The Natural History Review, Volume 9Hodges & Smith, 1862 |
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... surface of the cerebrum , are , according to authors , the five principal characters by which the human brain is particularly dis- tinguished . These are , in fact , so many indubitable marks of the superiority of man over animals ...
... surface of the cerebrum , are , according to authors , the five principal characters by which the human brain is particularly dis- tinguished . These are , in fact , so many indubitable marks of the superiority of man over animals ...
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... surface of the lateral wings , towards their lower margin , which is turned towards the primary axis , the ovules are , according to Baillon , produced at a later period . From this description it is evident that three distinct organs ...
... surface of the lateral wings , towards their lower margin , which is turned towards the primary axis , the ovules are , according to Baillon , produced at a later period . From this description it is evident that three distinct organs ...
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... surface , almost in its middle , the growing point rises as the hooked apex of an evanescent axis , utterly distinct both in position and direction , from the morphological apex of the lamina of the proper scale , with the flattened ...
... surface , almost in its middle , the growing point rises as the hooked apex of an evanescent axis , utterly distinct both in position and direction , from the morphological apex of the lamina of the proper scale , with the flattened ...
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... surface of the earth is made up of the dust and skeletons of our predecessors , so the relics of man , long looked upon as rare and exceptional in their occurrence , are gradually presenting themselves in unexpected pro- fusion . Loth ...
... surface of the earth is made up of the dust and skeletons of our predecessors , so the relics of man , long looked upon as rare and exceptional in their occurrence , are gradually presenting themselves in unexpected pro- fusion . Loth ...
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... surface , has explained the results which Geology brings before us , and thus arguing from the known to the unknown , has used the Present as a key to unlock the Past ; so M. Thomsen , by collecting the implements and recording the ...
... surface , has explained the results which Geology brings before us , and thus arguing from the known to the unknown , has used the Present as a key to unlock the Past ; so M. Thomsen , by collecting the implements and recording the ...
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Página 12 - Corrys in many Highland mountains. The floor of that in which the cedars grow presents almost a dead level to the eye, crossed abruptly and transversely by a confused range of ancient moraines which have been deposited by glaciers, that, under very different conditions of climate, once filled the basin above them, and communicated with the perpetual snow with which the whole summit of Lebanon was, at that time, deeply covered.
Página 118 - Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them.
Página 130 - ... and the sitaris, therefore, at its first meal, relieves itself from its only rival. After eight days the egg is consumed, and on the empty shell the sitaris undergoes its first transformation, and makes its appearance in a very different form.
Página 31 - ... from one to five feet, and must also have projected from four to six feet above the water level, which cannot have been very different from what it is at present. They must, therefore, have had a length of from fifteen to thirty feet, and they were from three to nine inches in diameter. The pointed extremity which entered into the mud still bears the marks of the fire and the rude cuts made by the stone hatchets. The piles belonging to the Bronze period being prepared with metal axes, were much...
Página 164 - Flora affords no substantial evidence of a former direct communication with the mainland of the New World. . . . The consideration of these facts leads me to the opinion that botanical evidence does not favour the hypothesis of an Atlantis. On the other hand, it strongly favours the view that at some period of the Tertiary epoch North-Eastern Asia was united to North-western America, perhaps by the line where the Aleutian chain of islands now extends.
Página 30 - Roscommon. upon is in sartin freshwater loghes in his country, which from the sea there come neither ship nor boat to approach them : it is thought that there in the said fortified islands lyeth all his plate, which is much, and money, prisoners, and gages : which islands, hath in wars to fore been attempted, and now of late again by the Lord Deputy there, Sir Harry Sydney, which for want of means for safe conducts upon the water it hath not prevailed.
Página 41 - And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads...
Página 471 - GARDEN FERNS ; or, Coloured Figures and Descriptions, with the needful Analyses of the Fructification and Venation, of a Selection of Exotic Ferns, adapted for Cultivation in the Garden, Hothouse, and Conservatory. By Sir WJ HOOKER, FRS Royal 8vo, 64 Plates, £2.
Página 33 - After having chosen a stone, the first step was to reduce it by blows with a hammer to a suitable size. Then grooves were made artificially, which must have been a very tedious and difficult operation, when flint knives, sand, and water were the only available instruments. Having carried the grooves to the required...