Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... crust generally of the continents and islands scepticism which their theory is the means of generating ; while a still greater number - who , indeed , are of little consideration either on the score of religion or learning — will ...
... crust generally of the continents and islands scepticism which their theory is the means of generating ; while a still greater number - who , indeed , are of little consideration either on the score of religion or learning — will ...
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... crust was formed over its molten ocean , by the cooling of its surface . Such a supposition is forbidden , indeed , by the consid- eration to which we have already referred ; that it im- plies that the earth originally had a far greater ...
... crust was formed over its molten ocean , by the cooling of its surface . Such a supposition is forbidden , indeed , by the consid- eration to which we have already referred ; that it im- plies that the earth originally had a far greater ...
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... crust of the globe - in reference , 1st , To the sources from which the materials of the strata were derived ; 2d , To the agents by which they were conveyed to the places of their deposition ; 3d , To the scale of intensity on which ...
... crust of the globe - in reference , 1st , To the sources from which the materials of the strata were derived ; 2d , To the agents by which they were conveyed to the places of their deposition ; 3d , To the scale of intensity on which ...
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... crust of the globe that are accessible to our observation , and of the causes or forces to which they owe their present combinations and positions ; and those forces are expressly defined as either chemical or mechanical ; or those of ...
... crust of the globe that are accessible to our observation , and of the causes or forces to which they owe their present combinations and positions ; and those forces are expressly defined as either chemical or mechanical ; or those of ...
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... crust , partly by heaping up new matter in certain localities , and partly by depressing one portion and forcing out another of the earth's envelope . " - Lyell's Principles , p . 191 . Sir Charles Lyell holds not only that all the ...
... crust , partly by heaping up new matter in certain localities , and partly by depressing one portion and forcing out another of the earth's envelope . " - Lyell's Principles , p . 191 . Sir Charles Lyell holds not only that all the ...
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Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against Theories David Nevins Lord Vista completa - 1857 |
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