...Edinburgh, and was said to have furnished many of the scientific facts upon which the conclusions advanced by the author of " The Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation " were based. He was an ardent field-naturalist, and was engaged in active and useful work at Newcastle...

...thallogens, we see a depth of wisdom and goodness in the ordination of that peculiarity which was seized upon by the author of the ' Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation,' as an argument for the transmutation of species. Their spo rules, or germinating principles, which...

...metamorphosis ! Oh, the credulity of the incredulous ! This hypothesis is advocated in a more plausible form by the author of "The Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation," who contends " that the first step in the creation of life upon this planet was a chemicoelectric operation,...

...Whewell's Indications of the 'Creator — Arago's Eloge Historique de Baron Fourier — Despatches and Letters of Lord Nelson — Ecclesiastical Miracles — Explanations, by the Author of " Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" — Thomas Carlyle's Letters and Speeches of Oliver...

...a little speculation. In the Introduction (p. 59) we find the yet unverified theory lately taken up by the author of the " Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation," that planets of the same group " have been formed, under the dominion of one central body, by precipitation...

...Well, in one of these occasional upheavings, or advances of the principle of development, referred to by the author of the Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation, we may hope to see all this set right by the elevation of the Simpkin nature to that of the De Boodle....

...Well, in one of these occasional upheavings, or advances of the principle of development, referred to by the author of the Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation, we may hope to see all this set right by the elevation of the Simpkin nature to that of the De Boodle....

...which assumes the very elenchus of the argument. One is reminded of a dialectical artifice practised by the author of the Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation, which attracted at one time so much attention. It consists in stating a doubtful proposition, with...

...des Roches d'apres leurs caracteres chintiques, mintralogiques et geologiques. 8vo, pp. 35. Brussels. Explanations, by the Author of the " Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation." Hamilton, George. Practical Geology of Ireland. 1 vol. 8vo. London, 1844. Humboldt, A. de. Kosmos....

...have been constructed out of the same materials as our own. It is thus, for example, turned to account by the author of the " Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation." After stating that the elements, or simplest chemical constituents of the globe, are those sixty or...