Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... alumine , lime , and other ingredients , which now enter into the composition of vegetables , and mixed in different places in the different proportions that are congenial to the several species of herbs and trees . What the extent was ...
... alumine , lime , and other ingredients , which now enter into the composition of vegetables , and mixed in different places in the different proportions that are congenial to the several species of herbs and trees . What the extent was ...
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... alumine , 8 or 9 of potash ; and four or five other ingredients , amounting together to the remaining four or five per cent . The quantity of lime is less than half of one per cent . , and of iron , less than two . When hornblende is an ...
... alumine , 8 or 9 of potash ; and four or five other ingredients , amounting together to the remaining four or five per cent . The quantity of lime is less than half of one per cent . , and of iron , less than two . When hornblende is an ...
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... alumine , in far greater portions than in that rock . So , also - to say nothing of chalk - of the vast beds of salt . The nature of that mineral forbids the sup- position that it can have resulted from the disintegra- tion of granite ...
... alumine , in far greater portions than in that rock . So , also - to say nothing of chalk - of the vast beds of salt . The nature of that mineral forbids the sup- position that it can have resulted from the disintegra- tion of granite ...
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... alumine , yet the form in which they now exist demonstrates that they cannot have been derived from that rock . In granite those elements , with a slight mixture of potash , iron , and lime , are combined in three different proportions ...
... alumine , yet the form in which they now exist demonstrates that they cannot have been derived from that rock . In granite those elements , with a slight mixture of potash , iron , and lime , are combined in three different proportions ...
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... alumine is a chief ingredient ; a slender basis truly , could they verify their hypothesis in respect to them , on which to erect a demonstration of the immeasurable age of the world ! Can a more unfor- tunate predicament be imagined of ...
... alumine is a chief ingredient ; a slender basis truly , could they verify their hypothesis in respect to them , on which to erect a demonstration of the immeasurable age of the world ! Can a more unfor- tunate predicament be imagined of ...
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admit agency agents alumine assume assumption atmosphere basalt beds beneath carboniferous causes chemical and mechanical condition confute consist continents and islands contradiction creation creation recorded CRITICAL NOTICES crust deluge demonstrated deposition depth derived detritus disintegrated dry land earth earth's surface effects ejected elements elevation epoch existence facts of geology feet felspar formation fossil Genesis geological theory geologists globe gneiss granite gravel heat height Himalaya hornblende hypothesis igneous igneous rocks imbedded immense inference inspired interior Kilauea lava laws light lime limestone mass Mastodon materials matter miles Mosaic Mosaic record mountains narrative nature occupied ocean origin particles pebbles period pliocene porphyry postulate potash present principles of geology processes produced proof prove quartz relics respecting rivers sacred sand sandstone Scriptures series of ages shales six days species strata were formed suppose supposition taken place tertiary thrown tion upheaval vegetable and animal volcanic waters whole wholly