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... shell - fish , crustacea , zoophytes ; palms , coniferæ , ferns , sea - weeds . lycopods , Marsupial mammals , birds , rep- tiles , fishes , shell - fish , crus- tacea , zoophytes ; palms , cycads , coniferæ , ferns , ly- copods , sea ...
... shell - fish , crustacea , zoophytes ; palms , coniferæ , ferns , sea - weeds . lycopods , Marsupial mammals , birds , rep- tiles , fishes , shell - fish , crus- tacea , zoophytes ; palms , cycads , coniferæ , ferns , ly- copods , sea ...
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... shell - beds , and coral - reefs are going on from without , the fire - forces from within are as inces- santly upheaving or depressing - forming new hills by vol- canic eruption , or producing new irregularities of surface by ...
... shell - beds , and coral - reefs are going on from without , the fire - forces from within are as inces- santly upheaving or depressing - forming new hills by vol- canic eruption , or producing new irregularities of surface by ...
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... shell , coral , or fish - scale , is sufficient to indicate the presence and extent of a formation ; to the mere empiric such unfailing indica- tions have no significance . The successful sinking for coal through the New Red Sandstone ...
... shell , coral , or fish - scale , is sufficient to indicate the presence and extent of a formation ; to the mere empiric such unfailing indica- tions have no significance . The successful sinking for coal through the New Red Sandstone ...
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... shells of fresh - water mollusca ; and in the silt , rude canoes hollowed out of a single log . Here we have the ... shell - fish luxuriated in myriads , and succeeded each other generation after generation ; third , the peaty marsh ...
... shells of fresh - water mollusca ; and in the silt , rude canoes hollowed out of a single log . Here we have the ... shell - fish luxuriated in myriads , and succeeded each other generation after generation ; third , the peaty marsh ...
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... - beds , abundance of shells now living in polar seas ; and as we have no reason to suppose that the relations of life to external conditions were ever otherwise than at present , we are entitled to infer 40 CHIPS AND CHAPTERS .
... - beds , abundance of shells now living in polar seas ; and as we have no reason to suppose that the relations of life to external conditions were ever otherwise than at present , we are entitled to infer 40 CHIPS AND CHAPTERS .
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