Chips and Chapters, a Book for Amateur and Young GeologistsW. Blackwood and sons, 1869 - 303 páginas |
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... similar to those that are now taking place around us . There can be no waste save from pre - existing rocks ; the earliest stratified formation in the earth's crust proclaims by its structure and arrangement that it is but the waste and ...
... similar to those that are now taking place around us . There can be no waste save from pre - existing rocks ; the earliest stratified formation in the earth's crust proclaims by its structure and arrangement that it is but the waste and ...
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... similar way . We see sands and gravels laid down along shore , and muds and marls in deeper water , and therefore conclude that all rocks of similar composition and structure have been formed in similar positions . We know that the ...
... similar way . We see sands and gravels laid down along shore , and muds and marls in deeper water , and therefore conclude that all rocks of similar composition and structure have been formed in similar positions . We know that the ...
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... similar way the general facts of their formation but in these deepest rocks , where stratification is in a great measure effaced , and not a trace of plant - life or animal - life ; can be discovered , the geological record ceases , and ...
... similar way the general facts of their formation but in these deepest rocks , where stratification is in a great measure effaced , and not a trace of plant - life or animal - life ; can be discovered , the geological record ceases , and ...
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... similar to that which the historian arrives at by the study of modern , medieval , and ancient populations . In reading this long history he perceives that the earth's crust is in a state of incessant change that the forces which act ...
... similar to that which the historian arrives at by the study of modern , medieval , and ancient populations . In reading this long history he perceives that the earth's crust is in a state of incessant change that the forces which act ...
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... similar averments , we admit that it is but reasonable its doctrines should be received with hesitancy , and submitted to the most searching investiga- tion . If , however , these averments are made in good faith , and have been ...
... similar averments , we admit that it is but reasonable its doctrines should be received with hesitancy , and submitted to the most searching investiga- tion . If , however , these averments are made in good faith , and have been ...
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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.