 The similar framework of bones in the hand of a man, wing of a bat, fin of the porpoise, and leg of the horse, — the same number of vertebrae forming the neck of the giraffe and of the elephant, — and innumerable other such facts, at once explain...  The Darwinian Theory of the Transmutation of Species - Page 43by Robert Mackenzie Beverley - 1867 - 386 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Social sciences - 1882 - 1096 pages
...porpoise, and leg of the hoise, the same number of vertebras forming the neck of the giraffe and the elephant, and innumerable other such facts, at once...descent with slow and slight successive modifications." It is the doctrine of progressive development (which after passing through what Professor Tyndal terms... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1882 - 494 pages
...porpoise, and leg of the horse, — the same number of vertebra forming the neck of the giraffe and of the elephant, — and innumerable other such facts, at...theory of descent with slow and slight successive modificationa. The similarity of pattern in the wing and in the leg of a bat, though used for such... | |
 | Robert Patterson - 1885 - 324 pages
...porpoise, and leg of the horse; the same number of vertebrae forming the neck of the giraffe, and of the elephant; and innumerable other such facts, at once...and slight successive modifications. The similarity in pattern in the wing and in the leg of a bat — though used for such different purpose; in the jaws... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1894 - 624 pages
...of the horse—the same number of vertebra forming the neck of the giraffe and of the elephant—and innumerable other such facts, at once explain themselves on the theory of a common descent, with slow and slight successive modifications. Fortunately for our purpose, he has... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Science - 1896 - 360 pages
...porpoise, and leg of the horse, — the same number of vertebrae forming the neck of the giraffe and of the elephant, — and innumerable other such facts, at...modifications. The similarity of pattern in the wing and in the leg of a bat, though used for such different purpose, — in the jaws and legs of a crab, —... | |
 | Evolution - 1902 - 200 pages
...porpoise, and leg of the horse—the same number of vertebrae forming the neck of the giraffe and of the elephant— and innumerable other such facts, at once...modifications. The similarity of pattern in the wing and in the leg of a bat, though used for such different purpose —in the jaws and legs of a crab—in... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1902 - 472 pages
...forming the neck of the giraffe and of the elephant, — and innumerable other such facts, at oiice explain themselves on the theory of descent with slow...similarity of pattern in the wing and leg of a bat, though used for such different purpose, — in the jaws and legs of a crab, — in the petals, stamens,... | |
 | William Smith Turner - Methodist Church - 1904 - 364 pages
...framework of bones in the hand of a man, wing of a bat, fin of a porpoise, and leg of a horse, . . . and innumerable other such facts at once explain themselves on the theory of descent with slow and successive modifications." "In regard to the members of each great kingdom, such as vertebrata, articulata,... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1909 - 584 pages
...porpoise, and leg of the horse, — the same number of vertebrae forming the neck of the giraffe and of the elephant, — and innumerable other such facts, at...modifications. The similarity of pattern in the wing and in the leg of a bat, though used for such different purpose, — in the jaws and legs of a crab, —... | |
 | Samuel Butler - Canterbury (N. Z.) - 1914 - 296 pages
...porpoise, and leg of a horse, the same number of vertebrae forming the neck of the giraffe and of the elephant, and innumerable other such facts, at once...descent with slow and slight successive modifications." Darwin on Species 173 I do not mean to go through your correspondent's letter, otherwise " I could... | |
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