The Old Red Sandstone: Or, New Walks in an Old FieldGould and Lincoln, 1851 - 264 páginas |
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... originals . To Mr. Daniel Alexander , of Ed- inburgh , a gentleman , who to the skill and taste of the superior artist , adds no small portion of the knowledge of the practical geologist , I am indebted for several of the draw- ings ...
... originals . To Mr. Daniel Alexander , of Ed- inburgh , a gentleman , who to the skill and taste of the superior artist , adds no small portion of the knowledge of the practical geologist , I am indebted for several of the draw- ings ...
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... original Extent . These lead to an exploratory Ram- ble . Narrative . - Phenomena exhibited in the Course of - - half an Hour's Walk . - - The little Bay . Its Strata and their PAGE Organisms , 95-108 CHAPTER VII . Further Discoveries ...
... original Extent . These lead to an exploratory Ram- ble . Narrative . - Phenomena exhibited in the Course of - - half an Hour's Walk . - - The little Bay . Its Strata and their PAGE Organisms , 95-108 CHAPTER VII . Further Discoveries ...
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... original covering of rhomboidal scales . Fig . 4 , Tu- bercles of Pterichthys magnified . - PLATE II . Fig . 2 , Restoration of under side of Pterichthys ob- longus . Fig . 1 , A second specimen of Pterichthys Milleri . Fig . 3 ...
... original covering of rhomboidal scales . Fig . 4 , Tu- bercles of Pterichthys magnified . - PLATE II . Fig . 2 , Restoration of under side of Pterichthys ob- longus . Fig . 1 , A second specimen of Pterichthys Milleri . Fig . 3 ...
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... original level of the plain . The affrighted Indians fled to the mountains ; and from thence looking down on the phenomenon , saw flames issuing from the earth for miles around the newly - elevated hill , and the softened surface rising ...
... original level of the plain . The affrighted Indians fled to the mountains ; and from thence looking down on the phenomenon , saw flames issuing from the earth for miles around the newly - elevated hill , and the softened surface rising ...
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... original principle in the offspring . The adaptation which takes place in the forms and constitution of plants and animals , when placed in circumstances different from their ordinary ones , is equally striking . The woody plant of a ...
... original principle in the offspring . The adaptation which takes place in the forms and constitution of plants and animals , when placed in circumstances different from their ordinary ones , is equally striking . The woody plant of a ...
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Página 1 - ... column of smoke. It rose straight as the line of a plummet for more than a thousand yards, and then, on reaching a thinner stratum of air, spread out equally on every side, like the foliage of a stately tree. Ben...
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