... 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 by debris, or even buried by man : And, although... A History of British Fossil Mammals, and Birds - Sayfa 199Richard Owen tarafından - 1846 - 560 sayfaTam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
| 1831 - 576 sayfa
...the very latest alluvial deposits ; or those which are either formed on the sides of rivers ; or on the bottoms of ancient lakes or marshes now dried...been overwhelmed by debris, or even buried by man. These bones, though the most recent, are almost always the worst preserved, owing to their superficial... | |
| Georges baron Cuvier, Robert Jameson - 1817 - 394 sayfa
...the very latest alluvial depositions, or those which are either formed on the sides of rivers, or on the bottoms of ancient lakes or marshes now dried...buried by man : And, although these bones are the movst recent of all, they are almost always, owing to their superficial situation, the worst preserved.... | |
| Georges baron Cuvier - 1818 - 458 sayfa
...the very latest alluvial depositions, or those which are either formed on the sides of rivers, or on the bottoms of ancient lakes or marshes now dried...their superficial situation, the worst preserved. It must not, however, be thought that this classification of the various mineral repositories is as... | |
| Cambridge Philosophical Society - 1822 - 566 sayfa
...the very latest alluvial depositions, or those which are either formed on the sides of rivers, or on the bottoms of ancient lakes or marshes now dried...their superficial situation, the worst preserved." X. On the Position of the Apsides of Orbits of great Eccentricity. BY W WHEWELL, MAFR S. FELLOW OF... | |
| John Ranking - 1826 - 560 sayfa
...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...been overwhelmed by debris, or even buried by man. Ancient formations may have been transported into new situations by partial inundations, and may thus... | |
| Thomas Dick - 1826 - 414 sayfa
...formed in the sides of rivers, the bottoms of ancient lakes and marshes now dried up, in peat beds, in the fissures and caverns of certain rocks, or at...been overwhelmed by debris, or even buried by man. Human bones are never found except among those of animal species now living, and in situations which... | |
| Georges baron Cuvier - 1827 - 608 sayfa
...except in the last alluvial deposits formed on the sides of rivers, or on the bottoms of ancient pools or marshes now dried up, or in the substance of beds of peat, or in the fissures and caverns of some rocks; or, lastly, at small depths below the surface, in places where they may have been buried... | |
| 1827 - 532 sayfa
...are never found except in the latest alluvial depositions, or in the fissures of caverns and rocks, in places where they may have been overwhelmed by debris, or even buried by man *." Thus it appears that a comparative view of the exact species now living, with that of the fossil... | |
| 1831 - 418 sayfa
...formed in.the sides of the rivers, the bottoms ofancient lakes and marshes now dried up, in peat beds, in the fissures and caverns of certain rocks, or at...been overwhelmed by debris, or even buried by man. Human bones are never found except among those of animal species now living, and in situations which... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 680 sayfa
...the very latest alluvial 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... | |
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