 ... now unknown upon the surface of the earth, presented to his senses almost in the beauty and vigour of their primeval life ; their scaly stems, and bending branches, with their delicate apparatus of foliage, are all spread forth before him, little...  Elements of Geology: Intended for the Use of Students - Sida 166efter Samuel St. John - 1851 - 334 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1836 - 612 sidor
...delicate apparatus of foliage, are all spread forth before him, little impaired by the lapse of countless ages, and bearing faithful records of extinct systems...which these relics are the infallible historians. Sucli are the grand natural herbaria wherein these most ancient remains of the vegetable kingdom are... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1836 - 606 sidor
...delicate apparatus of foliage, are all spread forth before him, little impaired by the lapse of countless ages, and bearing faithful records of extinct systems...Such are the grand natural herbaria wherein these most ancient remains of the vegetable kingdom are preserved, in a state of integrity little short of... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1836 - 610 sidor
...delicate apparatus of foliage, are all spread forth before him, little impaired by the lapse of countless ages, and bearing faithful records of extinct systems...Such are the grand natural herbaria wherein these most ancient remains of the vegetable kingdom are preserved, in a state of integrity little short of... | |
 | 1836 - 1184 sidor
...delicate apparatus of foliage, are all spread forth before him, little impaired by the lapse of countless ages, and bearing faithful records of extinct systems...Such are the grand natural herbaria wherein these most ancient remains of the vegetable kingdom are preserved, in a state of integrity little short of... | |
 | Ohio. General Assembly - 1836 - 174 sidor
...delicate apparatus of foliage, are all spread forth before him—little impaired by the lapse of countless ages, and bearing faithful records of extinct systems..."Such are the grand natural herbaria wherein these most ancient _ remains of the vegetable kingdom are preserved, in a state of integrity little short... | |
 | 1837 - 1040 sidor
...delicate apparatus of foliage, are all spread forth "before him, little impaired by the lapse of countless ages, and bearing faithful records of extinct systems...these relics are the infallible historians.' Such remains consist chiefly of impressions of leaves separated from their branches, and of casts of trunks... | |
 | 1837 - 608 sidor
...apparatus of foliage, are all spread forth before ' hiriv, little impaired by the lapse of countless ages, and bearing ' faithful records of extinct systems...which these relics are the infallible ' historians.' Dr Buckland's work is terminated with six short, but interesting chapters of a general but very interesting... | |
 | 1837
...lapse of countless ages, and bearing faithful records of extinct systems of vegetation, which oegan and terminated in times of which these relics are the infallible historians.' Such remains consist chiefly of impressions of leaves separated from their branches, and of casts of trunks... | |
 | Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1838 - 372 sidor
...delicate apparatus of foliage are all spread forth before him, little impaired by the lapse of countless ages, and bearing faithful records of extinct systems...Such are the grand natural herbaria wherein these most ancient remains of the vegetable kingdom are preserved in a state of integrity, little short of... | |
 | Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1838 - 388 sidor
...delicate apparatus of foliage are all spread forth before him, little impaired by the lapse of countless ages, and bearing faithful records of extinct systems...are the infallible historians. Such are the grand MM natural herbaria wherein these most ancient remains of the vegetable kingdom are preserved in a... | |
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