Chips and Chapters, a Book for Amateur and Young GeologistsW. Blackwood and sons, 1869 - 303 páginas |
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... positions . We know that the plants and animals of the land and the lake differ from those of the sea , and that those of the estuary , again , differ from both ; and so , when examining the fossil plants and animals ( the flora and ...
... positions . We know that the plants and animals of the land and the lake differ from those of the sea , and that those of the estuary , again , differ from both ; and so , when examining the fossil plants and animals ( the flora and ...
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... position that becomes her . Like other branches of knowledge , geology has its scien- tific as well as its practical aspects . It may be studied from the purely intellectual side ; and what a wide field . for investigation , what a rich ...
... position that becomes her . Like other branches of knowledge , geology has its scien- tific as well as its practical aspects . It may be studied from the purely intellectual side ; and what a wide field . for investigation , what a rich ...
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... positions , it is of prime importance to know their place and abundance ; and this kind of knowledge can only be ascertained through and by the labours of the geologist . Be it miner in search of coals and metals ; builder in quest of ...
... positions , it is of prime importance to know their place and abundance ; and this kind of knowledge can only be ascertained through and by the labours of the geologist . Be it miner in search of coals and metals ; builder in quest of ...
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... position of those materials , but he sees during his field - work how they are affected by the weather , the change of colour they undergo , their tendency to absorb and retain moisture , and , generally speaking , all those properties ...
... position of those materials , but he sees during his field - work how they are affected by the weather , the change of colour they undergo , their tendency to absorb and retain moisture , and , generally speaking , all those properties ...
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... position to say where or where not the well has to be sunk or the bor- ing carried down . We have recently seen , in one of the largest manufacturing towns in Scotland , an eighteen - inch bore of more than 600 feet in depth , carried ...
... position to say where or where not the well has to be sunk or the bor- ing carried down . We have recently seen , in one of the largest manufacturing towns in Scotland , an eighteen - inch bore of more than 600 feet in depth , carried ...
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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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