Chips and Chapters, a Book for Amateur and Young GeologistsW. Blackwood and sons, 1869 - 303 páginas |
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... appear to the practised worker , should at least have the opportunity of doing so by being put in the requi- site form and addressed to the proper quarter . EDINBURGH , GILMORE PLACE , April 1869 . D. P. CONTENTS . PAGE GEOLOGY - ITS ...
... appear to the practised worker , should at least have the opportunity of doing so by being put in the requi- site form and addressed to the proper quarter . EDINBURGH , GILMORE PLACE , April 1869 . D. P. CONTENTS . PAGE GEOLOGY - ITS ...
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... appears nothing save same- ness and monotony ! Besides this discipline of observation , there is also necessary the tact to describe , for without this the facts and phenomena would in a great measure be lost to others , if , indeed ...
... appears nothing save same- ness and monotony ! Besides this discipline of observation , there is also necessary the tact to describe , for without this the facts and phenomena would in a great measure be lost to others , if , indeed ...
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... appears to be brought about by established methods , and in fixed and undeviating order . Even where the results are sudden and gigantic , the methods are the same : quantitatively they may differ , but qualitatively they belong to the ...
... appears to be brought about by established methods , and in fixed and undeviating order . Even where the results are sudden and gigantic , the methods are the same : quantitatively they may differ , but qualitatively they belong to the ...
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... appear under the volcanic influences of Sicily cannot occur in the quiescent region of Britain ; and what will result from the glacier action of the Alps will be looked for in vain among the heights of the Andes . The truth is , the ...
... appear under the volcanic influences of Sicily cannot occur in the quiescent region of Britain ; and what will result from the glacier action of the Alps will be looked for in vain among the heights of the Andes . The truth is , the ...
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... appear to be worthy of the consideration of the working and philosophical geologist . Had time permitted , we might have adverted to the present unsatisfactory state of palæ- ontology as regards nomenclature , unnecessary multiplica ...
... appear to be worthy of the consideration of the working and philosophical geologist . Had time permitted , we might have adverted to the present unsatisfactory state of palæ- ontology as regards nomenclature , unnecessary multiplica ...
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Chips and Chapters, a Book for Amateur and Young Geologists David Page (F.G.S.) Visualização integral - 1869 |
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Página 135 - THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go.
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