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The Puzzle of Life and How It Has Been Put Together · Arthur Nicols — chapter 14 of 19 · ~153 words · public domain

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Dinornis, specimens of, in British Museum, 116

Dinosaurus, 89

Dinotherium, 114

Drawings, pre-historic, 135

Dwellings and food of men, 137

Early histories, 123; plant life, 59

Earth, early history of, 1, 2, 3; interior of, 18; intense heat of, 24; climate of, 48; not yet fit for man, 75; ‘foraminifera earth’, 30

Earthquakes, 18, 19

Earthworks of Ohio, 165

Easter island monuments, 164

Egypt, monuments of, 166

Eodendron, 59

Eophyton, 59

Eozöon, 57, 77

First weapons, 121

Fish-lizards, 85

Fishes, fossil, 71

Flint, origin of, 14; in chalk, 96; weapons, where found, 131; tool manufactory, 134

Foraminifera, 20; ‘foraminifera earth’, 30; drawings of, 97; specimens of, in British Museum, 99

Forests under the sea, 75, 76

Fossil, derivation of, 10; plants, 61; sunlight, 73; footprints, 83; human, 157, 159

Food and dwellings, 137

Footprints, fossil, 83

Flying reptiles, 89

Geological part, 17

Geology, derivation of, 19

Geysers, 54

Gigantic animals, 101; birds, 115

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