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... continents, vet when its uepths are searched, perhaps no other portion our planet presents such tulness of organic life. Charles Darwin, in the agreeable journal his extensive voyages, justly remarks, that our land forests do not harbour 5 so many animals ...

Published: Friday 12 October 1849
Newspaper: Elgin Courier
County: Moray, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1220 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. Sib,—l observe the Journal of Tuesday the 13th that Mr Adam, late of Macduff, has been

... witness to, the essentially volcanic island Ascension, and which is thus described and elucidated that pleasing natura list Charles Darwin :— the basaltic masses which are daily washed by the tide, most curious calcareous incrustations have been deposited ...

THE LOBOS ISLANDS AND THEIR GUANO

... accumulating for ages, is the guano commerce. The ordinary depth of the bed of this matter is about sixty feet; but Mr Charles Darwin, the eminent traveller, naturalist, and philosopher, tells us that the accumulation is in some cases COO feet, and in ...

Published: Friday 17 September 1852
Newspaper: Elgin Courier
County: Moray, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1694 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION IN GLASGOW

... D. Thomson. hli Section C.-Geology.-president--Sir EI. 1. Murchison, F.R.S. ar Vice-Presidente-Sir C. Lyell, P.B.S.; Charles Darwin, F.R.S.: Rev.T Professor Sediveick, P.B.S. ; Hugh Miller; A. C. Ramnsey, P.B.S. et Secretarics-Professor Nicel, F.G0.S ...

Published: Wednesday 19 September 1855
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 4901 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

letters, art, and artists

... B C Geology—President, William Houkins, Esq., L.L.D., f!r.s! D. Zoology and Botany, including Physiology- President I Charles Darwin, Esq., F.K.S. E. Geography and i logy-President, Sir K. I. Murchison, D.C.L., F.R.S. F Economic Science and Statistic ...

Published: Saturday 28 August 1858
Newspaper: Aberdeen Herald
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1235 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE

... -GsOrOGY.-Prestdent: Mr Wm. Hiopkhis, LL.D., F.B.S. ( ,D.-ZooLOGY AND BOTANY, INCLUDING PHYSIOLoorY.-Prcsi- .on dent: Mr Charles Darwin, F.R.S. .iS- E.-OEeOGRAPc'Y AND ETreNOLOGY. - President: Sir R. I. t Lp- Murchison, D..CL FPR S. en- F.-EscNOiiC SCrErNCr ...

Published: Wednesday 29 September 1858
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 4312 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION

... relating to the origin of species. Osi I this difficult and mysditrious subject a work will very shortly 3 appear, by Mr Charles Darwin, the result of twenty years of observation and experiment in Zoology, Botany, and Geology, by which he has been led to ...

Published: Wednesday 21 September 1859
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 30726 | Page: 9 | Tags: News 

SCOTLAND

... Professor Jamieson, Dr. Roget (many years Secretary to the Royal Society), Edward Forbes, Hugh Miller, Sir John Richardson, Charles Darwin, Dr. Falconer, Dr. (I rant, and Dr. Carpenter (Registrar of the London University); in physical and mechanical science—Sir ...

Published: Saturday 08 October 1859
Newspaper: Aberdeen Herald
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2068 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

DEEP-SEA FISHING

... the Hypothesis, has been constantly bringing his view of the animal creation more and more into harmony with it. Mr. Charles Darwin is about to issue a book presenting views as to the origin of species which must give it much support, ror some years ...

Published: Saturday 08 October 1859
Newspaper: Aberdeen Herald
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1715 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

literature

... literature. On xriE Origin Species means Naturae Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Charles Darwin, M.A., Fellow of the Royal, Geological, Linnean, &c., Societies: author of ‘Journal of Researches during 11.M.5. Beagle's ...

Published: Tuesday 21 February 1860
Newspaper: Banffshire Journal
County: Banffshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2735 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

LITERATURE

... The publishing price is 31s Od. up The first instalment has just appeared at Leipsic of a fez German translation of Mir Charles Darwin's work on thse aP origin of species. s The leading Calcutta journals say it is well known in In- tie dia that, for the ...

Class Class 1 A3 1 A3 The North British Review. No. LXX,

... the name of Plato is once more creating. ‘We mu-t either hand ourselves over bodily to J R. M Culloch, August Comte, and Charles Darwin, or trim our wings for the old ideal flight under the eagle-captainship Plato. Let >.s eye the alternative coolly, and ...

Published: Tuesday 12 November 1861
Newspaper: Banffshire Journal
County: Banffshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 3001 | Page: 2 | Tags: none