Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology, Volumen 1Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1841 - 87 páginas |
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... cavities for the reception of eyes , and with perforations for the passage of optic nerves , although the cases are rare , in which any part of the eye itself has been preserved . The influence of light is also so necessary to the ...
... cavities for the reception of eyes , and with perforations for the passage of optic nerves , although the cases are rare , in which any part of the eye itself has been preserved . The influence of light is also so necessary to the ...
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... cavities , have readily shattered into fragments the refrigerated portion of the crust ; especially , as at this early period , it must have been necessarily very thin , and resembling chiefly the scoria floating on a surface of lava ...
... cavities , have readily shattered into fragments the refrigerated portion of the crust ; especially , as at this early period , it must have been necessarily very thin , and resembling chiefly the scoria floating on a surface of lava ...
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... cavities lie within the earth , or what living creatures they may contain , endued with senses unknown to us , to whom the streams of magnetism may serve instead of light , and those of electricity affect them as sensibly as sounds and ...
... cavities lie within the earth , or what living creatures they may contain , endued with senses unknown to us , to whom the streams of magnetism may serve instead of light , and those of electricity affect them as sensibly as sounds and ...
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... the act of working against the similarly constructed extremity of the tooth opposed to it . † Pl . 5 , Fig . 11 , represents the section of the cavity containing this pulp . Lower Jaw . The lower jaw ( Pl . 5. MEGATHERIUM . 119.
... the act of working against the similarly constructed extremity of the tooth opposed to it . † Pl . 5 , Fig . 11 , represents the section of the cavity containing this pulp . Lower Jaw . The lower jaw ( Pl . 5. MEGATHERIUM . 119.
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... cavity of the sca- pula , admitting of rotatory motion in the fore - leg , analogous to that of the human arm . There is in these circumstances a triple accommodation to the form and habits of the Mega- therium ; 1o . a free rotatory ...
... cavity of the sca- pula , admitting of rotatory motion in the fore - leg , analogous to that of the human arm . There is in these circumstances a triple accommodation to the form and habits of the Mega- therium ; 1o . a free rotatory ...
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