Geological Magazine, Том 6Henry Woodward Cambridge University Press, 1869 |
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... - satisfactory . There need , then , be no insuperable barrier to the union of all these various forms in a single genus , if the organs of reproduction were found to be similar . That genus would 4 W. Carruthers - British Fossil Coniferæ .
... - satisfactory . There need , then , be no insuperable barrier to the union of all these various forms in a single genus , if the organs of reproduction were found to be similar . That genus would 4 W. Carruthers - British Fossil Coniferæ .
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... similar to what exists at Stonesfield , as appears from M. Pomel's descriptions , every one acquainted with our English rock must know how easy it is to be deceived in attempting to unite fragmentary fossils from mere juxta- position of ...
... similar to what exists at Stonesfield , as appears from M. Pomel's descriptions , every one acquainted with our English rock must know how easy it is to be deceived in attempting to unite fragmentary fossils from mere juxta- position of ...
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... similar organisms from York- shire . They are smaller in size than the species just described , being from six to eight lines long by about six lines broad . The structure of the scale , with its single median seed , although not so ...
... similar organisms from York- shire . They are smaller in size than the species just described , being from six to eight lines long by about six lines broad . The structure of the scale , with its single median seed , although not so ...
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... similar to the present . During the Terrace Epoch the land was again gently elevated , the elevation being greater in high latitudes - as much as 1000 feet in the extreme north - and lessening southwards , where probably the up- ward ...
... similar to the present . During the Terrace Epoch the land was again gently elevated , the elevation being greater in high latitudes - as much as 1000 feet in the extreme north - and lessening southwards , where probably the up- ward ...
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... similar effect upon other parts likewise . The sheet of ice upon Greenland is acknowledged to have a great effect in cooling our climate at the present time ; its removal would have , as Mr. Croll says , ' quite a " magical effect upon ...
... similar effect upon other parts likewise . The sheet of ice upon Greenland is acknowledged to have a great effect in cooling our climate at the present time ; its removal would have , as Mr. Croll says , ' quite a " magical effect upon ...
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