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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BY THOMAS BELT , F . G . S . AUTHOR OF “ MINERAL VEINS , " " THE GLACIAL
PERIOD IN NORTH AMERICA , ” ETC . ETC . SECOND EDITION , REVISED
AND CORRECTED . “ It was his faith - perhaps is mineThat life in all its forms is
one ...
BY THOMAS BELT , F . G . S . AUTHOR OF “ MINERAL VEINS , " " THE GLACIAL
PERIOD IN NORTH AMERICA , ” ETC . ETC . SECOND EDITION , REVISED
AND CORRECTED . “ It was his faith - perhaps is mineThat life in all its forms is
one ...
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... s surface which are now temperate regions , during the period called by
geologists the glacial epoch , may have been brought about by other causes of
less intensity than the submergences and emergences of the land , even than by
the ...
... s surface which are now temperate regions , during the period called by
geologists the glacial epoch , may have been brought about by other causes of
less intensity than the submergences and emergences of the land , even than by
the ...
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advance southwards of the ice of a single glacial period . 'Quarterly Journal of
Science , ' Loess of the Rhine and the Danube , January 1877 . “ The immediate
cause of his death was brain fever , following a long attack of mountain fever .
advance southwards of the ice of a single glacial period . 'Quarterly Journal of
Science , ' Loess of the Rhine and the Danube , January 1877 . “ The immediate
cause of his death was brain fever , following a long attack of mountain fever .
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... in the Proceedings of the Nova - Scotian Institute of Natural Science ; and the
first geological paper printed in their Transactions is from his pen ; it is also in
these Transactions that his paper on the Glacial Period in North America
appeared .
... in the Proceedings of the Nova - Scotian Institute of Natural Science ; and the
first geological paper printed in their Transactions is from his pen ; it is also in
these Transactions that his paper on the Glacial Period in North America
appeared .
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The Glacial Period in North America . Vol . ii . , pt . 4 , p . 91 . Geological
Magazine . On some new Trilobites from the Upper Cambrian of North Wales .
Vol . iv . , p . 294 . On the Lingula Flags , or Festiniog Group of the Dolgelly
District . Vol . iv .
The Glacial Period in North America . Vol . ii . , pt . 4 , p . 91 . Geological
Magazine . On some new Trilobites from the Upper Cambrian of North Wales .
Vol . iv . , p . 294 . On the Lingula Flags , or Festiniog Group of the Dolgelly
District . Vol . iv .
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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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