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The Ancient Life History of the Earth

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Nature, Gardens & Animals

The Ancient Life History of the Earth

Henry Alleyne Nicholson

530 pages~10 hr 33 min read49 chapters$4.99
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The rocks hold a record of life stretching back beyond imagining, and Henry Nicholson reads it chapter by chapter. He works through the aqueous rocks and the fossils they preserve to tell the earth's ancient story. A clear Victorian survey of paleontology and deep time. For anyone drawn to the long history written in stone, a fine guided tour.

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49 chapters

  1. 1THE ANCIENT LIFE-HISTORY OF THE EARTH
  2. 2PREFACE.
  3. 3CONTENTS.
  4. 4LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. 5PART I.
  6. 6THE ANCIENT LIFE-HISTORY OF THE EARTH
  7. 7INTRODUCTION.
  8. 8CHAPTER I.
  9. 9CHAPTER II.
  10. 10CHIEF DIVISIONS OF THE AQUEOUS ROCKS.
  11. 11CHAPTER III.
  12. 12CHAPTER IV.
  13. 13CHAPTER V.
  14. 14CHAPTER VI.
  15. 15PART II.
  16. 16CHAPTER VII.
  17. 17THE HURONIAN PERIOD.
  18. 18LITERATURE.

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