Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... limestone , and shale . There is not one of these pro- cesses through which the theory represents the mate- rials of the strata as having passed , that is not in con- tradiction to the laws of the physical world , and an infinite ...
... limestone , and shale . There is not one of these pro- cesses through which the theory represents the mate- rials of the strata as having passed , that is not in con- tradiction to the laws of the physical world , and an infinite ...
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... some other source ? By what formation is this exemplified in this country ? Is limestone spread over vast regions ? What aggre- gate thickness do its several beds in a single group RESPECTING THE MATERIALS OF THE STRATA . 255.
... some other source ? By what formation is this exemplified in this country ? Is limestone spread over vast regions ? What aggre- gate thickness do its several beds in a single group RESPECTING THE MATERIALS OF THE STRATA . 255.
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... limestone - and constitute not im- probably one - third of the whole mass from the lowest to the last of the fossiliferous beds . And they were all formed undoubtedly by chemical forces at the points and at the time of their deposition ...
... limestone - and constitute not im- probably one - third of the whole mass from the lowest to the last of the fossiliferous beds . And they were all formed undoubtedly by chemical forces at the points and at the time of their deposition ...
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... in a new form . But if the causes that origi- nally gave birth to the vast beds of limestone that occur throughout the whole series , from the earliest to the latest of the stratified rocks , are still 284 FALSE THEORIES OF GEOLOGISTS.
... in a new form . But if the causes that origi- nally gave birth to the vast beds of limestone that occur throughout the whole series , from the earliest to the latest of the stratified rocks , are still 284 FALSE THEORIES OF GEOLOGISTS.
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... limestone , sandstone , and shales , distributed in frequent beds throughout the whole series of the strata , but occurs only in a single group near the close of the secondary formation . Nor is it generally diffused like many of the ...
... limestone , sandstone , and shales , distributed in frequent beds throughout the whole series of the strata , but occurs only in a single group near the close of the secondary formation . Nor is it generally diffused like many of the ...
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