The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Vol. XLIX: April-October 1850Various
Science
The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Vol. XLIX: April-October 1850
Various
Science -- Periodicals
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ART. I. Geographical Distribution of Animals. By Professor
LOUIS AGASSIZ:--
Different Views on the Subject.--Results of
Geological Observations.--Facts and
Suppositions.--Natural Limits for
Animals.--Limitations and Adaptations.--Influence
of Heights and Depths.--Distribution of
Mammalia.--Creations on each Continent.--Zoological
Provinces.--General Conclusion, 1-25
Additional Illustrations of the Geographical
Distribution of Animals:--
1. Geographical Distribution of Sturgeons, 25
2. Fishes of Lake Superior compared with those of
the other great Canadian Lakes, 27
3. General Observations; all Fresh-water Fishes of
North America different from those of Europe--Lake
Superior and the Lakes north of it constitute a
distinct Zoological District--These Fishes have been
created where they now live--Deductions from this
fact, 30
II. On the Geography and Geology of the Peninsula of
Mount Sinai, and the adjacent Countries. By JOHN
HOGG, M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S.; Honorary Secretary of
the Royal Geographical Society, &c. (With a
coloured Geological Map.) Communicated by the
Author. (Continued from Vol. xlviii., p. 219), 33
III. Synopsis of Meteorological Observations made at the
Observatory, Whitehaven, Cumberland, in the year
1849. By JOHN FLETCHER MILLER, Esq., F.R.S.,
F.R.A.S., &c. Communicated by the Author, 53
IV. The Completed Coral Island. By JAMES D. DANA,
Geologist to the American Exploratory Expedition,
&c., &c., 65
V. Biographical Notice of Leopold Pilla, the Geologist.
By H. COQUAND. Communicated by the Author, 68
VI. On the Chronological Exposition of the Periods of
Vegetation, and the different Floras which have
succeeded each other on the Earth's surface.
According to the views of M. BRONGNIART. (Concluded
from Vol. xlviii., p. 330):--
Fossil Plants of the Permian Period.--Vosgian
Period.--Jurassic Period.--Tertiary Period, 72-97
VII. Glacial Theory of the Erratics and Drift of the New
and Old Worlds. By Professor AGASSIZ:--
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