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The Foot-prints of the Creator : $b or, The Asterolepis of Stromness
John Stuart Mill · en
CEREBRAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE EARLIER VERTEBRATA.—ITS
APPARENT PRINCIPLE 62
THE ASTEROLEPIS.—ITS STRUCTURE, BULK, AND ASPECT 94
FISHES OF THE SILURIAN ROCKS, UPPER AND LOWER.—THEIR RECENT
HISTORY, ORDER, AND SIZE 130
HIGH STANDING OF THE PLACOIDS.—OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED 147
THE PLACOID BRAIN.—EMBRYONIC CHARACTERISTICS NOT NECESSARILY
OF A LOW ORDER 160
THE PROGRESS OF DEGRADATION.—ITS HISTORY 181
EVIDENCE OF THE SILURIAN MOLLUSCS.—OF THE FOSSIL FLORA.—ANCIENT
TREE 205
SUPERPOSITION NOT PARENTAL RELATION.—THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE 230
LAMARCKIAN HYPOTHESIS OF THE ORIGIN OF PLANTS.—ITS CONSEQUENCES 243
THE TWO FLORAS, MARINE AND TERRESTRIAL.—BEARING OF THE
EXPERIENCE ARGUMENT 262
THE DEVELOPMENT HYPOTHESIS IN ITS EMBRYONIC STATE.—OLDER THAN
ITS ALLEGED FOUNDATIONS 277
FINAL CAUSES—THEIR BEARING ON GEOLOGIC HISTORY—CONCLUSION 303
LIST OF WOOD-CUTS
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1. Internal ridge of hyoid plate of _Asterolepis_ 31
2. Shagreen of _Raja clavata_:—of _Sphagodus_ 54
3. Scales of _Acanthodes sulcatus_:—shagreen of _Scyllium
stellare_ 55
4. Scales of _Cheiracanthus microlepidotus_:—shagreen of
_Spinax Acanthias_ 56
5. Section of shagreen of _Scyllium stellare_:—of scales of
_Cheiracanthus microlepidotus_ 56
6. Scales of _Osteolepis microlepidotus_:—of an undescribed
species of _Glyptolepis_ 57
7. Osseous points Of Placoid Cranium 65
8. Osseous centrum of _Spinax Acanthias_:—of _Raja clavata_ 67
9. Portions of caudal fin of _Cheiracanthus_:—of _Cheirolepis_ 69
10. Upper surface of cranium of Cod 72
11. Cranial buckler of _Coccosteus_ 74
12. Cranial buckler of _Osteolepis_ 75
13. Upper surface of head of _Osteolepis_ 77
14. Under surface of head of _Osteolepis_ 79
15. Head of _Osteolepis_, seen in profile 80
16. Cranial buckler of _Diplopterus_ 81
17. Ditto 82