Vestiges of the Natural History of CreationWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 280 páginas |
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... Land Plants Era of the New Red Sandstone - Terrestrial Zoology commen- ces with reptiles - First traces of Birds 20 ✓ 33 39✓ 47 59 + 388 56 64 Era of the Oolite - Commencement of Mammalia 76 Era of the Cretaceous formation 85 Era of ...
... Land Plants Era of the New Red Sandstone - Terrestrial Zoology commen- ces with reptiles - First traces of Birds 20 ✓ 33 39✓ 47 59 + 388 56 64 Era of the Oolite - Commencement of Mammalia 76 Era of the Cretaceous formation 85 Era of ...
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... terrestrial vegeta- tion , had ceased about the time when this formation was closed . The high temperature was not ... Land animal life would not have a place on earth ; vegetation would be enormous ; and coal strata would be formed from ...
... terrestrial vegeta- tion , had ceased about the time when this formation was closed . The high temperature was not ... Land animal life would not have a place on earth ; vegetation would be enormous ; and coal strata would be formed from ...
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... land animals , which it is the first to present in any con- siderable abundance to ... terrestrial tribes whose imperfect respiratory system perhaps fitted them ... animal to which the name ichthyosaurus has been given , was as long as a ...
... land animals , which it is the first to present in any con- siderable abundance to ... terrestrial tribes whose imperfect respiratory system perhaps fitted them ... animal to which the name ichthyosaurus has been given , was as long as a ...
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... terrestrial vegetation , as of terrestrial animals , the specimens in the European area are comparatively rare , rendering it probable that there was no dry land near . The remains are chiefly of ferns , conifers , and cycadeæ , but in ...
... terrestrial vegetation , as of terrestrial animals , the specimens in the European area are comparatively rare , rendering it probable that there was no dry land near . The remains are chiefly of ferns , conifers , and cycadeæ , but in ...
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... land animals heretofore discovered can be detected at a subse- quent period . The whole seem to have been now changed . Some geologists incline to think that there was at this time a new development of terrestrial animal life upon the ...
... land animals heretofore discovered can be detected at a subse- quent period . The whole seem to have been now changed . Some geologists incline to think that there was at this time a new development of terrestrial animal life upon the ...
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advance American amongst animal kingdom animalcules appear arrangement become beds birds body brain called carboniferous causes character circumstances civilisation coal connexion constitution crag and tail creatures cretaceous crinoidea crustacea diluvium doctrine early earth eocene evil existence external fact faculties favorable feet fishes formation fossils genera geological globe heat human hypothesis ichthyosaurus idea infusoria instances kind land animals language less limestone living mammalia marsupial mass matter ment mental mind mollusks moral nature observed Old Red Sandstone oolite operation organic creation original pachydermata particular peculiar perfect perhaps phenomena plants present primary rocks produced quadrumana race red sandstone regard remarkable reptiles respect scale seen Silurian solar system space species stars strata structure substance supposed surface terrestrial animal things tion traces tribes truth various vast VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL vertebral column vertebrata whole word
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Página ix - These wait all upon thee ; That thou mayest give them their meat in due season. That thou givest them they gather : Thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
Página xxvii - ... and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed and the bounds of their habitation ; that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he be not far from every one of us.
Página vii - For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water, whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished; but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
Página x - And said unto the woman. Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
Página 235 - The difference beiween mind in the lower animals and in man is a difference in degree only; it is not a specific difference. All who have studied animals by actual observation, and even those who have given a candid attention to the subject in books, must attain more or less clear convictions of this truth, notwithstanding all the obscurity which prejudice may have engendered.
Página 250 - But when order is generally triumphant, and reason allowed sway, men begin to see the true case of criminals—namely, that while one large department are victims of erroneous social conditions, another are brought to error by tendencies which they are only unfortunate in having inherited from nature. Criminal jurisprudence then addresses itself less to the direct punishment than to the reformation and care-taking of those liable to its attention.
Página 8 - It has been found that, with respect to any two planets, the squares of the times of revolutions are to each other in the same proportion as the cubes of their mean distances,— a most surprising result, for the discovery of which the world was indebted to the illustrious Kepler. Sir John Herschel truly observes...