Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... ocean , and distri- buted over its bed in successive layers ; and that they were at length elevated from the bottom of the ocean to their present position : that the agents by which these vast effects were wrought , were those by which ...
... ocean , and distri- buted over its bed in successive layers ; and that they were at length elevated from the bottom of the ocean to their present position : that the agents by which these vast effects were wrought , were those by which ...
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... ocean , as a mere assumption , inconsistent with the laws of nature , and the facts of the strata , and subversive of itself : and thereby confute the inference they found on it of the great age of the world , as unproved and ...
... ocean , as a mere assumption , inconsistent with the laws of nature , and the facts of the strata , and subversive of itself : and thereby confute the inference they found on it of the great age of the world , as unproved and ...
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... 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 pro- portion of combustible ...
... 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 pro- portion of combustible ...
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... ocean . The strata of the earth are held by geologists , to be on an average , about ten miles in depth . To maintain therefore , that their materials were derived from continents and mountains of granite , and were borne from them by ...
... ocean . The strata of the earth are held by geologists , to be on an average , about ten miles in depth . To maintain therefore , that their materials were derived from continents and mountains of granite , and were borne from them by ...
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... ocean ; and if the mountains from which it is represented the matter of the strata was chiefly drawn , were of but half , or two - thirds the extent of the strata that are supposed to have been formed from them , then they must have ...
... ocean ; and if the mountains from which it is represented the matter of the strata was chiefly drawn , were of but half , or two - thirds the extent of the strata that are supposed to have been formed from them , then they must have ...
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