Lyell
['laiəl]
Examples
- Lyell and other authors have ably treated this subject. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It is to Lyell's disciple, Charles Darwin, however, that we turn for our main illustration of the value of travel for comprehensive scientific gen eralization. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Lyell has made similar observations on some of the later tertiary formations. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Lyell and Dr. Dawson in the carboniferous strata of North America; but now land-shells have been found in the lias. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Lyell that in November, 1844, swarms of locusts visited the island of Madeira. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Lyell asks, and assigns certain reasons in answer, why have not seals and bats given birth on such islands to forms fitted to live on the land? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- No disciple of Lyell could fail to be convinced of the immeasurabl e lapse of time required for the formation of the earth's crust. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Lyell has shown, is the relative position of the land and water. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The elder De Candolle and Lyell have largely and philosophically shown that all organic beings are exposed to severe competition. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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