Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology, Parte 1W. Pickering, 1836 - 599 páginas |
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... Plants . In 10 vols . 4to . containing 664 coloured Figures . 361 . 5. COLOURED ENGRAVINGS of HEATHS . In 4 vols . folio , containing 288 Figures , most beautifully and accurately coloured , with Descriptions in Latin and English . 361 ...
... Plants . In 10 vols . 4to . containing 664 coloured Figures . 361 . 5. COLOURED ENGRAVINGS of HEATHS . In 4 vols . folio , containing 288 Figures , most beautifully and accurately coloured , with Descriptions in Latin and English . 361 ...
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... mineral elements , to existing tribes of plants and animals , and more especially to the uses of man . Evidences like these make up a history of a high and ancient order , unfolding records of the ope- rations INTRODUCTION . 7.
... mineral elements , to existing tribes of plants and animals , and more especially to the uses of man . Evidences like these make up a history of a high and ancient order , unfolding records of the ope- rations INTRODUCTION . 7.
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... plants and animals to have been contemporaneous : if any creation of vegetables preceded that of animals , no evidence of such an event has yet been discovered by the researches of geology . Still there is , I believe , no sound ...
... plants and animals to have been contemporaneous : if any creation of vegetables preceded that of animals , no evidence of such an event has yet been discovered by the researches of geology . Still there is , I believe , no sound ...
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... plants , appear to have performed similar functions in the economy of many successive animal and vegetable crea- tions . In tracing the history of these natural phe- nomena we enter at once into the consideration of Geological Dynamics ...
... plants , appear to have performed similar functions in the economy of many successive animal and vegetable crea- tions . In tracing the history of these natural phe- nomena we enter at once into the consideration of Geological Dynamics ...
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... plants can adapt themselves to altered conditions , and many animals ac- commodate themselves to different climates ; but when we view the subject generally , and allow full importance to numerous exceptions , terrestrial plants and ...
... plants can adapt themselves to altered conditions , and many animals ac- commodate themselves to different climates ; but when we view the subject generally , and allow full importance to numerous exceptions , terrestrial plants and ...
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