Richard Henry Dana

Author and lawyer, 1815-1882

Cited as Dana. — 7 quotations

Aqueous

An aqueous deposit.

Culminate

The reptile race culminated in the secondary era.

Cut

It should be understood, moreover, . . . that the group are not arbitrary cuts, but natural groups or types.

Degradation

The degradation of the species man is observed in some of its varieties.

Degraded

Some families of plants are degraded dicotyledons.

Estuary

it to the sea was often by long and wide estuaries.

Structure

It [basalt] has often a prismatic structure.