Chips and Chapters, a Book for Amateur and Young GeologistsW. Blackwood and sons, 1869 - 303 sider |
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Side 12
... vegetable and animal productions . In fine , under the operation of the forces to which we have allud- ed , the whole physical geography of the globe is in a state of slow but unceasing change ; and as these forces are per- manent and ...
... vegetable and animal productions . In fine , under the operation of the forces to which we have allud- ed , the whole physical geography of the globe is in a state of slow but unceasing change ; and as these forces are per- manent and ...
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... vegetable and animal , that lie entombed in the crust of the globe , it would have been sufficient to invest the study with un- dying interest , and enough to place it in the foremost rank of those themes which the enlightened mind ...
... vegetable and animal , that lie entombed in the crust of the globe , it would have been sufficient to invest the study with un- dying interest , and enough to place it in the foremost rank of those themes which the enlightened mind ...
Side 23
... vegetable life , its surface the theatre of animal activity . Its crust is the vast storehouse of the minerals and metals , those substances so indispensable to civilised power , and without which industrial progress would be impossible ...
... vegetable life , its surface the theatre of animal activity . Its crust is the vast storehouse of the minerals and metals , those substances so indispensable to civilised power , and without which industrial progress would be impossible ...
Side 50
... vegetable debris , are deposited under certain conditions and by certain agents ; and in like manner they ascribe the formation of the shales , sandstones , con- glomerates , limestones , and coals of the solid crust to the existence of ...
... vegetable debris , are deposited under certain conditions and by certain agents ; and in like manner they ascribe the formation of the shales , sandstones , con- glomerates , limestones , and coals of the solid crust to the existence of ...
Side 52
... vegetable and animal life which occur imbedded in the stratified rocks , the geologist judges of the mode in which they have been entombed by his knowledge of the manner in which he sees similar re- mains borne down at the present day ...
... vegetable and animal life which occur imbedded in the stratified rocks , the geologist judges of the mode in which they have been entombed by his knowledge of the manner in which he sees similar re- mains borne down at the present day ...
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Side 135 - THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go.
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