The past and present life of the globe, a sketch of the world's life-system1861 |
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... that we are dealing with Life solely in its geological aspects . We appeal unto Cæsar ; let us be judged by Cæsar's laws . GILMORE PLACE , EDINBURGH , February 1861 . CONTENTS . INTRODUCTORY . Interest attached to the study of PREFACE . 9.
... that we are dealing with Life solely in its geological aspects . We appeal unto Cæsar ; let us be judged by Cæsar's laws . GILMORE PLACE , EDINBURGH , February 1861 . CONTENTS . INTRODUCTORY . Interest attached to the study of PREFACE . 9.
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... aspects of the future . - Progression or succession ? -Onward and upward , • - PAGE 177 CONCLUSION . What has been aimed at . - The known and the unknown . - The field in which we may all become fellow - workers . - The spirit in which ...
... aspects of the future . - Progression or succession ? -Onward and upward , • - PAGE 177 CONCLUSION . What has been aimed at . - The known and the unknown . - The field in which we may all become fellow - workers . - The spirit in which ...
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... aspects of rock - masses . Now , however , a fossil branch , a tooth , or a few scattered fish- scales , will enable them to identify with certainty strata in distant localities , and so save years of unnecessary toil and thousands of ...
... aspects of rock - masses . Now , however , a fossil branch , a tooth , or a few scattered fish- scales , will enable them to identify with certainty strata in distant localities , and so save years of unnecessary toil and thousands of ...
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... aspects of the globe at the successive stages of its history ; even as now , through the combined labours of the geographer , the botanist , and the zoologist , we are enabled to present a panorama of existing lands and seas with all ...
... aspects of the globe at the successive stages of its history ; even as now , through the combined labours of the geographer , the botanist , and the zoologist , we are enabled to present a panorama of existing lands and seas with all ...
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... aspect of the repro- ducing organs ; thirdly , on the primary development ; and fourthly , on the ultimate development of the plant — the botanist arrives at a scheme of classification which may be briefly expressed as in the annexed ...
... aspect of the repro- ducing organs ; thirdly , on the primary development ; and fourthly , on the ultimate development of the plant — the botanist arrives at a scheme of classification which may be briefly expressed as in the annexed ...
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abundance acrogens affinities America annelids appear areas aspects become birds bivalves botanist brachiopods cainozoic carboniferous cephalopods chalk character characterised climate club-mosses coal corals creation creatures CRETACEOUS crust crustaceans cycads deposits Devonian dicotyledonous earth's encrinites endogens eocene epoch equisetums estuaries Europe eurypterus evidence existing nature exogens external conditions extinct exuberant ferns fishes flora and fauna forest forms fossil fragments functions gasteropods genera and species genial geological geologists gigantic globe glyptodons growth gymnogens higher indicated latitudes limestones lower mammals marine marsupial mesozoic MOLLUSCA neozoic northern hemisphere numerous ocean Octavo old red sandstone oolite organic organisation palæontology paleontologist paleozoic palms peculiar period physical plants and animals pliocene present primal progress pterygotus races regions reptiles sauroid sea and land sea-urchins sea-weeds sediments shell-fish shores Silurian stage star-fishes strata structure terrestrial tertiary throng tion trace tree-ferns triassic trilobites true varied variety vegetable vertebrate vitality waters zoologist
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Сторінка 211 - There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.
Сторінка 210 - It is interesting to contemplate a tangled bank clothed with many plants of many kinds, with birds singing on the bushes, with various insects flitting about, and with worms crawling through the damp earth, and to reflect that these elaborately constructed forms, so different from each other, and dependent on each other in so Complex a manner, have all been produced by laws acting around us.
Сторінка 54 - That, chang'd thro' all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth, as in th' ethereal frame ; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze; Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the 'trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Сторінка 210 - These laws, taken in the largest sense, being Growth with Reproduction ; Inheritance which is almost implied by Reproduction ; Variability from the indirect and direct action of the conditions of life, and from use and disuse...