Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... detritus could have been borne from them to the sea , to be distributed over its bottom , and form layers , like our present strata . The suppo- sition of such mountains , as the source of the mate- rials of the strata , defeats itself ...
... detritus could have been borne from them to the sea , to be distributed over its bottom , and form layers , like our present strata . The suppo- sition of such mountains , as the source of the mate- rials of the strata , defeats itself ...
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... detritus with which they are charged , falls to the bottom within a narrow space . The great mass of the ocean is no more affected by them , than the continents are , that lie opposite to the points where the rivers enter it . To assign ...
... detritus with which they are charged , falls to the bottom within a narrow space . The great mass of the ocean is no more affected by them , than the continents are , that lie opposite to the points where the rivers enter it . To assign ...
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... detritus to the sea - is to beg at the outset , the very point which they affect to prove . For if the strata were formed by no other agents , than those which are now acting on the land , and the sea , and their deposition proceeded at ...
... detritus to the sea - is to beg at the outset , the very point which they affect to prove . For if the strata were formed by no other agents , than those which are now acting on the land , and the sea , and their deposition proceeded at ...
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... detritus of a preceding system of mountains and continents . Thus Dr. Macculloch says : - " It is important to observe the exact resemblance between the present primary rocks and the still more ancient ones from the ruins of which they ...
... detritus of a preceding system of mountains and continents . Thus Dr. Macculloch says : - " It is important to observe the exact resemblance between the present primary rocks and the still more ancient ones from the ruins of which they ...
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... detritus of rocky continents and islands , and borne down to the ocean by rivers , or beat off by waves from the shores , and distributed over the bottom of the sea by tides and currents . Thus Dr. Buckland : -- " Beneath the whole ...
... detritus of rocky continents and islands , and borne down to the ocean by rivers , or beat off by waves from the shores , and distributed over the bottom of the sea by tides and currents . Thus Dr. Buckland : -- " Beneath the whole ...
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