Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal
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ISBN13: 9781153838146
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1848 edition. Excerpt: ... Tn the evening Mr Hodge made a few remarks on the economical ideology of Berkshire. M. Desor road a report on the Drift of New England. As the views were mainly those offered by this gentleman a few days since, when a kindred subject was under discussion, and as we then made n brief abstract of the same, we shall make no report of the remarks presented by him on Friday evening. M. Desor sustains the glacial theory. Remarks were made on the subject of M. Desor's roport by Proslessors It. D. Rogers and Agassiz. Professor Rogers also made a report on the Drift of New England. He differs from M. Desor in his views of the same. Professor Rogers is an advocate of the diluvial theory. On the Zeuglodon--Koch's Hydrarchos. The recent publication of a report by Carua of Dresden, on these interesting remains, has again called attention to the controversy with regard to their true nature. The main points in dispute are two: --I. As to the fact of the bones belonging to one and the same individual. II. As to the nature of the animal, whether a Reptile or a Mammal. I. Mr Koch avowed that the bones all belonged to one and the same individual--that they were found in one locality, and very nearly in their natural order. Dr Gescheidt of New York, after examining the skeleton, maintained that this statement was correct, as is obvious from the following paragraph--" Having by this, as shortly as possible, proved that the vertebral column of the Hydrarchos is not composed of different vertebra?, but is a whole and an integral part of a fossil animal, &c." Carus of Dresden, relying upon Koch's statement, entertains the same view. On the other hand, it was denied that the vertebral column above mentioned did belong to one and the same individual, because the...
| ISBN-13 | 9781153838146 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1153838141 |
| Weight | 1.02 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.70 In |
| List Price | $22.40 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 314 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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