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 Forms |
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Page xi
Mr . Belt advocates the agency of ice , and ice - dams , and great lakes — to use
his own words — in place of ' great upheavals and depressions of the earth ' s
surface within a comparatively short period ; ' and he questions the hypothesis by
...
Mr . Belt advocates the agency of ice , and ice - dams , and great lakes — to use
his own words — in place of ' great upheavals and depressions of the earth ' s
surface within a comparatively short period ; ' and he questions the hypothesis by
...
Page xiii
Here the great 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 ...
Here the great 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 ...
Page xvi
... Recent Movements of the Earth ' s Surface . Vol . i . , pt . 1 , p . 19 . List of
Butterflies observed in the neighbourhood of Halifax , Nova Scotia . Vol . ii . , pt . I
, p . 97 . PREFACE . xvii - The Production and Preservation of Lakes Xvi
PREFACE .
... Recent Movements of the Earth ' s Surface . Vol . i . , pt . 1 , p . 19 . List of
Butterflies observed in the neighbourhood of Halifax , Nova Scotia . Vol . ii . , pt . I
, p . 97 . PREFACE . xvii - The Production and Preservation of Lakes Xvi
PREFACE .
Page xvii
... of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests; with Observations on
Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms
Thomas Belt. PREFACE . xvii - The Production and Preservation of Lakes by Ice
Action .
... of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests; with Observations on
Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms
Thomas Belt. PREFACE . xvii - The Production and Preservation of Lakes by Ice
Action .
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... the plains of Southern Australia ; some during many a solitary sleigh drive over
frozen lakes.
... the plains of Southern Australia ; some during many a solitary sleigh drive over
frozen lakes.
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| Title | 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 Forms |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | E. Bumpus, 1888 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 26 nov. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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