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Sedgwick [ˈsɛdʒwɪk] n (Biographies / Sedgwick, Adam (1785-1873) M, English, SCIENCE: geologist) Adam. 1785-1873, English geologist; played a major role in establishing parts of the geological time scale, esp the Cambrian and Devonian periods How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| -- The abrupt manner in which whole groups of species suddenly appear in certain formations, has been urged by several palaeontologists, for instance, by Agassiz, Pictet, and by none more forcibly than by Professor Sedgwick, as a fatal objection to the belief in the transmutation of species. They entered Nebraska at eleven, passed near Sedgwick, and touched at Julesburg, on the southern branch of the Platte River. |
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