Rain and Rivers, Or, Hutton and Playfair Against Lyell and All ComersLongmans, Green, and Company, 1866 - 237 páginas |
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... causes 175 Perpetual change of climate and physical conditions over the whole globe 175 The existence of species of animals dependent on the physical conditions of their stations . 176 • But species are not the result of physical ...
... causes 175 Perpetual change of climate and physical conditions over the whole globe 175 The existence of species of animals dependent on the physical conditions of their stations . 176 • But species are not the result of physical ...
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... causes necessitate an eternal raising of the embankments 225 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 ... Cause CONTENTS . XV.
... causes necessitate an eternal raising of the embankments 225 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 ... Cause CONTENTS . XV.
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George Greenwood. Why alluvial rivers receive tributaries without increase of width Cause of the shape of deltas ERRATUM . Page 59 , line 11 from bottom , for ( p . 19 ) read ( p . 23. ) Plate 1 Plate 2 Plate 3 DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER ...
George Greenwood. Why alluvial rivers receive tributaries without increase of width Cause of the shape of deltas ERRATUM . Page 59 , line 11 from bottom , for ( p . 19 ) read ( p . 23. ) Plate 1 Plate 2 Plate 3 DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER ...
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... caused a retrograde movement , and not only overturned the true theory but sub- stituted for it one of the most unphilosophical that can be well imagined . ' B Lyell's own particular theory of the formation of valleys .
... caused a retrograde movement , and not only overturned the true theory but sub- stituted for it one of the most unphilosophical that can be well imagined . ' B Lyell's own particular theory of the formation of valleys .
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... cause , is to sup- pose that the materials of all the valleys running from the tops of all the heights on the globe were originally softer than the materials of the inter- vening ridges ; but in almost all cases we can see that this is ...
... cause , is to sup- pose that the materials of all the valleys running from the tops of all the heights on the globe were originally softer than the materials of the inter- vening ridges ; but in almost all cases we can see that this is ...
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