Chips and Chapters, a Book for Amateur and Young GeologistsW. Blackwood and sons, 1869 - 303 páginas |
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... school of " uniformitarians " or " quietists , " as opposed to that of " revolutionists " and " convulsionists . " Let us see for a while how much more rational and philosophical the newer doctrine is , and how much more satisfactorily ...
... school of " uniformitarians " or " quietists , " as opposed to that of " revolutionists " and " convulsionists . " Let us see for a while how much more rational and philosophical the newer doctrine is , and how much more satisfactorily ...
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... schools as a branch of elementary education . An acquaintance with its leading doctrines is required in most of our professional examinations , and it ranks as an item in all the competitive trials for 76 CHIPS AND CHAPTERS .
... schools as a branch of elementary education . An acquaintance with its leading doctrines is required in most of our professional examinations , and it ranks as an item in all the competitive trials for 76 CHIPS AND CHAPTERS .
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... schools , academies , and colleges ; to its importance both as a means of intellectual training and as a special preparation for engaging in some of the most essential departments of human industry . In this task I have to appeal at ...
... schools , academies , and colleges ; to its importance both as a means of intellectual training and as a special preparation for engaging in some of the most essential departments of human industry . In this task I have to appeal at ...
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... schools ; and that , with the addition of field - excursions , it should also form part of the systematic training in our higher academies ; while in all our colleges there ought to be separate chairs for the fuller exposition , not ...
... schools ; and that , with the addition of field - excursions , it should also form part of the systematic training in our higher academies ; while in all our colleges there ought to be separate chairs for the fuller exposition , not ...
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... School of Mines , in connection with the Government Geological Survey , is a hopeful and gratifying sign . The opening of geological classes in several of our higher schools and academies is symptomatic of the im- provement we advocate ...
... School of Mines , in connection with the Government Geological Survey , is a hopeful and gratifying sign . The opening of geological classes in several of our higher schools and academies is symptomatic of the im- provement we advocate ...
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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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