Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... fire now burns with fuel , and my lamp is shining with the light of gas , derived from coal that has been buried for countless ages in the deep and dark recesses of the earth . " " We shall view them with less contempt when we learn ...
... fire now burns with fuel , and my lamp is shining with the light of gas , derived from coal that has been buried for countless ages in the deep and dark recesses of the earth . " " We shall view them with less contempt when we learn ...
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... fire and water , by which they are fused or disintegrated , and transported from one place to another . This is seen from the following quotations : - " The history of the earth forms a large and complex subject of inquiry , divisible ...
... fire and water , by which they are fused or disintegrated , and transported from one place to another . This is seen from the following quotations : - " The history of the earth forms a large and complex subject of inquiry , divisible ...
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... fire and water -- those two universal and mighty disorganizing forces which have most materially influenced the condition of the globe . " The state of the ingredients of crystalline rocks has , in a great degree , been influenced by ...
... fire and water -- those two universal and mighty disorganizing forces which have most materially influenced the condition of the globe . " The state of the ingredients of crystalline rocks has , in a great degree , been influenced by ...
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... FIRE , which raises matter in masses from the interior of the earth , and thus tends to increase the in- equalities of its surface . Both of these agents are chemical ; water dissolves , heat fuses ; both act mechanically . The ...
... FIRE , which raises matter in masses from the interior of the earth , and thus tends to increase the in- equalities of its surface . Both of these agents are chemical ; water dissolves , heat fuses ; both act mechanically . The ...
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... fire . By organic production and destruction its objects become por- tions of the fragments , or form strata , or parts of these . By water and gravity the solid rocks are broken into frag- ments , and deposited on the land or beneath ...
... fire . By organic production and destruction its objects become por- tions of the fragments , or form strata , or parts of these . By water and gravity the solid rocks are broken into frag- ments , and deposited on the land or beneath ...
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