Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... deposition must have occupied a period immensely larger than that which is assigned to the earth by the Mosaic record . If they are the result , they reason , of the chemical and mechanical forces that are now in activity , and ...
... deposition must have occupied a period immensely larger than that which is assigned to the earth by the Mosaic record . If they are the result , they reason , of the chemical and mechanical forces that are now in activity , and ...
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... deposition now advance , 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 ...
... deposition now advance , 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 ...
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... 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 currents of all the principal rivers are greatly checked as they approach the sea ...
... 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 currents of all the principal rivers are greatly checked as they approach the sea ...
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... deposition proceeded at no more rapid rate , than similar strata are now forming at the bottom of the ocean , then of course , a vast series of ages must have passed before their construction could have been completed ; not to say that ...
... deposition proceeded at no more rapid rate , than similar strata are now forming at the bottom of the ocean , then of course , a vast series of ages must have passed before their construction could have been completed ; not to say that ...
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... deposition ; 3d , To the scale of intensity on which those agents acted . Is their inference of the age of the earth founded on that theory ; or is it drawn from the facts of geology which the theory respects ? State the language in ...
... deposition ; 3d , To the scale of intensity on which those agents acted . Is their inference of the age of the earth founded on that theory ; or is it drawn from the facts of geology which the theory respects ? State the language in ...
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