The Story of the Earth and Man

Name: The Story of the Earth and Man
Author: Dawson, John William, Sir

Dawson, John William, Sir

Human beings -- Origin; Paleontology

Palæolithic Age, 284, 289.
  _Palæophis_, 245.
  Palæozoic Life, 181;
    diagram of, 186.
  Paley on Design in Nature; his illustration of the watch, 349.
  Peat of Abbeville, 294.
  Pengelly on Kent's Hole, 304.
  _Pentremites_, 153.
  Periods, Geological, 195, 175.
  Permian Age, 160;
    Geography of the, 163;
    Ice-action in the, 168;
  Plants of the, 172;
    Reptiles of the, 172.
  Phillips on Dawn of Life, 30;
    on Ceteosaurus, 204.
  Pictet on Post-pliocene Mammals, 256;
    on Post-glacial Animals, 357.
  Pictures of Primeval Man, 376.
  Pierce on Diminution of Earth's Rotation, 165.
  Pines of the Devonian, 105;
    of the Carboniferous, 131;
    of the Permian, 173.
  Placoid Fishes, 96.
  Plants of the Laurentian, 32;
    of the Silurian, 76;
    of the Devonian, 102;
    of the Carboniferous, 124;
    of the Permian, 172;
    of the Mesozoic, 199;
    of the Tertiary 258;
    classification of, 122.
  Plateaus, Continental, 57.
  _Plesiosaurus_, 215.
  Pliocene, Climate of, 266;
    Mammals of, 256.
  _Pliosaurus_, 215.
  Pluvial Period, 287.
  Post-glacial Age, 283, 292.
  Post-pliocene Period, 274;
    cold, 278;
    Ice-action in the, 270;
    Subsidence, 279;
    Elevation, 284;
    Shells, evidence of, against Derivation, 358;
    Mammals, evidence of, against Derivation, 357.
  Potsdam Sandstone, 38.
  Prestwich on St. Acheul, 294.
  Primordial Age, 36;
    Crustacean of the, 42.
  _Protichnites_, 45.
  _Protorosaurus_, 172.
  _Prototaxites_, 76.
  _Psilophyton_, 76, 103.
  _Pteraspis_, 76.
  _Pterichthys_, 98.
  Pterodactyls, 206.
  _Pterygotus_, 93.
  _Pupa vetusta_, 139.


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  Quebec Group, 60.


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  Rain-marks, 47.
  Ramsay on Permian, 168.
  Red Sandstones, their Origin, 110, 166.
  Reptiles of the Carboniferous, 143;
    of the Permian, 172;
    of the Mesozoic, 201, 212.
  Rhinoceros, Fossil, 300.
  Rocks, Colours of, 110.
  Rotation of the Earth, its Gradual Diminution, 165.


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  Salter on Fossil Crustacea, 155.
  Sedgwick on Cambrian, 56, 75.
  Seeley on Pterodactyls, 206.
  Shrinkage-cracks, 47.
  _Sigillaria_, 104, 124.
  Silurian Ages, 56;
    Cephalopoda of the, 69;
    Corals of the, 63;
    Crinoids of the 68;
    Crustaceans of the, 71;
    Fishes of the, 74;
    Plants of the, 76.
  Siluro-Cambrian, use of the term, 56.
  Slaty Structure, 48.
  Solidity of the Earth, 6.
  Somme, R., Gravels of, 292.
  Species, Nature of the, 327;
    how Created, 352.
  Spencer, his Exposition of Evolution, 321, 331.
  Spiritual Nature of Man, 384, 370, 387.
  Spore-cases in Coals and Shales, 106.
  Stalagmite of Caves, 305.
  Striated Rock-surfaces, 269.
  Stumps, Fossil of Carboniferous, 140.
  Synthetic Types, 181.


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The Story of the Earth and Man

Dawson, John William, Sir

Human beings -- Origin; Paleontology

Palæolithic Age, 284, 289.
  _Palæophis_, 245.
  Palæozoic Life, 181;
    diagram of, 186.
  Paley on Design in Nature; his illustration of the watch, 349.
  Peat of Abbeville, 294.
  Pengelly on Kent's Hole, 304.
  _Pentremites_, 153.
  Periods, Geological, 195, 175.
  Permian Age, 160;
    Geography of the, 163;
    Ice-action in the, 168;
  Plants of the, 172;
    Reptiles of the, 172.
  Phillips on Dawn of Life, 30;
    on Ceteosaurus, 204.
  Pictet on Post-pliocene Mammals, 256;
    on Post-glacial Animals, 357.
  Pictures of Primeval Man, 376.
  Pierce on Diminution of Earth's Rotation, 165.
  Pines of the Devonian, 105;
    of the Carboniferous, 131;
    of the Permian, 173.
  Placoid Fishes, 96.
  Plants of the Laurentian, 32;
    of the Silurian, 76;
    of the Devonian, 102;
    of the Carboniferous, 124;
    of the Permian, 172;
    of the Mesozoic, 199;
    of the Tertiary 258;
    classification of, 122.
  Plateaus, Continental, 57.
  _Plesiosaurus_, 215.
  Pliocene, Climate of, 266;
    Mammals of, 256.
  _Pliosaurus_, 215.
  Pluvial Period, 287.
  Post-glacial Age, 283, 292.
  Post-pliocene Period, 274;
    cold, 278;
    Ice-action in the, 270;
    Subsidence, 279;
    Elevation, 284;
    Shells, evidence of, against Derivation, 358;
    Mammals, evidence of, against Derivation, 357.
  Potsdam Sandstone, 38.
  Prestwich on St. Acheul, 294.
  Primordial Age, 36;
    Crustacean of the, 42.
  _Protichnites_, 45.
  _Protorosaurus_, 172.
  _Prototaxites_, 76.
  _Psilophyton_, 76, 103.
  _Pteraspis_, 76.
  _Pterichthys_, 98.
  Pterodactyls, 206.
  _Pterygotus_, 93.
  _Pupa vetusta_, 139.


  Q

  Quebec Group, 60.


  R

  Rain-marks, 47.
  Ramsay on Permian, 168.
  Red Sandstones, their Origin, 110, 166.
  Reptiles of the Carboniferous, 143;
    of the Permian, 172;
    of the Mesozoic, 201, 212.
  Rhinoceros, Fossil, 300.
  Rocks, Colours of, 110.
  Rotation of the Earth, its Gradual Diminution, 165.


  S

  Salter on Fossil Crustacea, 155.
  Sedgwick on Cambrian, 56, 75.
  Seeley on Pterodactyls, 206.
  Shrinkage-cracks, 47.
  _Sigillaria_, 104, 124.
  Silurian Ages, 56;
    Cephalopoda of the, 69;
    Corals of the, 63;
    Crinoids of the 68;
    Crustaceans of the, 71;
    Fishes of the, 74;
    Plants of the, 76.
  Siluro-Cambrian, use of the term, 56.
  Slaty Structure, 48.
  Solidity of the Earth, 6.
  Somme, R., Gravels of, 292.
  Species, Nature of the, 327;
    how Created, 352.
  Spencer, his Exposition of Evolution, 321, 331.
  Spiritual Nature of Man, 384, 370, 387.
  Spore-cases in Coals and Shales, 106.
  Stalagmite of Caves, 305.
  Striated Rock-surfaces, 269.
  Stumps, Fossil of Carboniferous, 140.
  Synthetic Types, 181.


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