEOLOGISTS now apply the term Secondary Formation ( once of wider application ) to those strata intervening between the end of the Permian or close of what they call ...
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... amount than may be explained by the bird having altered its pace . Many tracks of different individuals and. Impressions of Birds ' feet on Sandstone . Trunk of Cycadites megalophyllus . Thecosmilia gregaria , an Oolitic. 76 THE TRIAS .
... amount than may be explained by the bird having altered its pace . Many tracks of different individuals and. Impressions of Birds ' feet on Sandstone . Trunk of Cycadites megalophyllus . Thecosmilia gregaria , an Oolitic. 76 THE TRIAS .
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... ( Oolite system ) from a conspicuous member of them — the oolite - a limestone composed of an aggregation of small round grains or spherules , and so called from its fancied resemblance to a cluster of eggs or the roe of a fish . This ...
... ( Oolite system ) from a conspicuous member of them — the oolite - a limestone composed of an aggregation of small round grains or spherules , and so called from its fancied resemblance to a cluster of eggs or the roe of a fish . This ...
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... oolitic formation , composed of two sub - groups , the Oxford Clay and Coral Rag , the latter being a mere layer of the works of the coral polype ; 4. Upper oolitic formation , including what are called Kimmeridge clay and Port- land oolite ...
... oolitic formation , composed of two sub - groups , the Oxford Clay and Coral Rag , the latter being a mere layer of the works of the coral polype ; 4. Upper oolitic formation , including what are called Kimmeridge clay and Port- land oolite ...
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admitted advance ages America amongst animals appear arrangement become believe birds body called cause character civilization cloth common connected considerable considered constitution course creation DISEASES distinct early earth Edition evidence example existence external fact faculties feet fishes formation fossils genera give habits higher human hypothesis idea Illustrations instances kind known land language less living lower manner matter means Medical mind naturalists nature necessary never observed operation organic origin particular pass period phenomena plants portion possessed practical present principle produced Professor progress reason regard regions relation remains remarkable reptiles respect result rocks says Second seems seen shells Silurian similar species structure succession superior supposed surface things tion trace tribes true variety various vegetable 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...