| Geological Society of London - 1855 - 814 páginas
...this view, the case referred to must be considered as a mere exception, whilst the general inference we naturally draw is, that the vast quantities of broken recent timber, as observed bv numerous Arctic explorers, were drifted to their present position when the islands of the Arctic... | |
| 1857 - 424 páginas
...this view, the case referred to must be considered as a mere exception, whilst the general inference we naturally draw is, that the vast quantities of...the timber: for, from the summit of Coxcomb Range in Banks Land, and at a height of 500 feet above the sea, Capt. M'Clure brought home a fine large specimen... | |
| 1857 - 424 páginas
...this view, the case referred to must be considered as a mere exception, whilst the general inference we naturally draw is, that the vast quantities of...the timber: for, from the summit of Coxcomb Range in Banks Land, and at a height of 500 feet above the sea, Capt. M'Clure brought home a fine large specimen... | |
| 1857 - 446 páginas
...this view, the case referred to must be considered as a mere exception, whilst the general inference we naturally draw is, that the vast quantities of...the timber: for, from the summit of Coxcomb Range in Banks Land, and at a height of 500 feet above the sea, Capt. M'Clure brought home a fine largo specimen... | |
| Sir Robert John Le Mesurier McClure, Sherard Osborn - 1857 - 522 páginas
...this view, the case referred to must be considered as a mere exception, whilst the general inference we naturally draw is, that the vast quantities of broken recent timber, as observed by numerous explorers, were drifted to their present position when the islands of the Arctic Archipelago were submerged.... | |
| 1857 - 426 páginas
...we naturally draw is, tha the vast quantities of broken recent timber, as observed by numerous Arctu explorers, were drifted to their present position when the islands of the Arctic Archipelago wero submerged. This inference is indeed supported by the unanswerable evidence of the submarine associates... | |
| James Croll - 1885 - 656 páginas
...have to struggle for existence." Sir Roderick Murchison came to the conclusion that all those trees were drifted to their present position when the islands of the arctic archipelago were submerged. But it was the difficulty of accounting for the growth of trees in such a region which led him to adopt... | |
| James Croll - 1893 - 718 páginas
...have to struggle for existence." Sir Roderick Murchison came to the conclusion that all those trees were drifted to their present position when the islands of the arctic archipelago were submerged. But it was the difficulty of accounting for the growth of trees in such a region which led him to adopt... | |
| Geological Society of Glasgow - 1877 - 378 páginas
...have to struggle for existence.' " Sir Roderick Murchison came to the conclusion that all those trees were drifted to their present position when the islands of the Arctic Archipelago were submerged."* * * * "As Captain Osborne has .pointed out, however, Sir Roderick's hypothesis leaves the real difficulty... | |
| Geological Society of London - 1855 - 806 páginas
...this view, the case referred to must be considered as a mere exception, whilst the general inference we naturally draw is, that the vast quantities of broken recent timber, as observed bv numerous Arctic explorers, were drifted to their present position wheu (he islands of the Arctic... | |
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