Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... prove that an immense series of ages must have been required for their formation . This inference of the age of the world , is thus founded on a theory of the sources from which the materials of the strata were derived , the agents by ...
... prove that an immense series of ages must have been required for their formation . This inference of the age of the world , is thus founded on a theory of the sources from which the materials of the strata were derived , the agents by ...
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... prove that it ever was in such a state , as it is to prove that it once existed in a gaseous form . To build an inference of the age of the world on such an assumption , is there- fore to build it on an hypothesis , of . what cannot be ...
... prove that it ever was in such a state , as it is to prove that it once existed in a gaseous form . To build an inference of the age of the world on such an assumption , is there- fore to build it on an hypothesis , of . what cannot be ...
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... 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 no more rapid rate , than similar strata are now forming at the bottom of the ocean ...
... 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 no more rapid rate , than similar strata are now forming at the bottom of the ocean ...
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... prove the great age of the world , by what they themselves are , irrespective of any specu- lations , in regard to the agents by which they were formed , they cannot prove it at all ; precisely as , if the nature and number of the ...
... prove the great age of the world , by what they themselves are , irrespective of any specu- lations , in regard to the agents by which they were formed , they cannot prove it at all ; precisely as , if the nature and number of the ...
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... Prove that the torrents and rivers that convey sand , mud , and vegetable matter to the ocean , are inadequate to distri- bute them over its bed . Point out a fifth ground which they must not make the basis of their inference of the ...
... Prove that the torrents and rivers that convey sand , mud , and vegetable matter to the ocean , are inadequate to distri- bute them over its bed . Point out a fifth ground which they must not make the basis of their inference of the ...
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