Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology, Volumen 1Lea & Blanchard, 1841 - 87 páginas |
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... peculiar state of vibration , the sensation of light is produced : this vibration may be excited by various causes ; e . g . by the sun , by the stars , by electricity , com- bustion , & c . If then light be not a substance , but only a ...
... peculiar state of vibration , the sensation of light is produced : this vibration may be excited by various causes ; e . g . by the sun , by the stars , by electricity , com- bustion , & c . If then light be not a substance , but only a ...
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... peculiar and indispensable impor- tance to mankind . CHAPTER V. Volcanic Rocks , Basalt , and Trap . In the state of tranquil equilibrium which our planet has attained in the region we inhabit , we are apt to regard the foundation of ...
... peculiar and indispensable impor- tance to mankind . CHAPTER V. Volcanic Rocks , Basalt , and Trap . In the state of tranquil equilibrium which our planet has attained in the region we inhabit , we are apt to regard the foundation of ...
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... peculiar consideration under the head of Organic Remains . Al- though nearly fifty species of these Trilobites occur in strata of the transition period , they appear to have become extinct . before the commencement of the secondary ...
... peculiar consideration under the head of Organic Remains . Al- though nearly fifty species of these Trilobites occur in strata of the transition period , they appear to have become extinct . before the commencement of the secondary ...
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... peculiar to North and South America , and to New Holland , with the adjacent islands . The kangaroo and opossum are ... peculiar modifications both of the maternal and fœtal system , de- ANIMAL REMAINS . 65 The peculiar feature in the ...
... peculiar to North and South America , and to New Holland , with the adjacent islands . The kangaroo and opossum are ... peculiar modifications both of the maternal and fœtal system , de- ANIMAL REMAINS . 65 The peculiar feature in the ...
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... peculiar condition . " With respect to the final cause of these peculiarities , he conjectures that they have relation to an inferior condition of the brain and nervous system in the Marsupialia ; and considers the more protracted ...
... peculiar condition . " With respect to the final cause of these peculiarities , he conjectures that they have relation to an inferior condition of the brain and nervous system in the Marsupialia ; and considers the more protracted ...
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abundant adapted afford Agassiz air-chambers Ammonites ancient animal and vegetable appear Articulated beds Belemnite body bones bony bottom calcareous Carboniferous cavity Chalk chambered shells character clay Coal formation composed Coniferæ contrivances Coprolites creation creatures Cretaceous Crocodiles Crustaceans Cuvier Cycadeæ deposites derived Dicotyledonous discovery earth Encrinites entire evidence existing external shell extinct species farther feet Ferns fluid fossil fossil Fishes fresh-water genus geological globe horny Ichthyosaurus Iguanodon important inhabitants ink-bag land Lias limestone living Lizards lobes Lyme Regis Mammalia marine mechanical Megalosaurus Megatherium mineral nature Nautilus Nautilus Pompilius nearly occur Oolite organic remains Pachydermata peculiar Pentacrinite period plants Plesiosaurus portion present probably Pterodactyle quadrupeds recent represents reptiles resembling ribs rocks sand Secondary similar siphuncle skeleton specimens stems strata stratum structure surface teeth tion tooth Trans Transition series transverse plates Trilobites trunk vertebræ vertebral column whilst
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Página 170 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Página 439 - Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made, thou art God from everlasting, and world without end.
Página 27 - And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day, and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Página 423 - I might possibly answer, that, for any thing I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever: nor would it perhaps be very easy to show the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place ; I should hardly think of the answer which I had before given, that, for any thing I knew, the watch might have always been there.
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Página 161 - ... swan, and occasionally darting it down at the fish which happened to float within its reach...
Página 22 - Moses; but does Moses ever say, that when God created the heavens and the earth, he did more at the time alluded to than transform, them out of previously existing materials? Or does he ever say, that there was not an interval of many ages...
Página 3 - On the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God, as manifested in the Creation ; illustrating such work by all reasonable arguments, as for instance, the variety and formation of God's creatures in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms ; the effect of digestion and thereby of conversion ; the construction of the hand of man, and an...
Página 26 - ... [I defy him, without an assistant, quoth Dr. Slop.] " In other matters, we may be deceived by false appearances ; and, as the wise man complains, hardly do we guess aright at the things that are upon the earth, and with labour do we find the things that are before us. But...
Página 299 - ... we infer, that had it differed materially from its actual condition, it might have so far affected the rays of light, that a corresponding difference from the eyes of existing crustaceans would have been found in the organs on which the impressions of such rays were then received. ' Regarding light itself also, we learn, from the resemblance of these most ancient...