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On the general Analogy of Animal and Vegetable Life 93 X. On the Principle of
Life , Irritability , and Muscular Power 102 XI . On the Bones , Cartilages , Teeth ,
Hair , Wool , Silk , Feathers , and other hard or solid Parts of the Animal Frame .
On the general Analogy of Animal and Vegetable Life 93 X. On the Principle of
Life , Irritability , and Muscular Power 102 XI . On the Bones , Cartilages , Teeth ,
Hair , Wool , Silk , Feathers , and other hard or solid Parts of the Animal Frame .
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... begin the downward path to decay ; and , so far as relates to the visible
materials of which they consist , both at length moulder into one common
elementary mass , and furnish fresh fuel for fresh generations of animal or
vegetable existence ...
... begin the downward path to decay ; and , so far as relates to the visible
materials of which they consist , both at length moulder into one common
elementary mass , and furnish fresh fuel for fresh generations of animal or
vegetable existence ...
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The compound forms of matter are continually decomposing and dissolving into
their original corpuscles ; to this there is no exception : minerals , vegetables ,
and animals , in this respect all alike , when they lose their present make ,
perishing ...
The compound forms of matter are continually decomposing and dissolving into
their original corpuscles ; to this there is no exception : minerals , vegetables ,
and animals , in this respect all alike , when they lose their present make ,
perishing ...
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... hence deno . minated PRIMITIVE FORMATions . They are distinguished by the
following character . Not a single relic of either animal or vegetable petrifaction is
to be found in any of them . The lowermost or older contain no carbonaceous ...
... hence deno . minated PRIMITIVE FORMATions . They are distinguished by the
following character . Not a single relic of either animal or vegetable petrifaction is
to be found in any of them . The lowermost or older contain no carbonaceous ...
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It is in this second class of formations that petrifactions first make their
appearance ; and it deserves particular attention that they are uniformly confined
, both in the animal and vegetable kingdoms , to those of the lowest links in the
scale of ...
It is in this second class of formations that petrifactions first make their
appearance ; and it deserves particular attention that they are uniformly confined
, both in the animal and vegetable kingdoms , to those of the lowest links in the
scale of ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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