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共 34 段- Thus I was encouraged in this twofold investigation, by the
- But these primitive masses have also undergone other revolut
- More recently still, a philosophy, which substitutes metapho
- The Giraffe, or Camelopard (Camel-Leopard), was also well kn
- Every organised being forms a whole,--a peculiar system of i
- Secondly, these repositories of organic remains are subject
- It must, in fact, have been since this last retreat of the w
- Each of the different colonies of Greece, that had preserved
- Ought not this, then, which is proved and demonstrated with
- Notwithstanding all that is said to the contrary, the same o
- “It is to be remarked, that the constellations leave empty s
- _General Conclusion relative to the Period of the last Revol
- The _plesiosaurus_, discovered by Mr Conybeare, must have ap
- To this period I refer the gypsum beds of Paris and those of
- I also participated in the error of those celebrated men who
- The learned have not been more happy in their conjectures th
- If primitive mountains and volcanic formations have been flu
- I now proceed to the details which I received from M. Hartz;
- The greater quantity of the sand is drifted into the river,
- Mr Chamisso, who accompanied Kotzebue in his voyage, has pub
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- Towards the middle of the twelfth century, the flood-waters
- Geognosy certainly contains many facts, which cannot be expl
- 3. Allowing, for the moment, that a river, possessed of a va
- The vicinity of the rock to the under surface of the vegetab
- In the first class, we place those rocks which experience no
- “I deferred replying to your letter of the 1st, as it was my
- As to the causes which led to the extinction of this animal,
- The caves of Germany the richest in bones are those of _Fran
- This much is certain, that the establishment of these animal
- [20] Telliamed. Amsterd. 1748.
- [136] Megasthenes apud Strabonem, lib. xv. p. 709. Almel.
- [266] Researches, vol. v. part ii. p. 266.
- No remains have hitherto been found in these caves; but in f