European forest-trees die out, he would reply that such alterations in the inanimate world might be multiplied indefinitely before he should have reason to anticipate, by reference to any known data, that the existing species of trees in our forests would... The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal - Seite 171851Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Geological Society of London - 1850 - 848 Seiten
...sea, or the annual retreat of wasting sea-cliffs, are changes the minimum amount of which might he roughly estimated. The quantity of land raised above...thick, we ought not to feel surprised, but merely conclude that formerly, as now, the rate of change in the vegetable kingdom was extremely slow, so... | |
| Geological Society of London - 1850 - 732 Seiten
...estimated. The quantity of land raised above or depressed below the level of the sea might also he computed, and the change arising from such movements...thick, we ought not to feel surprised, but merely conclude that formerly, as now, the rate of change in the vegetable kingdom was extremely slow, so... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1854 - 870 Seiten
...or the sea-clifls recede from the present shores, before the species of European forest-trees will die out, he would reply that such alterations in the...interval, that we can prove the reality of its motion.* CHAPTER XII. DIFFERENCE IN TEXTURE OF THE OLDER AND NEWER ROCKS. Consolidation of fossiliferous strata... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1865 - 880 Seiten
...data, that the existing species of trees in our forests would disappear and give place to •ilia -. In a word, the movement of the inorganic world is...interval, that we can prove, the reality of its motion.* ' CHAPTER XII. DIFFERENCE IN TEXTURE OF THE OLDER AND NEWER ROCKS. Consolidation of fossiliferous strata... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1868 - 876 Seiten
...fluctuations of the living creation are nearly invisible, and resemble the motion of the hour\iand of a timepiece. It is only by watching it attentively...interval that we can prove the reality of its motion.* CHAPTER XII. DIFFERENCE IN TEXTURE OF THE OLDER ANTD NEWER ROCKS. Consolidation of fossiliferous etrata—... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1872 - 714 Seiten
...die out, he would reply that such alterations in the inanimate world might be multiplied indefmitely before he should have reason to anticipate, by reference...interval, that we can prove the reality of its motion.* * See the Author's Anniversary Ad- vol. vi. p. 46, from which some of the dress, Quart. JourH. Geol.... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1872 - 712 Seiten
...whereas the fluctuations of the living creation are nearly invisible, and resemble the motion of tlie hour-hand of a timepiece. It is only by watching it...interval, that we can prove the reality of its motion.* * See the Author's Anniversary Ad- vol. vi. p. 46, from which some of tho dress, Quart. Journ. Geol.... | |
| Oscar Schmidt - 1875 - 356 Seiten
...occurring in historic times, with the various modifications which organisms had meanwhile undergone. " In a word, the movement of the inorganic world is...interval, that we can prove the reality of its motion." Careful observation and logical deduction had thus arrived at conclusions diametrically opposite to... | |
| Dr. Schmidt (Eduard Oskar), Oscar Schmidt - 1875 - 362 Seiten
...occurring in historic times, with the various modifications which organisms had meanwhile undergone. " In a word, the movement of the inorganic world is...interval, that we can prove the reality of its motion." Careful observation and logical deduction had thus arrived at conclusions diametrically opposite to... | |
| Geological Society of London - 1850 - 738 Seiten
...iii. p. 231. place, and a rude estimate might be made of the number of cubic feet of lava and scorise poured or cast out of various craters. The amount...thick, we ought not to feel surprised, but merely conclude that formerly, as now, the rate of change in the vegetable kingdom was extremely slow, so... | |
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