The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist, Том 5Dawson., 1860 |
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... contain- ing fossil plants , apparently of the land , and some of them evidently in situ . Nothing was done toward the precise determin- ation and description of these remains until 1856 , when Sir William kindly permitted the writer of ...
... contain- ing fossil plants , apparently of the land , and some of them evidently in situ . Nothing was done toward the precise determin- ation and description of these remains until 1856 , when Sir William kindly permitted the writer of ...
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... contain marine fossils of Lower Devonian forms , which are now in process of examination by Mr. Billings of the Geological Survey . The greater part of the beds are , however , destitute of marine fossils , and present appearances ...
... contain marine fossils of Lower Devonian forms , which are now in process of examination by Mr. Billings of the Geological Survey . The greater part of the beds are , however , destitute of marine fossils , and present appearances ...
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... containing the plants just described , and is distinct from any that I have observed in the Coal - formation . The specimens observed were all of small size and fragmentary , nor was their state of preservation very good , though most ...
... containing the plants just described , and is distinct from any that I have observed in the Coal - formation . The specimens observed were all of small size and fragmentary , nor was their state of preservation very good , though most ...
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... contain , especially in the beds near the coal - seam , abundance of what seem to be long parallel - sided leaves , with delicate longitudinal striæ , and varying from a fourth of an inch to an inch , in breadth . They may be placed ...
... contain , especially in the beds near the coal - seam , abundance of what seem to be long parallel - sided leaves , with delicate longitudinal striæ , and varying from a fourth of an inch to an inch , in breadth . They may be placed ...
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... contains figures of almost every species found in the British waters , and comprises a great part of our American plants . Its cost is three guineas sterling in England , and though somewhat expensive , is really a most delightful and ...
... contains figures of almost every species found in the British waters , and comprises a great part of our American plants . Its cost is three guineas sterling in England , and though somewhat expensive , is really a most delightful and ...
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Стр. 119 - I cannot doubt that the theory of descent with modification embraces all the members of the same great class or kingdom. I believe that animals are descended from at most only four or five progenitors, and plants from an equal or lesser number.
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Стр. 403 - Without asserting that every part of the theory had been confirmed, he maintained that it was the best explanation of the origin of species which had yet been offered. With regard to the psychological distinction between man and animals; man himself was once a monad — a mere atom, and nobody could say at what moment in the history of his development he became consciously intelligent.
Стр. 74 - ... races and permanent varieties in animals and plants, are the same as those which, in much longer periods, produce species, and, in a still longer series of ages, give rise to differences of generic rank. He appears to me to have succeeded, by his investigations and reasonings...
Стр. 47 - Makrede and one or two others, all belonging either to the genus Bagrus or one nearly allied to it. The first two are quite common in the market and I have seen many specimens of them ; for the last two I have the authority of negro fishermen but have never seen them myself. The eggs in my collection are of three different sizes, indicating so many species ; one of the three having been brought to me without the fish from which they were taken. The eggs become quite large before they leave the ovaries,...
Стр. 181 - ... simply because it was so probable that the operation would be followed by a fatal issue, that I wished to prepare for death and what lies beyond it, whilst my faculties were clear and my emotions were comparatively undisturbed, for I knew well that if the operation were speedily followed by death, I should be in a condition, during the interval, in the last degree unfavourable to making preparation for the great change.