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... district of Gwennap , Corn- wall 59. Cliff cut into buttresses and recesses by means of the vertical joints of the rocks 60. Plan of a peat - moss which has filled up a former shallow lake , except one small patch of water 61. Section ...
... district of Gwennap , Corn- wall 59. Cliff cut into buttresses and recesses by means of the vertical joints of the rocks 60. Plan of a peat - moss which has filled up a former shallow lake , except one small patch of water 61. Section ...
Side 5
... district , the observer extends his journeys into other regions , he carries with him an added power of enjoyment in every country through which he may wander . He finds that an acquaintance with geology , far from blinding him to the ...
... district , the observer extends his journeys into other regions , he carries with him an added power of enjoyment in every country through which he may wander . He finds that an acquaintance with geology , far from blinding him to the ...
Side 9
... districts where field - geology may not be cultivated , and where its healthful influence as an educational instrument may not be tested . A few days of intelligently guided observation in the field are worth far more to a pupil than ...
... districts where field - geology may not be cultivated , and where its healthful influence as an educational instrument may not be tested . A few days of intelligently guided observation in the field are worth far more to a pupil than ...
Side 10
... district in which he finds himself situated . Under the most unfavourable circumstances , as for instance in a wide cultivated plain , with not a single quarry or natural opening to show even the nature of the formations underneath , he ...
... district in which he finds himself situated . Under the most unfavourable circumstances , as for instance in a wide cultivated plain , with not a single quarry or natural opening to show even the nature of the formations underneath , he ...
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... district where no fossils are to be found . There may be nothing in the rocks themselves to attract notice , nothing likely to inspire a taste for geology or to furnish nutriment for a taste already existent . It is remarkable , however ...
... district where no fossils are to be found . There may be nothing in the rocks themselves to attract notice , nothing likely to inspire a taste for geology or to furnish nutriment for a taste already existent . It is remarkable , however ...
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