Chips and Chapters, a Book for Amateur and Young GeologistsW. Blackwood and sons, 1869 - 303 páginas |
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... indicate the climatic condi- tions under which these had lived and flourished - show the changes which these strata have undergone by contempo- raneous or subsequent volcanic activity - and in the main depict the geographical features ...
... indicate the climatic condi- tions under which these had lived and flourished - show the changes which these strata have undergone by contempo- raneous or subsequent volcanic activity - and in the main depict the geographical features ...
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... 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 all , to botany and zoology , as having extended ...
... 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 all , to botany and zoology , as having extended ...
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... struc- ture of the coal - fields , and empirical dogmatisms respecting he non - existence of coal - seams where men of science had To the clearly indicated their extension and continuity . competent 24 CHIPS AND CHAPTERS .
... struc- ture of the coal - fields , and empirical dogmatisms respecting he non - existence of coal - seams where men of science had To the clearly indicated their extension and continuity . competent 24 CHIPS AND CHAPTERS .
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David Page. To the clearly indicated their extension and continuity . competent geologist a fossil twig or stem , a shell , coral , or fish - scale , is sufficient to indicate the presence and extent of a formation ; to the mere empiric ...
David Page. To the clearly indicated their extension and continuity . competent geologist a fossil twig or stem , a shell , coral , or fish - scale , is sufficient to indicate the presence and extent of a formation ; to the mere empiric ...
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... indicate the conditions - terres- trial , aquatic , or aërial - tropical , temperate , or boreal - under which the creatures existed with certainty , always in pro- portion to the perfection in which the animal has been pre- served ...
... indicate the conditions - terres- trial , aquatic , or aërial - tropical , temperate , or boreal - under which the creatures existed with certainty , always in pro- portion to the perfection in which the animal has been pre- served ...
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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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