Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology, Volumen 1Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1841 - 87 páginas |
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... feet , * we should have a total amount of more than five miles ; but as the transition and primary strata very much exceed this average , the aggregate of all the European stratified series may be con- sidered to be at least ten miles ...
... feet , * we should have a total amount of more than five miles ; but as the transition and primary strata very much exceed this average , the aggregate of all the European stratified series may be con- sidered to be at least ten miles ...
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... feet ; overthrowing cities , yawning with dreadful chasms , converting seas into dry lands , and dry lands into seas . ( See Lyell's Geology , vol . i . passim . ) To the inhabitants of such districts we speak a language which they ...
... feet ; overthrowing cities , yawning with dreadful chasms , converting seas into dry lands , and dry lands into seas . ( See Lyell's Geology , vol . i . passim . ) To the inhabitants of such districts we speak a language which they ...
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... feet . This enormous mass is composed of alternating beds of shale or indurated clay , sandstone , limestone , and coal : the coal is most abundant in the upper part of the series , near Newcastle and Durham , and the limestone ...
... feet . This enormous mass is composed of alternating beds of shale or indurated clay , sandstone , limestone , and coal : the coal is most abundant in the upper part of the series , near Newcastle and Durham , and the limestone ...
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... feet are terminated by two large toes , like the rumi- nating animals , whilst the composition of their tarsus is like that of the camel . The place of this genus stands , in one respect , between the rhino- ceros and the horse ; and in ...
... feet are terminated by two large toes , like the rumi- nating animals , whilst the composition of their tarsus is like that of the camel . The place of this genus stands , in one respect , between the rhino- ceros and the horse ; and in ...
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... feet were found in accordance with the characters an- nounced by the teeth ; the teeth in harmony with those in- dicated beforehand by the feet ; the bones of the legs and thighs , and every connecting portion of the extremities , were ...
... feet were found in accordance with the characters an- nounced by the teeth ; the teeth in harmony with those in- dicated beforehand by the feet ; the bones of the legs and thighs , and every connecting portion of the extremities , were ...
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abundant adapted afford Agassiz air-chambers Ammonites ancient animal and vegetable appear Articulated beds Belemnite body bones bony bottom calcareous Carboniferous cavity Chalk chambered shells character clay Coal formation composed Coniferæ contrivances Coprolites creation creatures Crocodiles Crustaceans Cuvier Cycadeæ deposites derived discovery earth Eningen entire evidence existing external shell extinct species farther feet Ferns fluid fossil fossil Fishes fossil species fresh-water genus Geol geological globe horny Ichthyosaurus Iguanodon important inhabitants ink-bag land Lias limestone Lizards lobes Lyme Regis Mammalia marine mechanical Megalosaurus Megatherium mineral nature Nautilus Nautilus Pompilius nearly occur Oolite organic remains Pachydermata peculiar period phenomena plants Plesiosaurus portion present probably Pterodactyle quadrupeds recent represents reptiles resembling ribs rocks sand Secondary similar siphuncle skeleton specimens stems strata stratum structure substance surface teeth tion tooth Trans transverse plates Trilobites trunk vertebræ vertebral column whilst