Philosophical MagazineTaylor & Francis, 1807 - Physics |
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... living elephants , it was natural to examine with this view the fossil elephants , since , with the exception of the tusks , the teeth are most frequently found and preserved . The questions which occurred were the following : Which of ...
... living elephants , it was natural to examine with this view the fossil elephants , since , with the exception of the tusks , the teeth are most frequently found and preserved . The questions which occurred were the following : Which of ...
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... living beings : its re- lations to life , & c . , are therefore limited . The limited duration of the forms of living beings is or dained by the power which constituted the varieties of form . 19. The limitation of a mode of being is a ...
... living beings : its re- lations to life , & c . , are therefore limited . The limited duration of the forms of living beings is or dained by the power which constituted the varieties of form . 19. The limitation of a mode of being is a ...
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... living elephants . The shape approaches a semicircle , or the half of an ellipsis divided by its small axis . There are four fossil tusks described : -that of Messer- schmidt , in the Philosophical Transactions ; that in the Stras- burg ...
... living elephants . The shape approaches a semicircle , or the half of an ellipsis divided by its small axis . There are four fossil tusks described : -that of Messer- schmidt , in the Philosophical Transactions ; that in the Stras- burg ...
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Summary Considerations upon variegated Colours | 11 |
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