Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... quartz , lime , or any other ingredient that enters into its composition . It is against the great principle also , on which they proceed in their attempts to account for the changes which the surface of the earth has undergone : namely ...
... quartz , lime , or any other ingredient that enters into its composition . It is against the great principle also , on which they proceed in their attempts to account for the changes which the surface of the earth has undergone : namely ...
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... quartz , feldspar , or lime ? Is it against a great principle on which they themselves proceed in their speculations , as well as inconsistent with the condition of nature ? What is that principle ? Is it inconsistent also with the laws ...
... quartz , feldspar , or lime ? Is it against a great principle on which they themselves proceed in their speculations , as well as inconsistent with the condition of nature ? What is that principle ? Is it inconsistent also with the laws ...
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... Quartz , felspar , mica , and hornblende are the chief materials of the sandstone , shales , and clays ; nay , the very fragments of that rock are found everywhere . Even in our recent alluvial soils they abound ; and it is a ques- tion ...
... Quartz , felspar , mica , and hornblende are the chief materials of the sandstone , shales , and clays ; nay , the very fragments of that rock are found everywhere . Even in our recent alluvial soils they abound ; and it is a ques- tion ...
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... quartz - rock . On the quartz there rest beds of a conglomerate several thousand feet in thickness , which have been upheaved by the red granite , and dip at an angle of 45 ° towards the Peuquenes line . I was astonished to find that ...
... quartz - rock . On the quartz there rest beds of a conglomerate several thousand feet in thickness , which have been upheaved by the red granite , and dip at an angle of 45 ° towards the Peuquenes line . I was astonished to find that ...
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... quartz- pebbles . " We will not deny the action of rivers and running waters when they furrow friable ground covered with secondary formations . But the granite rocks of Elephantine have probably no more changed their absolute height ...
... quartz- pebbles . " We will not deny the action of rivers and running waters when they furrow friable ground covered with secondary formations . But the granite rocks of Elephantine have probably no more changed their absolute height ...
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