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... island by vol- canic agency when the event , as in the case of Santorino , is witnessed and described by trustworthy authorities . No one gainsays the effects of running water in eroding glens and ravines , or the power of waves to wear ...
... island by vol- canic agency when the event , as in the case of Santorino , is witnessed and described by trustworthy authorities . No one gainsays the effects of running water in eroding glens and ravines , or the power of waves to wear ...
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... islands . In this operation rocks of various character and consistency are ejected by the volcano , fissures and inequalities of surface produced by the earthquake . By a study of these volcanic rocks , their composition , the manner in ...
... islands . In this operation rocks of various character and consistency are ejected by the volcano , fissures and inequalities of surface produced by the earthquake . By a study of these volcanic rocks , their composition , the manner in ...
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... islands . But while all this is satisfactory for the present , and encouraging for the future , there are still many points requiring immediate and careful consideration , and to some of these we would now direct the attention of the ...
... islands . But while all this is satisfactory for the present , and encouraging for the future , there are still many points requiring immediate and careful consideration , and to some of these we would now direct the attention of the ...
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... Island , Austria , India , the Indian Archipelago , and Australia , must for ever set aside as untenable all hypotheses of ab- normal climates , carbonic acid atmospheres , and universal conditions for Carboniferous epoch . The truth is ...
... Island , Austria , India , the Indian Archipelago , and Australia , must for ever set aside as untenable all hypotheses of ab- normal climates , carbonic acid atmospheres , and universal conditions for Carboniferous epoch . The truth is ...
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... Islands . Again , the difficulty which foreign surveyors find in co - ordinating their discoveries with our trias , lias , oolite , and chalk , suggests the idea that the time is not far distant when we must modify the range and ...
... Islands . Again , the difficulty which foreign surveyors find in co - ordinating their discoveries with our trias , lias , oolite , and chalk , suggests the idea that the time is not far distant when we must modify the range and ...
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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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