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Hugely disappointed, Scott's team begins the long journey back. When reaching the mountains bordering the polar plateau, Wilson shows the men some sea plant and tree fossils he has found, also a piece of coal, proving that the Antarctic must have been a warm place once. Scott ironically notes the economic possibilities.
His herbarium, which consisted of about 200 folios of mosses, ferns and flowering plants "almost unique in its completeness," is now stored, with many of his fossils, in the museum at Thurso. Dick had a hard struggle for existence, especially through competition during his late years, when he was reduced almost to beggary: but of this few, if ...
It suggests that everything currently in existence has developed from earlier forms: solar system, Earth, rocks, plants and corals, fish, land plants, reptiles and birds, mammals, and ultimately man. The book begins by tackling the origins of the solar system, using the nebular hypothesis to explain its formation entirely in terms of natural law.
Nature offers some of the world's purest and simplest joys. While the city has its charms, nothing compares to the beauty of a tall tree, the sweet smell of flowers, or the feeling of a fresh ...
Robert Titus may refer to: Robert Titus (colonist) (c. 1600–1672), first Titus immigrant from England to America; Robert F. Titus (1926–2024), United States Air Force general and fighter pilot; Robert C. Titus (1839–1918), American lawyer and politician from New York; Bob Titus, member of the Missouri House of Representatives
Robert took his family to Long Island in the summer of 1654 where his son Edmond had moved about 1650 to later become a Quaker. They settled near Oyster Bay in Huntington, Long Island . Robert's oldest son John was a land holder in Rehoboth in 1654 and remained there when his father moved to Long Island.
Robert Dick (geologist) (1811–1866), Scottish geologist and botanist; Robert Dick (salt-grieve), 17th century merchant and inspector of salt works, imprisoned on the Bass Rock; Robert Dick (flutist) (born 1950), American flutist and composer; Robert P. Dick (1823–1898), American jurist; Robert Dick (cricketer) (1889–1983), English cricketer
The bearded paleontologist Dr. Robert Burke, who is eaten by a Tyrannosaurus rex in Steven Spielberg's film The Lost World: Jurassic Park, is an affectionate caricature of Bakker. In real life, Bakker has argued for a predatory T. rex, while Bakker's rival paleontologist Jack Horner views it as primarily a scavenger.