Principles of Geology: Or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and Its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology, Band 2J. Murray, 1868 - 671 Seiten |
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Seite 589 - chronicle —as rich with praise As is the ooze and bottom of the deep With sunken wreck and sumless treasuries; for it is probable that a greater number of monuments of the skill and industry of man will, in the course of ages, be collected together in the bed of the ocean, than will
Seite 472 - seemed In bigness to surpass earth's giant sons, Now less than smallest dwarfs. A few examples will illustrate the mode in which this force operates. It is well known that, among the countless species of the insect creation, some feed on animal, others on vegetable matter; and, upon considering a catalogue of 8,000 British Insects and
Seite 35 - and Musara, Val del Bove. all leafless, and deprived of their bark by the scorching heat emitted from the melted rock; an image recalling those beautiful lines:— As when heaven's fire Hath scath'd the forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath.
Seite 494 - that we Are mere usurpers, tyrants, and what's worse, To fright the animals and to kill them up In their assign'd and native dwelling-place. We have only to reflect, that in thus obtaining possession of the earth by conquest, and defending our acquisitions by force, we exercise no exclusive prerogative. Every species which has spread itself from a small point over a wide area must, in like manner,
Seite 341 - Mr. Darwin has discovered that when a flower is fertilised by the wind, it never has a gaily coloured corolla; but when its fertilisation depends on the aid of insects, the flowers are conspicuous in colour and size, evidently in order to attract their observation.:!: When we consider the facility with which the skilful
Seite 594 - years above ground, without any considerable alteration), would bear record of these and past ages ? Or that some of our current coins might then be dug up, or old walls and the foundations of buildings show themselves, as well as the shells and stones of the primeval world, which are preserved down to our times
Seite 120 - in an opposite direction, at the distance of 720 miles. Out of a population of 12,000, in the province of Tomboro, only 26 individuals survived. Violent whirlwinds carried up men, horses, cattle, and whatever else came within their influence, into the air; tore up the largest trees by the roots, and covered the whole sea with floating timber.
Seite 160 - the contrary, they might, perhaps, go on augmenting in . number, although our confidence in the wisdom of the plan of Nature should increase at the same time; for it has been justly said, that the greater the circle of light, the greater the boundary of darkness by which it is surrounded.* * Sir H. Davy, Consolations in Travel, p. 246.
Seite 120 - The eruption of 1815 began on April 5th, but was most violent on the llth and 12th, and did not entirely cease till July. The sound of the explosions was heard in Sumatra, at the distance of 970 geographical miles in a direct line: and at
Seite 308 - species.—The next important effort to determine the manner in which new species may have originated was made in 1855 by Mr. Alfred Wallace in the 'Annals of Natural History,'* in an essay entitled ' On the Law which has regulated the Introduction of New Species.