 In reference to the other great question, or the earliest date of vital phenomena on this planet, the late discoveries in Canada have at least demonstrated that certain theories founded in Europe on mere negative evidence were altogether delusive. In...  Geological Magazine - Page 232edited by - 1864Full view - About this book
 | 1864 - 504 pages
...defective than before. For my own part, I agree with Mr. Darwin in considering them as a mere friction of those which have once existed, while no approach...the newest part of this great crystalline series is unconforuiable to the ancient fossiliferous or socalled primordial rocks which overlie it ; so that... | |
 | 1864 - 444 pages
...Darwin in considering them as a mere fraction of those which have once existed, while no approach to a1 perfect series was ever formed originally, it having...first place, the newest part of this great crystalline sériée is unconformable to the ancient fossiliferous or so-called primordial rocks which overlie... | |
 | 1864 - 546 pages
...which have once existed, while no approach to a perfect series was ever formed originally, ithaving never been part of the plan of Nature to leave a complete...the newest part of this great crystalline series is unconformablo to the ancient fossiliferous or so-called primordial rocks which overlie it; so that... | |
 | 1864 - 578 pages
...delusive. In the course of a geological survey, carried on under the able direction of Sir William R Logan, it has been shown that northward of the river...the newest part of this great crystalline series is unconfonnable to the ancient fossiliferous or so-called primordial rocks which overlie it; so that... | |
 | 1864 - 964 pages
...stratified and crystalline rocks of gneiss, mica-schist, quartzite, and limestone, about 40,000 ft. in thickness, which have been called Laurentian. They...assigned. In the first place, the newest part of this (,-reat crystalline series is unconformable to the ancient fossiliferous or so-called primordial rocks... | |
 | 1864 - 526 pages
...mica-schist, quartzitc, and limestone, about 40,000 feet in thickness, which have been called Laurcntian. They are more ancient than the oldest fossiliferous...the newest part of this great crystalline series is unconfornuible to the ancient fossiliferous or socalled primordial rocks which overlie it ; so that... | |
 | 1864 - 588 pages
...stratified and crystalline rocks, of gneiss, mica-schist, quartzite, and limestone, about 40,000 ft. in thickness, which have been called Laurentian. They...which the term " primordial" had been rashly assigned. The newest part of this great crystalline series is uncouformable to the ancient fossiliferous or so-called... | |
 | 1864 - 868 pages
...stratified and crystalline rocks of gneiss, mica-schist, quartzite, and limestone, about 40,000 ft. in thickness, which have been called Laurentian. They...fossiliferous strata of Europe, or those to which the turin primordial had been rashly assigned. In the first place, the newest part of this great crystalline... | |
 | 1865 - 454 pages
...geologists of late years ; and after disposing of the first of these two points he proceeds to say : " In reference to the other great question, or the earliest...series is unconformable to the ancient fossiliferous or so called primordial rocks which overlie it ; so that it must hare undergone disturbing movements before... | |
 | 1865 - 334 pages
...works and operations for the enlightenment of rational beings who might study them in after ages. " In reference to the other great question, or the earliest...strata of Europe, or those to which the term primordial has been rashly assigned. In -the first place, the newest part of this great crystalline series is... | |
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