Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... sands and millions of times its present bulk of water , lanan air , 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 ...
... sands and millions of times its present bulk of water , lanan air , 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 ...
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... 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 great age of the earth . What is the objection to ...
... 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 great age of the earth . What is the objection to ...
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... , vol . i . p . 464 . " The detritus of the first dry lands being drifted into the sea , and then spread out into extensive beds of mud , and sand , and gravel , would have for ever remained 126 DIFFICULTIES OF GEOLOGISTS.
... , vol . i . p . 464 . " The detritus of the first dry lands being drifted into the sea , and then spread out into extensive beds of mud , and sand , and gravel , would have for ever remained 126 DIFFICULTIES OF GEOLOGISTS.
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David Nevins Lord. sand , and gravel , would have for ever remained beneath the surface of the water , had not other forces been subsequently employed to raise them into dry land ; these forces appear to have been the same expansive ...
David Nevins Lord. sand , and gravel , would have for ever remained beneath the surface of the water , had not other forces been subsequently employed to raise them into dry land ; these forces appear to have been the same expansive ...
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... sand loam and marl contain- ing the same peculiar assemblage of testacea which now live in the brackish waters of the Baltic . ... " On the opposite coast of Sweden , post - pliocene strata containing recent shells , such as now live in ...
... sand loam and marl contain- ing the same peculiar assemblage of testacea which now live in the brackish waters of the Baltic . ... " On the opposite coast of Sweden , post - pliocene strata containing recent shells , such as now live in ...
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