Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology, Parte 1W. Pickering, 1836 - 599 páginas |
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... adapted for sheep - walks , and the produc- tion of corn . Hence it appears that the numerical amount The road from Bath through Cirencester and Oxford to Buckingham , and thence by Kettering and Stamford to Lincoln , affords a good ...
... adapted for sheep - walks , and the produc- tion of corn . Hence it appears that the numerical amount The road from Bath through Cirencester and Oxford to Buckingham , and thence by Kettering and Stamford to Lincoln , affords a good ...
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... adapted for human habitation ; while the lower and more temperate regions are usually composed of derivative , or secondary strata , in which the compound nature of their ingredients qualifies them to be of the greatest utility to ...
... adapted for human habitation ; while the lower and more temperate regions are usually composed of derivative , or secondary strata , in which the compound nature of their ingredients qualifies them to be of the greatest utility to ...
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... adapted to the assimilation of every form of organic matter ; and , no doubt , with enough of instinctive precaution , to preserve them- selves from extermination , when surrounded with enemies of no higher intellectual powers than the ...
... adapted to the assimilation of every form of organic matter ; and , no doubt , with enough of instinctive precaution , to preserve them- selves from extermination , when surrounded with enemies of no higher intellectual powers than the ...
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... adapted to produce definite and useful ends , implies the anterior existence and agency of creative intel- ligence . CHAPTER IX . Strata of the Tertiary Series . THE Tertiary Series introduces a system of new phenomena , presenting ...
... adapted to produce definite and useful ends , implies the anterior existence and agency of creative intel- ligence . CHAPTER IX . Strata of the Tertiary Series . THE Tertiary Series introduces a system of new phenomena , presenting ...
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... adapted for the abode of fluviatile and lacustrine quadrupeds . Our knowledge of these quadrupeds is derived solely from their fossil remains ; and as these are found chiefly ( but not exclusively ) * in the fresh - water formations of ...
... adapted for the abode of fluviatile and lacustrine quadrupeds . Our knowledge of these quadrupeds is derived solely from their fossil remains ; and as these are found chiefly ( but not exclusively ) * in the fresh - water formations of ...
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adapted afford Agassiz air chambers Ammonites ancient animal and vegetable appear Articulated Baculites beds Belemnite body bones bony bottom calcareous Carboniferous cavity Chalk chambered shells character clay Coal formation composed condition Coniferæ contrivances Coprolites creation creatures Cretaceous Crocodiles Crustaceans Cuvier Cycadeæ deposits derived Dicotyledonous earth enamel Eningen entire evidence existing external shell extinct species feet Ferns fluid fossil fossil Fishes fossil species genus Geology globe horny Ichthyosaurus Iguanodon important inhabitants ink-bag land limestone living Lizards lobes Lyme Regis Mammalia marine mechanical Megatherium mineral Mollusks nature Nautilus nearly occur Oolite organic remains peculiar perfect period plants Plesiosaurus portion present probably Pterodactyle quadrupeds recent represents reptiles resembling ribs rocks sand sandstone Secondary shews similar siphuncle skeleton specimen stems strata stratum structure surface teeth Tertiary formations tion tooth Trans transverse plates Trilobites trunk vertebræ vertebral column whilst