The Living Age, Volume 127Living Age Company, Incorporated, 1875 |
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Page 131
... Murchison was not the greatest , but the most successful of the geologists of his time in his life , in his death , and in his biographer . In re- viewing Professor Geikie's work we pro- pose to give an outline of Murchison's life , and ...
... Murchison was not the greatest , but the most successful of the geologists of his time in his life , in his death , and in his biographer . In re- viewing Professor Geikie's work we pro- pose to give an outline of Murchison's life , and ...
Page 137
... Murchison was , and how in their boating and walking he was led to see clearly " that strata must alone be identi- fied by their fossils . " Being possessed with this knowledge , he had no difficulty in proving , in an elaborate memoir ...
... Murchison was , and how in their boating and walking he was led to see clearly " that strata must alone be identi- fied by their fossils . " Being possessed with this knowledge , he had no difficulty in proving , in an elaborate memoir ...
Page 140
Murchison was by no means satisfied as to the definite boundary between Cam- brian and Silurian ; and it is important to notice that it was written at the time , and before any idea of the unhappy estrange- ment afterwards to take place ...
Murchison was by no means satisfied as to the definite boundary between Cam- brian and Silurian ; and it is important to notice that it was written at the time , and before any idea of the unhappy estrange- ment afterwards to take place ...
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