Chips and Chapters, a Book for Amateur and Young GeologistsW. Blackwood and sons, 1869 - 303 páginas |
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David Page. the operation of certain forces , are in a state of incessant waste and reconstruction . Winds , frosts , rains - springs , streams , rivers - waves , tides , and ocean ... waste and debris of some 12 CHIPS AND CHAPTERS .
David Page. the operation of certain forces , are in a state of incessant waste and reconstruction . Winds , frosts , rains - springs , streams , rivers - waves , tides , and ocean ... waste and debris of some 12 CHIPS AND CHAPTERS .
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David Page. that it is but the waste and debris of some other rock- formation that preceded it . And further , as the forces that now act leave record of their operations in the rocks they produce , so the older rocks contain the history ...
David Page. that it is but the waste and debris of some other rock- formation that preceded it . And further , as the forces that now act leave record of their operations in the rocks they produce , so the older rocks contain the history ...
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... waste and reconstruc- tion in the crust , together with some memorials of the plant - life and animal - life that peopled the surface during its continuance . Geology is thus the history of our planet read through its rocks and fossils ...
... waste and reconstruc- tion in the crust , together with some memorials of the plant - life and animal - life that peopled the surface during its continuance . Geology is thus the history of our planet read through its rocks and fossils ...
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... waste away considerable tracts along our sea - coasts , when the facts are so abundantly obvious . No one denies the distinctly re- corded discharges of the Skaptar Jokul in 1783 , the up- heaval of the Chilian coast in 1822 , or the ...
... waste away considerable tracts along our sea - coasts , when the facts are so abundantly obvious . No one denies the distinctly re- corded discharges of the Skaptar Jokul in 1783 , the up- heaval of the Chilian coast in 1822 , or the ...
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... waste of the dry land by frosts , rain , rivers , winds , and waves , is borne down by running water , and deposited as sediment in lakes , estuaries , and seas , in layers or strata more or less horizontal , and in thickness according ...
... waste of the dry land by frosts , rain , rivers , winds , and waves , is borne down by running water , and deposited as sediment in lakes , estuaries , and seas , in layers or strata more or less horizontal , and in thickness according ...
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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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