My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 2. köideDodd, Mead, 1906 |
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Page 42
... rocks . Dr. Carpenter maintained that it was a low form of Foraminifera , a group of which he had made a special study . This supposed organism had been named by Sir William Dawson , the geologist , Eozoon Canadense , and he was sup ...
... rocks . Dr. Carpenter maintained that it was a low form of Foraminifera , a group of which he had made a special study . This supposed organism had been named by Sir William Dawson , the geologist , Eozoon Canadense , and he was sup ...
Page 43
... rocks . Dr. Carpenter was also at work on the anatomy and physiology of the Crinoidea or sea - lilies , on which he published some important papers , and these , too , he would dilate upon and explain , though not much to my ...
... rocks . Dr. Carpenter was also at work on the anatomy and physiology of the Crinoidea or sea - lilies , on which he published some important papers , and these , too , he would dilate upon and explain , though not much to my ...
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... rock . In places the well - wooded country was very beautiful , with the autumnal tints of bright red , purple and yellow , though we were a little late to see them in perfection . Where we landed , I was delighted to see wild vines ...
... rock . In places the well - wooded country was very beautiful , with the autumnal tints of bright red , purple and yellow , though we were a little late to see them in perfection . Where we landed , I was delighted to see wild vines ...
Page 112
... rock and mountain and rapid streams , yet the whole effect was , as I noted it in my journal , " scraggy as usual , " while an American writer declares that the whole country " has been reduced to a state of unkempt and sordid ugliness ...
... rock and mountain and rapid streams , yet the whole effect was , as I noted it in my journal , " scraggy as usual , " while an American writer declares that the whole country " has been reduced to a state of unkempt and sordid ugliness ...
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... rock , with numerous waterfalls . I reached the Niagara old suspension bridge at 5 P. M. , and had just time to see the rapids by going down the cliffs in an elevator about two hundred feet . The leaping , irregular waves were fine ...
... rock , with numerous waterfalls . I reached the Niagara old suspension bridge at 5 P. M. , and had just time to see the rapids by going down the cliffs in an elevator about two hundred feet . The leaping , irregular waves were fine ...
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