An Elementary Treatise on Geology: Determining Fundamental Points in that Science, and Containing an Examination of Some Modern Geological Systems, and Particularly of the Huttonian Theory of the EarthF.C. and J. Rivington, 1809 - 415 páginas |
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... materials detached by the sea from its coasts . 31. Whether our mineral strata could have been formed from the detritus of former continents . 31. a . Cause assigned by Dr. Hutton for the consolidation of loose materials . 32. The birth ...
... materials detached by the sea from its coasts . 31. Whether our mineral strata could have been formed from the detritus of former continents . 31. a . Cause assigned by Dr. Hutton for the consolidation of loose materials . 32. The birth ...
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... materials , by which geology is now be come a solid science . 40. It is more fixed than is generally supposed . 41. The confusion which has arisen in it can be dis- sipated only by more attentive study . 42. Distinction to be made ...
... materials , by which geology is now be come a solid science . 40. It is more fixed than is generally supposed . 41. The confusion which has arisen in it can be dis- sipated only by more attentive study . 42. Distinction to be made ...
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... materials , round which they have not been able to wind . 105. 2dly , Where they have attacked and cut off a promontory in their way , forming it into an abrupt cliff , while they have left stream . left a peculiar kind of alluvial land ...
... materials , round which they have not been able to wind . 105. 2dly , Where they have attacked and cut off a promontory in their way , forming it into an abrupt cliff , while they have left stream . left a peculiar kind of alluvial land ...
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... materials ; in which case there is no alluvial land on the opposite side . 106. a . In all these cases , the sections of the strata are shown on the banks , and may easily be distinguished from those of alluvial land . 107. The ...
... materials ; in which case there is no alluvial land on the opposite side . 106. a . In all these cases , the sections of the strata are shown on the banks , and may easily be distinguished from those of alluvial land . 107. The ...
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... materials of destroyed continents at the bottom of the sea . 181. The power of fusion is not , however , a power of elevation ; the intermediate idea of expansion is wanting . Not heat itself , but only an expansible fluid produced by ...
... materials of destroyed continents at the bottom of the sea . 181. The power of fusion is not , however , a power of elevation ; the intermediate idea of expansion is wanting . Not heat itself , but only an expansible fluid produced by ...
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Página 389 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Página 392 - Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air...
Página 385 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me ; for the earth is filled with violence through them ; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Página 389 - And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
Página 399 - And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee ; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
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Página 399 - And of every living thing of all flesh two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark to keep them alive with thee ; they shall be male and female.
Página 84 - ... combined with the inequality of hardness in the rocks, prove, that the present line of the shore has been determined by the action of the sea. The naked and precipitous cliffs which overhang the deep, the rocks hollowed, perforated, as they are farther advanced in the sea, and at last insulated, lead to the same conclusion, and mark very clearly so many different stages of decay. It is true, we do not see the successive steps of this progress exemplified in the states of...
Página 89 - Every river appears to consist of a main trunk, fed from a variety of branches, each running in a valley proportioned to its size, and all of them together forming a system of valleys, communicating with one another, and having such a nice adjustment of their declivities, that none of them join the principal valley, either on too high or too low a level...