Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... judgment , at war alike with that record and with their own principles . To a candid discus- sion of the subject , no fair - minded man should object . canic mountains , at the mouths of rivers , and THE CRITERIA OF ITS TRUTH . 11.
... judgment , at war alike with that record and with their own principles . To a candid discus- sion of the subject , no fair - minded man should object . canic mountains , at the mouths of rivers , and THE CRITERIA OF ITS TRUTH . 11.
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David Nevins Lord. canic mountains , at the mouths of rivers , and on the shores of seas , they have inferred that their deposition must have occupied a period immensely larger than that which is assigned to the earth by the Mosaic ...
David Nevins Lord. canic mountains , at the mouths of rivers , and on the shores of seas , they have inferred that their deposition must have occupied a period immensely larger than that which is assigned to the earth by the Mosaic ...
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... rivers to the ocean , and distri- buted over its bed in successive layers ; and that they were at length elevated from the bottom of the ocean to their present position : that the agents by which these vast effects were wrought , were ...
... rivers to the ocean , and distri- buted over its bed in successive layers ; and that they were at length elevated from the bottom of the ocean to their present position : that the agents by which these vast effects were wrought , were ...
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... an To maintain average , about ten miles in depth . therefore , that their materials were derived from continents and mountains of granite , and were 1 borne from them by torrents and rivers to the ocean 20 THE GEOLOGICAL THEORY .
... an To maintain average , about ten miles in depth . therefore , that their materials were derived from continents and mountains of granite , and were 1 borne from them by torrents and rivers to the ocean 20 THE GEOLOGICAL THEORY .
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... rivers therefore could have flown from them , and consequently no detritus could have been borne from them to the sea , to be distributed over its bottom , and form layers , like our present strata . The suppo- sition of such mountains ...
... rivers therefore could have flown from them , and consequently no detritus could have been borne from them to the sea , to be distributed over its bottom , and form layers , like our present strata . The suppo- sition of such mountains ...
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