| Henry Woodward - 1869 - Страниц: 664
...objectionable in the following passage from Darwin, which is quoted by Sir W. Thomson : — he who " does not admit how incomprehensibly vast have been...past periods of time may at once close this volume." Sir W. Thomson denies that he took Uniformitarianism to be the representative of geological speculation... | |
| 1869 - Страниц: 590
...of arithmetic. But it is necessary to Darwin's theory : he bids us at once shut his book, if we do not admit ' how incomprehensibly vast have been the past periods of time ; ' and after referring to the lapse of ages needed for the deposition of strata, he says, ' The consideration... | |
| 1869 - Страниц: 1500
...of Geology, which the future historian will recognise as having produced a revolution in natur.-il science, yet does not admit how incomprehensibly vast have been the past periods of time, may at once cluse this volume.'1 (Darwin's Origin of Species by meant of Natural Selection, Edition 1859, p. 282)."... | |
| John R. Leifchild - 1872 - Страниц: 578
...favour of Natural Selection. It is based upon Time. Mr. Darwin himself candidly confesses that he " who does not admit how incomprehensibly vast have been the past periods of time" may at once close his volume, thus acknowledging that an indefinite, if not infinite, time is demanded for his theory.... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1875 - Страниц: 504
...historian will recognise as having produced a revolution in natural science, and yet does not admit how vast have been the past periods of time, may at once...each author attempts to give an inadequate idea of tho duration of each formation, or even of each stratum. We can best gain some idea of past time by... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1883 - Страниц: 494
...historian will recognise as having produced a revolution in natural science, and yet does not admit how vast have been the past periods of time, may at once...volume. Not that it suffices to study the Principles of Oeology, or to read special treatises by different observers on separate formations, and to mark how... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1884 - Страниц: 396
...historian will recognize as having produced a revolution in natural science, and yet does not admit how vast have been the past periods of time, may at once close this volume. When geologists look at large and complicated phenomena, and then at the figures representing several... | |
| William Thomson Baron Kelvin - 1894 - Страниц: 624
...recognise as having produced a revolution in "natural science, yet does not admit how incon1" prehensibly vast have been the past periods of '' time, may at once close this volume" (Darwin's Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection^ 13. In the discussion in this Society which... | |
| 1895 - Страниц: 346
...historian will recogni/e as having produced a revolution in natural science, and yet does not admit how vast have been the past periods of time, may at once close this volume." WILLIAM COOPKK, Milo, Maine. Science Gleanings. If life on our earth could not originate from lifeless... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1896 - Страниц: 360
...historian will recognise as having produced a revolution in natural science, and yet does not admit how vast have been the past periods of time, may at once...inadequate idea of the duration of each formation, or even of each stratum. We can best gain some idea of past time by knowing the agencies at work, and learning... | |
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