Chips and Chapters, a Book for Amateur and Young GeologistsW. Blackwood and sons, 1869 - 303 páginas |
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... structure of the earth . The science , however , has much more to do than merely describe the rocks and minerals that compose the stony crust . These rocks , subjected to the operation of certain forces , are in a state GEOLOGY-ITS AIM ...
... structure of the earth . The science , however , has much more to do than merely describe the rocks and minerals that compose the stony crust . These rocks , subjected to the operation of certain forces , are in a state GEOLOGY-ITS AIM ...
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... 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 debris of some 12 CHIPS AND CHAPTERS .
... 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 debris of some 12 CHIPS AND CHAPTERS .
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... structure have been formed in similar 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 ...
... structure have been formed in similar 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 ...
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... structure and tex- ture any evidence of the conditions under which they were formed , then the task of inductive geology ceases , and the primordial state of our globe is handed over to the physicist and astronomer . The aim and scope ...
... structure and tex- ture any evidence of the conditions under which they were formed , then the task of inductive geology ceases , and the primordial state of our globe is handed over to the physicist and astronomer . The aim and scope ...
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... structure com- pared with that of the unpractised worker ; and what end- less variety and contrast this power discovers in nature , where to the casual observer there appears nothing save same- ness and monotony ! Besides this ...
... structure com- pared with that of the unpractised worker ; and what end- less variety and contrast this power discovers in nature , where to the casual observer there appears nothing save same- ness and monotony ! Besides this ...
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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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