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
... coast of Iceland , Spitzbergen , and Labrador - Im- bedding of the remains of insects - of the remains of reptiles - Why the bones of birds are so rare in subaqueous deposits - Imbedding of terrestrial quadru- peds - Effects of a flood ...
... coast of Iceland , Spitzbergen , and Labrador - Im- bedding of the remains of insects - of the remains of reptiles - Why the bones of birds are so rare in subaqueous deposits - Imbedding of terrestrial quadru- peds - Effects of a flood ...
Side 74
... coast of Africa † . In the Canaries , out of 533 species of phanerogamous plants , it is said that 310 are peculiar to these isles , and the rest iden- tical with those of the African continent ; but in the Flora of St. Helena , which ...
... coast of Africa † . In the Canaries , out of 533 species of phanerogamous plants , it is said that 310 are peculiar to these isles , and the rest iden- tical with those of the African continent ; but in the Flora of St. Helena , which ...
Side 76
... coast of Europe and the United States of North America , and none common to the Straits of Magellan and the shores of Van Diemen's Land . It must not be overlooked , that the distinctness alluded to between the vegetation of these ...
... coast of Europe and the United States of North America , and none common to the Straits of Magellan and the shores of Van Diemen's Land . It must not be overlooked , that the distinctness alluded to between the vegetation of these ...
Side 79
... coast of Ireland † . Sir Hans Sloane states that several kinds of beans cast ashore on the Orkney Isles and the coast of Ireland , are de- rived from trees which grow in the West Indies , and many of * System of Physiological Botany ...
... coast of Ireland † . Sir Hans Sloane states that several kinds of beans cast ashore on the Orkney Isles and the coast of Ireland , are de- rived from trees which grow in the West Indies , and many of * System of Physiological Botany ...
Side 80
... coast of Florida , and thence into the North American ocean , where it lies very thick on the surface of the sea * . ' The absence of liquid matter in the composition of seeds renders them comparatively insensible to heat and cold , so ...
... coast of Florida , and thence into the North American ocean , where it lies very thick on the surface of the sea * . ' The absence of liquid matter in the composition of seeds renders them comparatively insensible to heat and cold , so ...
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