Nature, Volume 52Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1895 - Electronic journals |
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... REMAINS TO STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY . There are two methods by which the study of fossils may legiti- mately be applied to geological investigation , and the following statement of the character of these is in part explanatory of the results ...
... REMAINS TO STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY . There are two methods by which the study of fossils may legiti- mately be applied to geological investigation , and the following statement of the character of these is in part explanatory of the results ...
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... remains having been a natural con- sequence of the character of their habitat , they are faunally more complete than are those of any land animals , and for the same reason they are florally more complete than are remains of land plants ...
... remains having been a natural con- sequence of the character of their habitat , they are faunally more complete than are those of any land animals , and for the same reason they are florally more complete than are remains of land plants ...
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... remains of such animals in a given formation , is , in the absence of conflicting facts , sufficient evidence of its marine origin on the one hand , or of its fresh - water origin on the other . Again , if a given family is known to ...
... remains of such animals in a given formation , is , in the absence of conflicting facts , sufficient evidence of its marine origin on the one hand , or of its fresh - water origin on the other . Again , if a given family is known to ...
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Piano Touch the Graphics of 597 Purnell C W True Instincts of Animals 383 | 25 |
Hymenopterous Insect an Aquatic Fred Enock 105 Iron and Steel Thomas Turner W Gowland 613 Steel | 26 |
Engel R Action of Hydrochloric Acid on Copper 656 F R S 411 Consciousness and Evolution Prof Mark | 30 |
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