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... have studied with minuteness the action of ice on land as well as its results on water . They have seen how the glacier pushes its way down the Alpine valley , grinding , rounding , smoothing THE NATURE OF GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE . 39.
... have studied with minuteness the action of ice on land as well as its results on water . They have seen how the glacier pushes its way down the Alpine valley , grinding , rounding , smoothing THE NATURE OF GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE . 39.
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David Page. down the Alpine valley , grinding , rounding , smoothing , and striating the rocks over which it passes , and ... rounded and polished , and grooved precisely like those of existing glacier regions . No known agency save land ...
David Page. down the Alpine valley , grinding , rounding , smoothing , and striating the rocks over which it passes , and ... rounded and polished , and grooved precisely like those of existing glacier regions . No known agency save land ...
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... rounded , or level , as the case may be ; and surely he who is acquainted with the causes of these peculiarities is more likely to excel in his art , than one who is altogether unacquainted with the sub- ject . So it is with the ...
... rounded , or level , as the case may be ; and surely he who is acquainted with the causes of these peculiarities is more likely to excel in his art , than one who is altogether unacquainted with the sub- ject . So it is with the ...
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... rounded , and form gravel ; the gravel , by further attrition , will be reduced to sand ; and sand , by still further commi- nution and sifting , will be converted into mud and impal- pable sediment . As all these processes are ever ...
... rounded , and form gravel ; the gravel , by further attrition , will be reduced to sand ; and sand , by still further commi- nution and sifting , will be converted into mud and impal- pable sediment . As all these processes are ever ...
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... rounded , grooved , and furrowed by glaciers in their down- ward passage from the mountain - heights on which they are engendered . These external changes are generally , however , of much easier comprehension and solution than the ...
... rounded , grooved , and furrowed by glaciers in their down- ward passage from the mountain - heights on which they are engendered . These external changes are generally , however , of much easier comprehension and solution than the ...
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