An Introduction to Geology: Intended to Convey a Practical Knowledge of the Science, and Comprising the Most Important Recent Discoveries; with Explanations of the Facts and Phenomena which Serve to Confirm Or Invalidate Various Geological TheoriesB. & W. Noyes, 1839 - 596 páginas |
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... of the universe , yet , previously to the cultivation of the other sciences , and of chemistry in particular , our knowledge of the mineral kingdom could not extend much beyond that of the rudest Edining CALIFORNIA STATE.
... of the universe , yet , previously to the cultivation of the other sciences , and of chemistry in particular , our knowledge of the mineral kingdom could not extend much beyond that of the rudest Edining CALIFORNIA STATE.
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... extend much beyond that of the rudest peri- ods . Thus we find , that notwithstanding the precious metals , and many of the mineral treasures which the earth contains , have been the objects of insatiable cupidity in every age , yet ...
... extend much beyond that of the rudest peri- ods . Thus we find , that notwithstanding the precious metals , and many of the mineral treasures which the earth contains , have been the objects of insatiable cupidity in every age , yet ...
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... extending to Lake Erie is introduced , to represent the physical structure of the country . See p . 260. The plate is taken from a sketch drawn near Queenston , in 1829 , by Robert Bakewell , junior . PLATE I. Figs . 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ...
... extending to Lake Erie is introduced , to represent the physical structure of the country . See p . 260. The plate is taken from a sketch drawn near Queenston , in 1829 , by Robert Bakewell , junior . PLATE I. Figs . 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ...
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... extend his observations from the uppermost strata , to the very lowest beds that have been raised up or laid bare by these natural operations which have formed mountains or valleys , is less than eight miles ; a thickness which ...
... extend his observations from the uppermost strata , to the very lowest beds that have been raised up or laid bare by these natural operations which have formed mountains or valleys , is less than eight miles ; a thickness which ...
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... more fully stated . I shall proceed to elucidate the situation of the different classes of rocks in England , by a reference to the outline map , Plate 6 . The waving line A A A , extending from the DILUVIAL AND ALLUVIAL . 11.
... more fully stated . I shall proceed to elucidate the situation of the different classes of rocks in England , by a reference to the outline map , Plate 6 . The waving line A A A , extending from the DILUVIAL AND ALLUVIAL . 11.
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admit Alps ancient animals appear basalt bed of coal bones calcareous called caverns chalk Charnwood Forest clay coal formation coal strata coal-field color composed contain covered crater crystals deposited depth Derbyshire diluvial discovered districts dyke earth earthquakes elevation England epoch eruptions existence extends felspar fissures formed fossil fragments frequently fresh-water geological geologists globe gneiss granite green sand greywacke gypsum hills hornblende igneous intermixed island lakes land lava lias lime London clay lower beds magnesian limestone marine marl mass mastodon metallic mica mica slate miles mineral mountain limestone nearly numerous observed occur ocean oolite organic remains Paris basin period plants Plate porphyry present primary rocks probably quadrupeds quartz range red marl red sandstone remarkable rivers rock salt secondary strata shale shells side sometimes species stone stratum structure subterranean supposed surface temperature tertiary strata thickness tion toadstone transition rocks upper valleys vast vegetable veins volcanic Wealden
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Página 164 - MP the mountain which is here composed of clinkstone, presents the columnar structure on a magnificent scale ; the columns are slightly bent and inclined. Porphyry, from an intermixture with hornblende frequently passes into sienite ; when this is the case, the latter rock generally forms the upper part of the mass. Porphyry and basalt, in enormous masses, often cover the primary mountains in the Andes. According to Humboldt, " they are arranged in regular columns, which strike the eye of the traveller...
Página 568 - These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens...
Página i - INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGY. Intended to convey Practical Knowledge of the Science, and comprising the most important recent discoveries ; with explanations of the facts and phenomena which serve to confirm or invalidate various Geological Theories. By ROBERT BAKEWELL.
Página 304 - After some time," says Kircher, " who was near tho spot, " the violent paroxysm (of the earthquake) ceasing, I stood up, and turning my eyes to look for Euphemia, saw only a frightful black cloud. We waited till it had passed away, when nothing but a dismal and putrid lake was to be seen, where the city once stood.
Página 541 - Moses ; but does Moses ever say, that when God created the heavens and the earth, he did more at the time alluded to than transform them out of previously existing materials? Or does he ever say, that there was not an interval of many ages between the first act of creation, described in the first verse of the book of Genesis, and said to have been performed at the beginning; and those more detailed operations, the account of which commences at the second verse, and which are described to us as having...
Página 568 - Sthumann. 4. These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created : In the day that the Lord God made the heavens and the earth, 5.
Página 564 - ... to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day, and over the night, to be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years.
Página 304 - Stromboli, though at sixty miles distance, belching forth flames in an unusual manner, and with a noise which I could distinctly hear. But my attention was quickly turned from more remote to contiguous danger.
Página 439 - ... little better than a moral sepulchre, in which, like the strong man, we were burying ourselves and those around us in ruins of our own creating. But surely we must all believe too firmly in the immutable attributes of that Being, in whom all truth, of whatever kind, finds its proper resting-place, to think that the principles of physical and moral truth can ever be in lasting collision.
Página 552 - It has been justly argued, against this attempt to identify these two great historical and natural phenomena, that as the rise and fall of the waters of the Mosaic deluge are described to have been gradual, and of short duration, they would have produced comparatively little change on the surface of the country they overflowed. The large preponderance of extinct species among the animals we find in caves, and in superficial deposits of diluvium, and the non-discovery of human bones along with them,...