Principles of Geology: Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes Now in Operation, Bind 2J. Murray, 1833 - 511 sider |
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Side xi
... America - Skeletons in recent shell marl - Drifting of mammiferous and other remains by tides and currents CHAPTER XVI . Imbedding of the remains of man and his works in subaqueous strata- Drifting of bodies to the sea by river ...
... America - Skeletons in recent shell marl - Drifting of mammiferous and other remains by tides and currents CHAPTER XVI . Imbedding of the remains of man and his works in subaqueous strata- Drifting of bodies to the sea by river ...
Side 28
... America have reverted to their original character . — It is well known that the horse , the ox , the boar , and other domestic animals , which have been intro- duced into South America , and have run wild in many parts , have entirely ...
... America have reverted to their original character . — It is well known that the horse , the ox , the boar , and other domestic animals , which have been intro- duced into South America , and have run wild in many parts , have entirely ...
Side 31
... America , where there were many peculiarities in the climate not to be found , per- haps , in any part of the old world , and where scarcely a single plant on which they fed was of precisely the same species , instead of altering their ...
... America , where there were many peculiarities in the climate not to be found , per- haps , in any part of the old world , and where scarcely a single plant on which they fed was of precisely the same species , instead of altering their ...
Side 45
... America are exclusively trained , has in the course of several generations , become hereditary , and is assumed by all the young colts before they are broken in † . * Mem . du Mus . d'Hist . Nat . + Dureau de la Malle , Ann . des Sci ...
... America are exclusively trained , has in the course of several generations , become hereditary , and is assumed by all the young colts before they are broken in † . * Mem . du Mus . d'Hist . Nat . + Dureau de la Malle , Ann . des Sci ...
Side 59
... America . I see , then , that there exist , in organized beings , permanent dif- ferences which cannot be referred to any one of the actual causes of variation , and these differences are what constitute species * ' Essai Elémentaire ...
... America . I see , then , that there exist , in organized beings , permanent dif- ferences which cannot be referred to any one of the actual causes of variation , and these differences are what constitute species * ' Essai Elémentaire ...
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