Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... matter likewise , to assume that the world was created in the form of gas . Matter with the exception of a few species - such as the elements of air and water - is raised to a gaseous form only by intense heat . But heat is naturally ...
... matter likewise , to assume that the world was created in the form of gas . Matter with the exception of a few species - such as the elements of air and water - is raised to a gaseous form only by intense heat . But heat is naturally ...
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... matter of the globe to have been created in the form of a gas , as it is to suppose that it was created in the form of vegetables and animals ; organic structures which matter never assumes until after it has existed in another form ...
... matter of the globe to have been created in the form of a gas , as it is to suppose that it was created in the form of vegetables and animals ; organic structures which matter never assumes until after it has existed in another form ...
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... matter in the globe , that would be requisite , if ignited , to reduce its whole mass to a state of fusion . On the assumption , however , that there is no lack of combustible matter in the earth for the fusion of all its substances ...
... matter in the globe , that would be requisite , if ignited , to reduce its whole mass to a state of fusion . On the assumption , however , that there is no lack of combustible matter in the earth for the fusion of all its substances ...
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... 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 been elevated at least fourteen or fifteen miles above the level ...
... 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 been elevated at least fourteen or fifteen miles above the level ...
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... matter , with which they were loaded , through all its waters , and cause their deposition in layers co - exten- sive with its bed . None of the present rivers of the globe enter the ocean with such an impulse . So far from it , the ...
... matter , with which they were loaded , through all its waters , and cause their deposition in layers co - exten- sive with its bed . None of the present rivers of the globe enter the ocean with such an impulse . So far from it , the ...
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