 Lastly, the bones of species which are apparently the same with those that still exist alive, are never found except in the very latest alluvial depositions, or those which are either formed on the sides of rivers, or on the bottoms of ancient lakes or...  Essay on the Theory of the Earth - Page 94by Georges baron Cuvier - 1827 - 550 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1831 - 576 pages
...deposits ; or those which are either formed on the sides of rivers ; or on the bottoms of ancient lakes or marshes now dried up ; or in the substance of beds of peat ; or in the fissures and caverns of certain rocks ; or at small depths below the present surface, in places where they may have been overwhelmed... | |
 | Cambridge Philosophical Society - 1822 - 556 pages
...depositions, or those which are either formed on the sides of rivers, or on the bottoms of ancient lakes or marshes now dried up, or in the substance of beds of peat, or in the fissures and caverns of certain rocks, or at small depths below the present surface, in places where they may have been overwhelmed... | |
 | Cambridge Philosophical Society - 1822 - 566 pages
...depositions, or those which are either formed on the sides of rivers, or on the bottoms of ancient lakes or marshes now dried up, or in the substance of beds of peat, or in the fissures and caverns of certain rocks, or at small depths below the present surface, in places where they may have been overwhelmed... | |
 | John Ranking - 1826 - 560 pages
...depositions, or those which are either formed on the sides of rivers, or bottoms of ancient lakes and marshes now dried up; or in the substance of beds of peat; or in the fissures and caverns of certain rocks; or at small depths below the present surface, in places where they may have been overwhelmed... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 680 pages
...dépositions, or those which are either formed on the sides of rivers, or on the bottoms of ancient lakes or marshes now dried up, or in the substance of beds of peat, or in the fissure» and caverns of certain rocks, or at small depths below the present surface, in places where... | |
 | 1844 - 836 pages
...depositions, or those which are either formed on the sides of rivers, or on the bottoms of ancient lakes or marshes now dried up, or in the substance of beds of peat, or in the fissures and caverns of certain rocks, or at small depths below the present surface, in places where they may have been overwhelmed... | |
 | Richard Owen - 1846 - 624 pages
...deposits, or those which are either formed on the sides of rivers, or in the bottoms of ancient lakes or marshes now dried up, or in the substance of beds of peat, or in the fissures and caverns of certain rocks, or at small depths below the present surface, in places where they may have been overwhelmed... | |
 | William Pengelly - 1868 - 396 pages
...The former never occur in stony beds — it is in diluvial formations alone that they are discovered Lastly the bones of species which are apparently the...and their superficial position renders these bones, altho the most recent of all, almost always the worst preserved. Upon a review of the successive phenomena... | |
 | Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature, and Art - 1869 - 558 pages
...The former never occur in stony beds — it is in diluvial formations alone that they are discovered Lastly the bones of species which are apparently the...and their superficial position renders these bones, altho the most recent of all, almost always the worst preserved. Upon a review of the successive phenomena... | |
 | Stephen Alexander Hodgman - 1881 - 320 pages
...depositions, or those which are either formed on the sides of rivers, or on the bottoms of ancient lakes, or marshes now dried up, or in the substance of beds of peat, or in the fissures and caverns of certain rocks, or at small depths below the present surface, in places where they have been overwhelmed... | |
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