The Chain of Life in Geological Time
by Sir John William Dawson
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About this eBook
- Author
- Dawson, John William, Sir, 1820-1899
- Title
- The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QE: Science: Geology
- Subject
- Paleobotany
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 36261
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36261
- Release Date
- May 30, 2011
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE CHAIN OF LIFE
- 2.GEOLOGICAL TIME — A SKETCH OF THE ORIGIN AND SUCCESSION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS — SIR J. WILLIAM DAWSON — THIRD AND REVISED EDITION — THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY, — PREFACE. — CONTENTS. — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — Tabular View of Geological Periods and of Life-Epochs. — THE CHAIN OF LIFE. — CHAPTER I. — preliminary considerations as to the extent and sources of our knowledge. — CHAPTER II. — the beginning of life on the earth. — CHAPTER III. — the age of invertebrates of the sea. — CHAPTER IV. — the origin of plant life on the land. — CHAPTER V. — the appearance of vertebrate animals. — CHAPTER VI. — the first air-breathers. — CHAPTER VII. — the empire of the great reptiles. — CHAPTER VIII. — the first forests of modern type. — Series I. , Cryptogams :— — Series II. , Phænogams :— — CHAPTER IX. — the reign of mammals. — CHAPTER X. — the advent of man. — Table of Pleistocene Deposits in Scandinavia, England, and America. (Order descending.) — CHAPTER XI. — review of the history of life. — FOOTNOTES: — INDEX. — RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LONDON AND BUNGAY.
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