 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1876 - 586 lehte
...of its earliest appearance on the globe, and of the various extinct forms most nearly allied to it. To those who accept the theory of development as worked...diversity, is the fact that most frequently puzzles us. The more accurate knowledge we have of late years obtained of the productions of many remote regions,... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1876 - 602 lehte
...of its earliest appearance on the globe, and of the various extinct forms most nearly allied to it. To those who accept the theory of development as worked...diversity, is the fact that most frequently puzzles us. The more accurate knowledge we have of late years obtained of the productions of many remote regions,... | |
 | ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE - 1876 - 566 lehte
...of its earliest appearance on the globe, and of the various extinct forms most nearly allied to it. To those who accept the theory of development as worked...similarity, not their diversity, is the fact that niost frequently puzzles us. The more accurate knowledge we have of late years obtained of the productions... | |
 | Spencer Fullerton Baird - 1876 - 1888 lehte
...most nearly allied to it. To those who accept the theory of development as worked out by Mr. Dai-win, and the views as to the general permanence and immense...their productions ; but rather that they should have any thing in common. Their similarity, not their diversity, is the fact that most frequently puzzles... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1876 - 612 lehte
...as worked out by Mr. Darwin, \ their diversity, is the~fact that most frequently puz and the vie ws as to the general permanence and immense antiquity...continents and oceans so ably developed by Sir Charles I.yell, it ceases to be a matter of Yet, in spite of the increased attention paid to 1 by Swainson,... | |
 | Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) - 1878 - 240 lehte
...Halicoridce. Total number 50 Peculiar (or almost wholly restricted) to the region 22 Subcosinopolitan 13 Represented in the American tropics (only) 4 Occurring...diversity, is the fact that most frequently puzzles us."* In the foregoing remarks, no reference has been made to Madagascar or to Australia, for the reason... | |
 | Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) - 1878 - 930 lehte
...the difference in size and configuration of the two areas. The Old World intertropical land- surface is not only several times greater than the American...diversity, is the fact that most frequently puzzles us."* In the foregoing remarks, no reference has been made to Madagascar or to Australia, for the reason... | |
 | Joel Asaph Allen - 1878 - 174 lehte
...environing circumstances, originating geologically far back iu the history of these several laud-masses. As Mr. Wallace has remarked, — "To those who accept...tropics of Africa, Asia, and America should differ iu their productions, but rather that they should have anything in common. Their similarity, not their... | |
 | Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) - 1878 - 942 lehte
...theory of development as worked out by Mr. Darwin, and the views as to the general permanence anil immense antiquity of the great continents and oceans...that the tropics of Africa, Asia, and America should diifer in their productions, but rather that they should have anything in common. Their similarity,... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1876 - 886 lehte
...of its earliest appearance on the globe, and of the various extinct forms most nearly allied to it. To those who accept the theory of development as worked...ceases to be a matter of surprise that the tropics ot Africa, Asia, and America should differ in their productions, but rather that they should have anything... | |
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As Mr. Wallace has remarked, — "To those who accept the theory of development as worked out by Mr. Darwin, and the views as to the general permanence and immense antiquity of the great continents and oceans so ably developed by Sir Charles Lyell, it... 