Comparative geography, tr. [from Allgemeine Erdkunde] by W.L. Gage1865 |
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... uniform progress of generation among subordinate creatures , the ease of acclimatisation , and of transferring seeds and germs , with undiminished fruitfulness , from one region to another . The very agencies which , in the dawn of ...
... uniform progress of generation among subordinate creatures , the ease of acclimatisation , and of transferring seeds and germs , with undiminished fruitfulness , from one region to another . The very agencies which , in the dawn of ...
Side 31
... uniform shield - shape of the shadow of the earth during eclipses of the moon , attest this . The gradual emerging and disappearance of objects , such as ships on the THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH CONSIDERED IN ITS MOST GENERAL RELATIONS THE ...
... uniform shield - shape of the shadow of the earth during eclipses of the moon , attest this . The gradual emerging and disappearance of objects , such as ships on the THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH CONSIDERED IN ITS MOST GENERAL RELATIONS THE ...
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... uniform increase of temperature , as we descend into the earth , at the rate of about 2 ° Fahrenheit for every 90 feet , and the heat of some mineral springs , lead to the conclusion that , could we reach a point about twenty - three ...
... uniform increase of temperature , as we descend into the earth , at the rate of about 2 ° Fahrenheit for every 90 feet , and the heat of some mineral springs , lead to the conclusion that , could we reach a point about twenty - three ...
Side 39
... uniform , at the rate of one degree Fahrenheit for every 45 feet ; but if it is , we should reach the boiling point of water at less than 7000 feet from the surface , and the melting point of iron ( about 2800 ° Fahrenheit ) a little ...
... uniform , at the rate of one degree Fahrenheit for every 45 feet ; but if it is , we should reach the boiling point of water at less than 7000 feet from the surface , and the melting point of iron ( about 2800 ° Fahrenheit ) a little ...
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... uniform abruptness of the shores at the south , and the gradual widening of all the great land- masses as we go north . The Atlantic is a channel cleft by those great currents ; Behring Strait is a smaller one ; but everywhere else the ...
... uniform abruptness of the shores at the south , and the gradual widening of all the great land- masses as we go north . The Atlantic is a channel cleft by those great currents ; Behring Strait is a smaller one ; but everywhere else the ...
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