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Similarity in arrangement.

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  • But the moment the geologist has to deal with large areas, or with completely separated deposits, the mischief of confounding that “homotaxis” or “similarity of...
  • Even the Scotland series probably belongs to the Tertiary system, but owing to the want of characteristic fossils, it is impossible to determine with any degree of certainty...
  • In anatomy, where such correspondence of position has constantly to be spoken of, it is denoted by the word “homology” and its derivatives; and for Geology (which after all is...
  • In anatomy, where such correspondence of position has constantly to be spoken of, it is denoted by the word "homology" and its derivatives; and for Geology (which after all is...
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