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... beds , and coral - reefs are going on from without , the fire - forces from within are as inces- santly upheaving or ... bed , is necessarily accompanied by some change in climate and condition , and consequently by a corresponding ...
... beds , and coral - reefs are going on from without , the fire - forces from within are as inces- santly upheaving or ... bed , is necessarily accompanied by some change in climate and condition , and consequently by a corresponding ...
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... bed of peaty earth , then through a layer of shelly marl , and , lastly , through a stratum of clayey silt . In the peat we detect antlers of deers and bones of oxen ; in the marl , innumerable shells of fresh - water mollusca ; and in ...
... bed of peaty earth , then through a layer of shelly marl , and , lastly , through a stratum of clayey silt . In the peat we detect antlers of deers and bones of oxen ; in the marl , innumerable shells of fresh - water mollusca ; and in ...
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... bed as it melts in more genial latitudes . In countries now far removed from glacial action , the mountain glens are ... beds , abundance of shells now living in polar seas ; and as we have no reason to suppose that the relations of life ...
... bed as it melts in more genial latitudes . In countries now far removed from glacial action , the mountain glens are ... beds , abundance of shells now living in polar seas ; and as we have no reason to suppose that the relations of life ...
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... bed of any extent that does not bear evidence of its slow , gradual , and uniform increase ; the growth , decay , and ... beds , peat - mosses , and swamp - growths of the present era . The whole crust , as Dr Hutton long ago taught , is ...
... bed of any extent that does not bear evidence of its slow , gradual , and uniform increase ; the growth , decay , and ... beds , peat - mosses , and swamp - growths of the present era . The whole crust , as Dr Hutton long ago taught , is ...
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... beds , remains whose age can be determined - there can be no error and much advantage in calling them by the name of the system to which they belong , and discarding the term metamorphic . But where all sequential connection is lost ...
... beds , remains whose age can be determined - there can be no error and much advantage in calling them by the name of the system to which they belong , and discarding the term metamorphic . But where all sequential connection is lost ...
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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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