 | 1902 - 642 pages
...families formerly existed is not the consequence of any gradual diminution of the size of such species, but is the result of circumstances which may be illustrated by the fable of "the oak and the reed" — the smaller and feebler animals have bent and accommodated themselves to changes which have destroyed the... | |
 | Physics - 1851 - 1248 pages
...surrounding influences which are ever tending to dissolve the vital bond and subjugate the organised matter to the ordinary chemical and physical forces....changes under which the larger species have succumbed. XXXVI. Intelligence and Miscellaneous Articles. ON THE ARTIFICIAL PRODUCTION OF CRYSTALLIZED MINERALS.... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - Political science - 1852 - 500 pages
...a geometrical ratio to the bulk of such species. ] fa dry season be gradually prolonged, the largo mammal will suffer from the drought sooner than the...changes under which the larger species have succumbed.' — Prof. Owen's Memoir on the Megatherium, part ii. — Royal Society, May 6, 1851. It seems not improbable,... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - Electronic journals - 1854 - 450 pages
...surrounding influences which are ever tending to dissolve the vital bond and subjugate the organised matter to the ordinary chemical and physical forces....changes under which the larger species have succumbed. May 15, 1851. The EARL OF ROSSE, President, in the Chair. The following papers were read : — 1. "... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - Electronic journals - 1854 - 438 pages
...surrounding influences which are ever tending to dissolve the vital bond and subjugate the organised matter to the ordinary chemical and physical forces....changes under which the larger species have succumbed. May 15, 1851. The EARL OF ROSSE, President, in the Chair. The following papers were read : — 1. "... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1859 - 750 pages
...families formerly exisied, is not the consequence of any gradual diminution of the size of such species, but is the result of circumstances, which may be illustrated by the fable of the ' Oak and the Reed ;' the smaller and feebler animals have bent and accommodated themselves to changes which have destroyed the... | |
 | Art - 1859 - 532 pages
...families formerly existed, is not the consequence of any gradual diminution of the size of such epecies, but is the result of circumstances which may be illustrated by the fable of the ' Oak and the Reed ;' the smaller and feebler animals have bent and accommodated themselves to changes which have destroyed the... | |
 | 1859 - 554 pages
...existed, is not the consequence of degeneration—of any gradual diminution of the size of such species, but is the result of circumstances which may be illustrated by the fable of the "Oak and the Reed;" the smaller and feebler animals have bent and accommodated themselves to changes to which the larger species... | |
 | Richard Owen - Animals - 1859 - 118 pages
...existed, is not the consequence of degeneration—of any gradual diminution of the size—of such species, but is the result of circumstances which may be illustrated by the fable of the ' Oak and the Reed;' the smaller and feebler animals have bent and accommodated themselves to changes to which the larger species... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1859 - 450 pages
...families formerly existed, is not the consequence of any gradual diminution of the size of such species, but is the result of circumstances which may be illustrated by the fable of the ' Oak and the Reed;' the smaller and feebler animals have bent and accommodated themselves to changes which hare destroyed the... | |
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Smaller quadrupeds are usually, also, more prolific than larger ones. The actual presence therefore of small species of animals in countries where... 
