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WITHOUT going into the vexed question as to whether Eozöon Canadense is or is not of organic origin, I may be permitted to express some surprise at the new, and, to say the least of it, startling theory broached by Mr. Perry in last week's NATURE, of the vaporous formation of a certain limestone. The only facts brought forward in support of this view are, its occupying pockets, its foliations, and its conformation with irregularities of surface in the pre-existing rock. All these could be as well accounted for on the supposition of deposition from aqueous solution, without doing violence to the fact that carbonate of lime is not volatile at any temperature.
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H., E. Eozöon Canadense. Nature 4, 85 (1871). https://doi.org/10.1038/004085c0
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