The past and present life of the globe, a sketch of the world's life-system1861 |
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... lignites and coals of the miner ; the molten lavas of Ætna and Vesuvius , and the cinders and ashes of Hecla , are but repetitions of the same materials which now compose the basalts and greenstones and trap - tuffs of the hills around ...
... lignites and coals of the miner ; the molten lavas of Ætna and Vesuvius , and the cinders and ashes of Hecla , are but repetitions of the same materials which now compose the basalts and greenstones and trap - tuffs of the hills around ...
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... lignite that have been recently found imbedded in the chalk of the south of England . The marine fauna presents an ... lignites now reputed of lower tertiary age , will yet be found to belong to the chalk formation . thousands of miles ...
... lignite that have been recently found imbedded in the chalk of the south of England . The marine fauna presents an ... lignites now reputed of lower tertiary age , will yet be found to belong to the chalk formation . thousands of miles ...
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... lignite or wood - coal , composed of kindred plants that must have flourished for centuries on the spots where their remains are now entombed . And even if the flora gave no certain evidence of the geniality of the climate that then ...
... lignite or wood - coal , composed of kindred plants that must have flourished for centuries on the spots where their remains are now entombed . And even if the flora gave no certain evidence of the geniality of the climate that then ...
Стр. 190
... lignite , which would seem to imply the presence of ice - drift and deposit in seas that were open to boreal influences . Next the early tertiaries occur over the same areas , marked by plants and animals that in- dicate a warm and ...
... lignite , which would seem to imply the presence of ice - drift and deposit in seas that were open to boreal influences . Next the early tertiaries occur over the same areas , marked by plants and animals that in- dicate a warm and ...
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... Lignites and coals of the Cretaceous epoch , Lituites , Silurian cephalopod , figured , London basin , its flora and fauna , Machairodus , fossil cave - lion of Europe , Maclurea , characteristic Silurian shell , figured , 178 180 73 ...
... Lignites and coals of the Cretaceous epoch , Lituites , Silurian cephalopod , figured , London basin , its flora and fauna , Machairodus , fossil cave - lion of Europe , Maclurea , characteristic Silurian shell , figured , 178 180 73 ...
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Стр. 211 - There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.
Стр. 210 - It is interesting to contemplate a tangled bank clothed with many plants of many kinds, with birds singing on the bushes, with various insects flitting about, and with worms crawling through the damp earth, and to reflect that these elaborately constructed forms, so different from each other, and dependent on each other in so Complex a manner, have all been produced by laws acting around us.
Стр. 54 - That, chang'd thro' all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth, as in th' ethereal frame ; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze; Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the 'trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Стр. 210 - These laws, taken in the largest sense, being Growth with Reproduction ; Inheritance which is almost implied by Reproduction ; Variability from the indirect and direct action of the conditions of life, and from use and disuse...