Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology, Volumen 1Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1841 - 87 páginas |
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... land of rich pastures , crowded with a flourishing population of manufacturers ; the third , as a great corn - field , occupied by persons almost exclusively engaged in the pursuits of hus- bandry . These dissimilar conditions of three ...
... land of rich pastures , crowded with a flourishing population of manufacturers ; the third , as a great corn - field , occupied by persons almost exclusively engaged in the pursuits of hus- bandry . These dissimilar conditions of three ...
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... land , a journey might be made from Lyme Regis to Whitby , almost entirely upon the lias formation ; and from Weymouth to the Humber , without once leaving the Oxford clay . Indeed almost any route , taking a north - east and south ...
... land , a journey might be made from Lyme Regis to Whitby , almost entirely upon the lias formation ; and from Weymouth to the Humber , without once leaving the Oxford clay . Indeed almost any route , taking a north - east and south ...
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... lands and waters on which they were placed ; and be- sides all these , it discloses an ulterior prospective accommo- dation of the mineral elements , to existing tribes of plants and animals , and more especially to the uses of man ...
... lands and waters on which they were placed ; and be- sides all these , it discloses an ulterior prospective accommo- dation of the mineral elements , to existing tribes of plants and animals , and more especially to the uses of man ...
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... land to appear ; this dry land being the same earth whose material creation had been announced in the first verse , and whose temporary submersion and temporary darkness are described in the second verse ; the appearance of the land and ...
... land to appear ; this dry land being the same earth whose material creation had been announced in the first verse , and whose temporary submersion and temporary darkness are described in the second verse ; the appearance of the land and ...
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... lands , being drifted into the and there spread out into extensive beds of mud and sea , * The experiments of Mr. Gregory Watt on bodies cooled slowly after fusion ; and of Sir James Hall , on reproducing artificial crystalline rocks ...
... lands , being drifted into the and there spread out into extensive beds of mud and sea , * The experiments of Mr. Gregory Watt on bodies cooled slowly after fusion ; and of Sir James Hall , on reproducing artificial crystalline rocks ...
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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 Crocodiles Crustaceans Cuvier Cycadeæ deposites derived discovery earth Eningen entire evidence existing external shell extinct species farther feet Ferns fluid fossil fossil Fishes fossil species fresh-water genus Geol geological globe horny Ichthyosaurus Iguanodon important inhabitants ink-bag land Lias limestone Lizards lobes Lyme Regis Mammalia marine mechanical Megalosaurus Megatherium mineral nature Nautilus Nautilus Pompilius nearly occur Oolite organic remains Pachydermata peculiar period phenomena plants Plesiosaurus portion present probably Pterodactyle quadrupeds recent represents reptiles resembling ribs rocks sand Secondary similar siphuncle skeleton specimens stems strata stratum structure substance surface teeth tion tooth Trans transverse plates Trilobites trunk vertebræ vertebral column whilst