Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology, Parte 1W. Pickering, 1836 - 599 páginas |
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... strength as thou hast granted me . I have declared the praise of thy works to the men who will read the evidences of it , so far as my finite spirit could com- prehend them in their infinity . My mind endeavoured to its utmost to reach ...
... strength as thou hast granted me . I have declared the praise of thy works to the men who will read the evidences of it , so far as my finite spirit could com- prehend them in their infinity . My mind endeavoured to its utmost to reach ...
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... strength , and of every member of the Deer and Antelope to give agility and speed , are too obvious to have escaped the attention of any scientific observer ; but , it has been the constant practice of naturalists , to follow Buffon in ...
... strength , and of every member of the Deer and Antelope to give agility and speed , are too obvious to have escaped the attention of any scientific observer ; but , it has been the constant practice of naturalists , to follow Buffon in ...
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... strength ; its processes indicate the existence of very powerful muscles for the movement of the tail . The tail was long , and composed of vertebræ of enormous magnitude , ( Pl . 6 , Fig . 2 ) , the body of the largest being seven ...
... strength ; its processes indicate the existence of very powerful muscles for the movement of the tail . The tail was long , and composed of vertebræ of enormous magnitude , ( Pl . 6 , Fig . 2 ) , the body of the largest being seven ...
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... strength of the tail , in assisting to support the body . The tail also probably served for a formidable instrument of defence , as in the Pangolins and Crocodiles . In 1822 , Sellow saw portions of armour that had covered a tail ...
... strength of the tail , in assisting to support the body . The tail also probably served for a formidable instrument of defence , as in the Pangolins and Crocodiles . In 1822 , Sellow saw portions of armour that had covered a tail ...
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... strength , peculiar to itself and them , in its mode of articulation with the collar bone ( h ) ; it exhibits also unusual provisions for the support of the most powerful muscles for the movement of the arm . The clavicle or collar bone ...
... strength , peculiar to itself and them , in its mode of articulation with the collar bone ( h ) ; it exhibits also unusual provisions for the support of the most powerful muscles for the movement of the arm . The clavicle or collar bone ...
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