Some have complained that inscriptions on tomb-stones convey no general information, except that individuals were born and died — accidents which happen alike to all men. But the death of a species is so remarkable an event in natural history, that... Thick-skinned Quadrupeds - Page 23by William Jardine - 1856 - 248 pagesFull view - About this book
| Science - 1849 - 488 pages
...individuals were born and died — accidents which happen alike to all men. But the death of a species is so remarkable an event in natural history, that...to rot in the Ashmolean Museum, were cast away. The relics, we are told, were " a Museo subducta, annuentibus Vice-cancellario aliisque Curatoribus, ad... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1832 - 358 pages
...individuals were born and died, accidents which must happen alike to all men. But the death of a species is so remarkable an event in natural history, that...remains of the last specimen of the dodo, which had rotted in the Ashmolean museum, were cast away. The relics, we are told, were " a Musaeo subducta,... | |
| Charles Lyell - 1833 - 366 pages
...individuals were born and died, accidents which must happen alike to all men. But the death of a species is so remarkable an event in natural history, that...to rot in the Ashmolean museum, were cast away. The relics, we are told, were ' a Musaco subducta, annuente Vice-cancellario aliisque curatoribus, ad ea... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1834 - 440 pages
...no small interest that we le;u;ii, from the archives of the University of Oxford, the exact day Snd year when the remains of the last specimen of the...to rot in the Ashmolean museum, were cast away. The relics, we are told, were " a Musaeo subducta, annaente Vice-cancellario aliisque curatoribus, ad ea... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1835 - 442 pages
...mammalia, into America, and their rapid propagation over that continent within the last three cenit deserves commemoration ; and it is with no small interest...to rot in the Ashmolean museum, were cast away. The relics, we are told, were " a Musaeo subclucta, annuente Viee-cancellario aliisque curatoribus, ad... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1835 - 450 pages
...mammalia, into America, and their rapid propagation over that continent within the last three cenit deserves commemoration; and it is with no small interest...of the dodo, which had been permitted to rot in the Asbmolean museum, were cast away. The relics, we are told, were " a Musaeo subducta, annuente Vice-cancellario... | |
| William Jardine - Birds - 1836 - 384 pages
...flight. In its general appearance it differed from the Ostrich, Cassowary, or any known bird." f " The death of a species," says Mr Lyell, " is so remarkable...to rot in the Ashmolean Museum, were cast away. The relics, we are told, were "a Museo subducta, annuente Vice-cancellario aliisque cura* The Dodo is now... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1837 - 1032 pages
...individuals were born and died, accidents which must happen alike to all men. But the death of a species l ~p ٷ | 9O 3W p 7 dV% 4 ڏPH Dqg OP D& " 3 .( d ... e 2~ τ y s ؙ Ԯ ] ɍ ] 7/X d _ _ u P and the author concludes by giving the j fatal record at length with becoming gravity. We now come... | |
| 1838 - 530 pages
...individuals were born and died, accidents which must happen alike to all men. But the death of a tpecietis so remarkable an event in natural history that it...permitted to rot in the Ashmolean Museum, were cast away :' and the author concludes by giving the fatal record at length with becoming gravity. We now come... | |
| Royal Institution of Cornwall - 1848 - 556 pages
...individuals were born, and died, accidents which must happen to all men. But the death of a species is so remarkable an event in Natural history, that...small interest that we learn from the Archives of Oxford the exact day and year when the remains of the last specimen of the Dodo, which had been permitted... | |
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