Chips and Chapters, a Book for Amateur and Young GeologistsW. Blackwood and sons, 1869 - 303 páginas |
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... importance , or induce another labourer to enter , however trivial it may 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 ...
... importance , or induce another labourer to enter , however trivial it may 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 ...
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... importance to have , at the outset , some notion of its aim , scope , and bearing . Knowing its aim , the student can direct his attention more exclusively - understanding its scope , he is restrained from unwarranted speculation- and ...
... importance to have , at the outset , some notion of its aim , scope , and bearing . Knowing its aim , the student can direct his attention more exclusively - understanding its scope , he is restrained from unwarranted speculation- and ...
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... importance , then , that in geology , as in other departments of science , the student should thoroughly understand the aim and scope of his subject , concentrating his energies on what seems fairly attainable , rather than dissipating ...
... importance , then , that in geology , as in other departments of science , the student should thoroughly understand the aim and scope of his subject , concentrating his energies on what seems fairly attainable , rather than dissipating ...
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... importance . As a theme requiring minute observation , discriminating reflection , and the power of logically tracing results to their producing causes , its intellectual bearings are of the highest order ; while the influence of its ...
... importance . As a theme requiring minute observation , discriminating reflection , and the power of logically tracing results to their producing causes , its intellectual bearings are of the highest order ; while the influence of its ...
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... importance to the other sciences : to astronomy , as indicating the structure and composition of the planetary brotherhood ; to chemistry , as supplying at once new substances for research , and new problems for solution ; and , above ...
... importance to the other sciences : to astronomy , as indicating the structure and composition of the planetary brotherhood ; to chemistry , as supplying at once new substances for research , and new problems for solution ; and , above ...
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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.
Página 305 - Memoir of Sir William Hamilton, Bart., Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in the University of Edinburgh. By Professor VEITCH of the University of Glasgow. 8vo, with Portrait, 18s.