Chips and Chapters, a Book for Amateur and Young GeologistsW. Blackwood and sons, 1869 - 303 páginas |
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... gives evidence of the causes by which it was produced and the conditions accompanying its formation , the student has before him a task which , however arduous , is at least intelligible , and hopefully within his reach . In his surveys ...
... gives evidence of the causes by which it was produced and the conditions accompanying its formation , the student has before him a task which , however arduous , is at least intelligible , and hopefully within his reach . In his surveys ...
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... give greater consistency and intelligibility to the scheme of vitality . As the simpler forms of life throw light on the structure of the more complex , so a knowledge of the earlier forms throws light on the relationships of the ...
... give greater consistency and intelligibility to the scheme of vitality . As the simpler forms of life throw light on the structure of the more complex , so a knowledge of the earlier forms throws light on the relationships of the ...
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... minds will give the readiest assent ; and yet the moment that man's antiquity becomes involved in the argument , the same minds bristle up with antagonism , and seek to explain away the THE NATURE OF GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE . 41.
... minds will give the readiest assent ; and yet the moment that man's antiquity becomes involved in the argument , the same minds bristle up with antagonism , and seek to explain away the THE NATURE OF GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE . 41.
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... give of former igneous activity and con- vulsion than in admitting the eruptions and earthshocks of Etna and Vesuvius . The whole crust is replete with evi- dence of its own history - evidence that leaves no room for doubt , nor needs ...
... give of former igneous activity and con- vulsion than in admitting the eruptions and earthshocks of Etna and Vesuvius . The whole crust is replete with evi- dence of its own history - evidence that leaves no room for doubt , nor needs ...
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... gives consistency and stability to geological research , a safer guide to observation , and a surer key to the interpretation of the phenomena observed . Since its adoption , geology has taken , perhaps , the highest place among the ...
... gives consistency and stability to geological research , a safer guide to observation , and a surer key to the interpretation of the phenomena observed . Since its adoption , geology has taken , perhaps , the highest place among the ...
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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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