The Foot-prints of the Creator
- Subtitle
- or, The Asterolepis of Stromness
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1. Front matter2. TO SIR PHILIP DE MALPAS GREY EGERTON, BART. M.P., F.R.S. & G.S.3. TO THE READER.4. HUGH MILLER, AUTHOR OF “OLD RED SANDSTONE” AND “FOOTPRINTS OF THE CREATOR.”5. LIST OF WOOD-CUTS6. STROMNESS AND ITS ASTEROLEPIS. THE LAKE OF STENNIS.7. THE DEVELOPMENT HYPOTHESIS, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.8. THE RECENT HISTORY OF THE ASTEROLEPIS. ITS FAMILY.9. CEREBRAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE EARLIER VERTEBRATA. ITS APPARENT PRINCIPLE.10. THE ASTEROLEPIS, ITS STRUCTURE, BULK, AND ASPECT.11. FISHES OF THE SILURIAN ROCKS—UPPER AND LOWER. THEIR RECENT HISTORY, ORDER, AND SIZE.12. HIGH STANDING OF THE PLACOIDS.—OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED.13. THE PLACOID BRAIN. EMBRYONIC CHARACTERISTICS NOT NECESSARILY OF A LOW ORDER.14. THE PROGRESS OF DEGRADATION. ITS HISTORY.15. EVIDENCE OF THE SILURIAN MOLLUSCS—OF THE FOSSIL FLORA. ANCIENT TREE.16. SUPERPOSITION NOT PARENTAL RELATION. THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE.17. LAMARCKIAN HYPOTHESIS OF THE ORIGIN OF PLANTS. ITS CONSEQUENCES.18. THE TWO FLORAS, MARINE AND TERRESTRIAL. BEARING OF THE EXPERIENCE ARGUMENT.19. THE DEVELOPMENT HYPOTHESIS IN ITS EMBRYONIC STATE. OLDER THAN ITS ALLEGED FOUNDATIONS.20. FINAL CAUSES.—THEIR BEARING ON GEOLOGIC HISTORY. CONCLUSION.21. FOOTNOTES