Rain and Rivers, Or, Hutton and Playfair Against Lyell and All ComersLongmans, Green, and Company, 1866 - 237 páginas |
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... practical man's monstrous theory of the formation of the delta . 221 If this theory were true , the river once embanked would be always embanked 224 But eternal causes necessitate an eternal raising of the embankments 225 Principle of ...
... practical man's monstrous theory of the formation of the delta . 221 If this theory were true , the river once embanked would be always embanked 224 But eternal causes necessitate an eternal raising of the embankments 225 Principle of ...
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... practical proof . Most people are doggedly possessed of the idea that water will not flow on land which has no slope . But as rain falls from high Heaven , its only relief from rising on itself is to flow . Empty a decanter of water on ...
... practical proof . Most people are doggedly possessed of the idea that water will not flow on land which has no slope . But as rain falls from high Heaven , its only relief from rising on itself is to flow . Empty a decanter of water on ...
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... practical necessity affords the best possible practical proof of the truth of the theories which I advocate . When art has thus done her best greenly to flounce nature's garment to the highest , we often see above , long and deep ridges ...
... practical necessity affords the best possible practical proof of the truth of the theories which I advocate . When art has thus done her best greenly to flounce nature's garment to the highest , we often see above , long and deep ridges ...
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... practical witness . Mr. Howitt writes ( Land , Labour , and Gold , ' letter xxxv . ) , ' These slates , sandstones , and other perishable substances holding gold being thus brought to the surface ( where they are in places so ...
... practical witness . Mr. Howitt writes ( Land , Labour , and Gold , ' letter xxxv . ) , ' These slates , sandstones , and other perishable substances holding gold being thus brought to the surface ( where they are in places so ...
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... PRACTICAL MAN'S MONSTROUS THEORY OF THE FORMATION OF THE DELTA . IF THIS THEORY WERE TRUE , THE RIVER ONCE EMBANKED WOULD BE ALWAYS EMBANKED . BUT ETERNAL CAUSES NECESSITATE AN ETERNAL RAISING OF THE EMBANKMENTS . PRINCIPLE OF THE ...
... PRACTICAL MAN'S MONSTROUS THEORY OF THE FORMATION OF THE DELTA . IF THIS THEORY WERE TRUE , THE RIVER ONCE EMBANKED WOULD BE ALWAYS EMBANKED . BUT ETERNAL CAUSES NECESSITATE AN ETERNAL RAISING OF THE EMBANKMENTS . PRINCIPLE OF THE ...
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