Vestiges of the natural history of creation [by R. Chambers].John Churchill, Princes Street, Soho, 1853 - 356 páginas |
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... PRINCIPLES OF PHYSIOLOGY , GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE . Third Edition . 8vo . 28s . 8. CARPENTER'S PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY . Fourth Edition . 8vo . 28s . 9. ROBERTON ON PHYSIOLOGY AND DISEASES OF WOMEN . 8vo . 128 . 10. ACTON ON ...
... PRINCIPLES OF PHYSIOLOGY , GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE . Third Edition . 8vo . 28s . 8. CARPENTER'S PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY . Fourth Edition . 8vo . 28s . 9. ROBERTON ON PHYSIOLOGY AND DISEASES OF WOMEN . 8vo . 128 . 10. ACTON ON ...
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... principle of combination , all the elementary substances observe certain mathematical pro- portions in their unions . When in the gaseous state , one volume of them unites with one , two , three , or more volumes of another , any extra ...
... principle of combination , all the elementary substances observe certain mathematical pro- portions in their unions . When in the gaseous state , one volume of them unites with one , two , three , or more volumes of another , any extra ...
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... principle of chemical affinity into nodules of flint , probably concentrating , in every instance , upon a piece of decaying organic matter , as has been the case with the nodules of ironstone in the earlier rocks , and the spherules of ...
... principle of chemical affinity into nodules of flint , probably concentrating , in every instance , upon a piece of decaying organic matter , as has been the case with the nodules of ironstone in the earlier rocks , and the spherules of ...
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... principle by which to be assured that they mark new species , in the sense of a new creation . Finally , the tertiary animals of America indi- cate an approximation to the character of existing animals in that region , and tertiary ...
... principle by which to be assured that they mark new species , in the sense of a new creation . Finally , the tertiary animals of America indi- cate an approximation to the character of existing animals in that region , and tertiary ...
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... principle : therefore there must be a relation between the spheres and their respective organic occupants , by virtue of which they are fixed , as far as necessary on the surface . Such a relation , of course , involves details as to ...
... principle : therefore there must be a relation between the spheres and their respective organic occupants , by virtue of which they are fixed , as far as necessary on the surface . Such a relation , of course , involves details as to ...
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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...