The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests; with Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living FormsE. Bumpus, 1888 - 403 pages |
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... GLACIAL PERIOD IN NORTH AMERICA , ' ETC. ETC. SECOND EDITION , REVISED AND CORRECTED . " It was his faith - perhaps is mine- That life in all its forms is one , And that its secret conduits run Unseen , but in unbroken line , From the ...
... GLACIAL PERIOD IN NORTH AMERICA , ' ETC. ETC. SECOND EDITION , REVISED AND CORRECTED . " It was his faith - perhaps is mine- That life in all its forms is one , And that its secret conduits run Unseen , but in unbroken line , From the ...
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... glacial action , upon which he built up his theories of the ice age . These became the ruling passion of his later years . Much of this work will be found in the Quarterly Journal of Science and in the Quarterly Journal of the ...
... glacial action , upon which he built up his theories of the ice age . These became the ruling passion of his later years . Much of this work will be found in the Quarterly Journal of Science and in the Quarterly Journal of the ...
Page xii
... glacial period .'- Quarterly Journal of Science , Loess of the Rhine and the Danube , ' January 1877 . " The immediate cause of his death was brain fever , follow- ing a long attack of mountain fever . " In the " Natural History ...
... glacial period .'- Quarterly Journal of Science , Loess of the Rhine and the Danube , ' January 1877 . " The immediate cause of his death was brain fever , follow- ing a long attack of mountain fever . " In the " Natural History ...
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... glacial phenomena of North America were unfolded to his view , and to the study of them he devoted himself with enthusiasm . In his investigations into glacial . phenomena , careful observations were made at the great lakes of the ...
... glacial phenomena of North America were unfolded to his view , and to the study of them he devoted himself with enthusiasm . In his investigations into glacial . phenomena , careful observations were made at the great lakes of the ...
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... Glacial Phenomena ; but this purpose of his life his early death has prevented . " Whilst in Nova Scotia , where he sojourned for two or three years , he took an active part in the Proceedings of the Nova - Scotian Institute of Natural ...
... Glacial Phenomena ; but this purpose of his life his early death has prevented . " Whilst in Nova Scotia , where he sojourned for two or three years , he took an active part in the Proceedings of the Nova - Scotian Institute of Natural ...
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