Chips and Chapters, a Book for Amateur and Young GeologistsW. Blackwood and sons, 1869 - 303 páginas |
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... science , however , has much more to do than merely describe the rocks and minerals that compose the stony crust . These rocks , subjected to the operation of certain forces , are in a state GEOLOGY-ITS AIM AND OBJECTS, PAGE.
... science , however , has much more to do than merely describe the rocks and minerals that compose the stony crust . These rocks , subjected to the operation of certain forces , are in a state GEOLOGY-ITS AIM AND OBJECTS, PAGE.
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... . There can be no waste save from pre - existing rocks ; the earliest stratified formation in the earth's crust proclaims by its structure and arrangement that it is but the waste and debris of some 12 CHIPS AND CHAPTERS .
... . There can be no waste save from pre - existing rocks ; the earliest stratified formation in the earth's crust proclaims by its structure and arrangement that it is but the waste and debris of some 12 CHIPS AND CHAPTERS .
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... crust and the history they contain , from the most recent and superficial to the oldest and deepest we can reach , is the prime aim of geology ; and the more thorough our knowledge of existing conditions and opera- tions , the more ...
... crust and the history they contain , from the most recent and superficial to the oldest and deepest we can reach , is the prime aim of geology ; and the more thorough our knowledge of existing conditions and opera- tions , the more ...
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... crust is rent and fissured by earthquake convulsions , and we rightly infer that all unstratified rocks are of igneous origin , and that the fractures and faults among the older strata have been brought about by subterranean disturbance ...
... crust is rent and fissured by earthquake convulsions , and we rightly infer that all unstratified rocks are of igneous origin , and that the fractures and faults among the older strata have been brought about by subterranean disturbance ...
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... crust . In this , built up , modified and re - modified a thousand times by the forces now operating around us , we can trace a long and wonderful history of physical and vital mutation ; and it is to the perfection of this history in ...
... crust . In this , built up , modified and re - modified a thousand times by the forces now operating around us , we can trace a long and wonderful history of physical and vital mutation ; and it is to the perfection of this history in ...
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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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