The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1887 - Naturalists |
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... Geology and Zoology , but they were incredibly dull . The sole effect they produced on me was the determi- nation never as long as I lived to read a book on Geology , or in any way to study the science . Yet I feel sure that I was ...
... Geology and Zoology , but they were incredibly dull . The sole effect they produced on me was the determi- nation never as long as I lived to read a book on Geology , or in any way to study the science . Yet I feel sure that I was ...
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... geology . Therefore on my return to Shropshire I examined sections , and coloured a map of parts round Shrewsbury . Professor Sedgwick in- tended to visit North Wales in the beginning of August to pursue his famous geological ...
... geology . Therefore on my return to Shropshire I examined sections , and coloured a map of parts round Shrewsbury . Professor Sedgwick in- tended to visit North Wales in the beginning of August to pursue his famous geological ...
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... geology , as it would overthrow all that we know about the superficial deposits of the Midland Counties . These gravel - beds belong in fact to the glacial period , and in after years I found in them broken arctic shells . But I was ...
... geology , as it would overthrow all that we know about the superficial deposits of the Midland Counties . These gravel - beds belong in fact to the glacial period , and in after years I found in them broken arctic shells . But I was ...
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... geology or any other science . Voyage of the Beagle ' from December 27 , 1831 , to October 2 , 1836 . On returning home from my short geological tour in North Wales , I found a letter from Henslow , informing me that Captain Fitz - Roy ...
... geology or any other science . Voyage of the Beagle ' from December 27 , 1831 , to October 2 , 1836 . On returning home from my short geological tour in North Wales , I found a letter from Henslow , informing me that Captain Fitz - Roy ...
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... Geology , ' which I studied attentively ; and the book was of the highest service to me in many ways . The very first place which I examined , namely St. Jago in the Cape de Verde islands , showed me clearly the wonderful superiority of ...
... Geology , ' which I studied attentively ; and the book was of the highest service to me in many ways . The very first place which I examined , namely St. Jago in the Cape de Verde islands , showed me clearly the wonderful superiority of ...
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