Vestiges of the natural history of creation [by R. Chambers].John Churchill, Princes Street, Soho, 1853 - 356 páginas |
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Robert Chambers. on parallax ; that is , the change of relative situation produced on a heavenly object by our planet passing from one part of its orbit to another exactly opposite ; it being previously understood that if , upon this ...
Robert Chambers. on parallax ; that is , the change of relative situation produced on a heavenly object by our planet passing from one part of its orbit to another exactly opposite ; it being previously understood that if , upon this ...
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... , 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.
... , 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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... produced . The axis of Uranus is removed but eleven degrees from the plane of his orbit : I suggest , as the explanation of the apparent exception , that what we call the north pole of this planet is in reality the south , the axis ...
... produced . The axis of Uranus is removed but eleven degrees from the plane of his orbit : I suggest , as the explanation of the apparent exception , that what we call the north pole of this planet is in reality the south , the axis ...
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... produce and connect them , form an illustration of the mechanism of binary and ternary stars , and bring an unexpected aid to a theory of the history of the heavenly spaces . A remarkable approximation has also been made to what may be ...
... produce and connect them , form an illustration of the mechanism of binary and ternary stars , and bring an unexpected aid to a theory of the history of the heavenly spaces . A remarkable approximation has also been made to what may be ...
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... produced one or two very small ones , which may thus be compared to satellites . The experiment presents , as we see , an image in miniature of the formation of the planets , according to the hypothesis of Laplace , by the rupture of ...
... produced one or two very small ones , which may thus be compared to satellites . The experiment presents , as we see , an image in miniature of the formation of the planets , according to the hypothesis of Laplace , by the rupture 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...