Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... Congress , in the year 1855 , by DAVID N. LORD . In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York . W. H. TINSON , Printer & Stereotyper . PREFACE . How is it that , at a period.
... Congress , in the year 1855 , by DAVID N. LORD . In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York . W. H. TINSON , Printer & Stereotyper . PREFACE . How is it that , at a period.
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... period immensely larger than that which is assigned to the earth by the Mosaic record . If they are the result ... periods to have been an essential condition to the production of these phenomena . " " My fire now burns with fuel , and ...
... period immensely larger than that which is assigned to the earth by the Mosaic record . If they are the result ... periods to have been an essential condition to the production of these phenomena . " " My fire now burns with fuel , and ...
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... period short indeed if measured by the physical monuments of the past ) man and his fellow beings are placed upon the earth . " - Discourse on the Studies of the University of Cambridge , 1833 . " By the geometer were measured the ...
... period short indeed if measured by the physical monuments of the past ) man and his fellow beings are placed upon the earth . " - Discourse on the Studies of the University of Cambridge , 1833 . " By the geometer were measured the ...
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... agents by whom it was built , and the method of their procedure , can demonstrate , that such a period was occupied in its construction . QUESTIONS RESPECTING THE POINTS DISCUSSED IN THIS CHAPTER . What 24 THE GEOLOGICAL THEORY .
... agents by whom it was built , and the method of their procedure , can demonstrate , that such a period was occupied in its construction . QUESTIONS RESPECTING THE POINTS DISCUSSED IN THIS CHAPTER . What 24 THE GEOLOGICAL THEORY .
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... period was occupied in their formation , is it not clear that no hypothesis respecting the rate at which their formation was accom- plished , can demonstrate it ? May it not be as conclusively proved by their mode of reasoning , that ...
... period was occupied in their formation , is it not clear that no hypothesis respecting the rate at which their formation was accom- plished , can demonstrate it ? May it not be as conclusively proved by their mode of reasoning , that ...
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