The Heavens, the Earth, and the Sea, Or, The Hand of God in the Works of NatureT. Nelson and Sons, 1860 - 416 pages |
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... Insects - Ants - Aphides - Crustaceans - Molluscs - Mollusc - Shells- Cuttles - Fishes - Flat - Fishes - Electric - Fishes - Reptiles - Transfor- mation of Frogs - Shell of the Tortoise - Conformation , Beauty , and Classification of ...
... Insects - Ants - Aphides - Crustaceans - Molluscs - Mollusc - Shells- Cuttles - Fishes - Flat - Fishes - Electric - Fishes - Reptiles - Transfor- mation of Frogs - Shell of the Tortoise - Conformation , Beauty , and Classification of ...
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... insects , are totally . unfit to be inhabited by creatures in one stage of their organisation , and yet are precisely fit to be inhabited by them in another stage . And on the same principle , or on some similar one , the surface of the ...
... insects , are totally . unfit to be inhabited by creatures in one stage of their organisation , and yet are precisely fit to be inhabited by them in another stage . And on the same principle , or on some similar one , the surface of the ...
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... tempests , whirlwinds , and volcanic eruptions , and when brought back to the ground , either by rain or in com- pany with it , make awful and horrific showers . Even insects , worms , frogs , fish , garbage , 30 THE AIR .
... tempests , whirlwinds , and volcanic eruptions , and when brought back to the ground , either by rain or in com- pany with it , make awful and horrific showers . Even insects , worms , frogs , fish , garbage , 30 THE AIR .
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John Marius Wilson. insects , worms , frogs , fish , garbage , and gelatinous matters , occasionally figure in this way ; and though these , or any such things , are never so plentiful as to darken the air , and would always fall by ...
John Marius Wilson. insects , worms , frogs , fish , garbage , and gelatinous matters , occasionally figure in this way ; and though these , or any such things , are never so plentiful as to darken the air , and would always fall by ...
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... insects ; continuous beds of petrified coral , in the position in which they grew at the bot- tom of the sea ; the iguanodon , a stupendous fresh- water lizard , supposed to have been seventy feet long ; and a profusion of sponges ...
... insects ; continuous beds of petrified coral , in the position in which they grew at the bot- tom of the sea ; the iguanodon , a stupendous fresh- water lizard , supposed to have been seventy feet long ; and a profusion of sponges ...
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action aloft ammonites animalcules animals aphides appearance atmosphere basalt beautiful birds body called carbonic acid carpel cells character chemical chemical affinity clouds colour combination comprise constitute creatures curious dark distance earth electric exist fall flowers fluid force gases glory grand grand agent ground heat heaven height hundred feet inhabitants insects instances island kinds lake land larvæ leaves less light liquid living lofty look magnificent mammals masses metamorphic rocks miles mineral minute molluscs moon mountains move multitudes nature nearly occur ocean organic organised oxygen peculiar phosphorescence plants possess pre-adamite prodigious produce pupa quadrupeds quantity racters rain regions remarkable resembling rise rivers rocks sedimentary rocks seeds shells similar snow soil sometimes sound species sporules stem stupendous sublime substances surface temperature things thousand thunder tion trees tropics vapour varieties vast vegetable volcanoes wind wings winter wonderful zoophytes