Rain and Rivers, Or, Hutton and Playfair Against Lyell and All ComersLongmans, Green, and Company, 1866 - 237 páginas |
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George Greenwood. CHAPTER VII . LYELL ON THE VALLEYS OF CALABRIA . Lyell's ' Principles ' the work of the age , but it has one spot . Lyell's sixth theory of the formation of valleys PAGE 103 0 104 Lyell's submarine theory does not apply ...
George Greenwood. CHAPTER VII . LYELL ON THE VALLEYS OF CALABRIA . Lyell's ' Principles ' the work of the age , but it has one spot . Lyell's sixth theory of the formation of valleys PAGE 103 0 104 Lyell's submarine theory does not apply ...
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... Principle of the longitudinal and lateral slopes of allu- vial plains 227 • The bed of the river rises with the alluvial plain 232 Why alluvial rivers receive tributaries without increase of width Cause CONTENTS . XV.
... Principle of the longitudinal and lateral slopes of allu- vial plains 227 • The bed of the river rises with the alluvial plain 232 Why alluvial rivers receive tributaries without increase of width Cause CONTENTS . XV.
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... principles which I advocate . And instead of the sea forming valleys in the land , valleys often form land in the sea , that is , deltas ; and , as the sea by checking the longi- tudinal rush of rivers allows this deposit of land ...
... principles which I advocate . And instead of the sea forming valleys in the land , valleys often form land in the sea , that is , deltas ; and , as the sea by checking the longi- tudinal rush of rivers allows this deposit of land ...
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... principles on which depend the forma- of soil . tion , accumulation , and denudation of soil . But poor hungry sinner ' - does not wait for his dinner till he is shown where to get it by a scientific theory . He finds by practice where ...
... principles on which depend the forma- of soil . tion , accumulation , and denudation of soil . But poor hungry sinner ' - does not wait for his dinner till he is shown where to get it by a scientific theory . He finds by practice where ...
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... principles may be said to be of consequence to us all , quicunque terræ munere vescimur , from the labourer to the throne , reges sive inopes erimus coloni . sive But besides our food , besides producing and supporting the vegetable ...
... principles may be said to be of consequence to us all , quicunque terræ munere vescimur , from the labourer to the throne , reges sive inopes erimus coloni . sive But besides our food , besides producing and supporting the vegetable ...
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