Rain and Rivers, Or, Hutton and Playfair Against Lyell and All ComersLongmans, Green, and Company, 1866 - 237 páginas |
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... convincing style . I would beg leave to recommend it to the perusal of all geologists .'- School Manual of Geology . The Rain and River ' theory lays the first foundation stone of Geology , because it shows the origin PREFACE . vii.
... convincing style . I would beg leave to recommend it to the perusal of all geologists .'- School Manual of Geology . The Rain and River ' theory lays the first foundation stone of Geology , because it shows the origin PREFACE . vii.
Página viii
George Greenwood. foundation stone of Geology , because it shows the origin of stratification ; and it lays the first foun- dation stone of Physical Geography , because it shows the difference between a hill and a valley . See ...
George Greenwood. foundation stone of Geology , because it shows the origin of stratification ; and it lays the first foun- dation stone of Physical Geography , because it shows the difference between a hill and a valley . See ...
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... stones , are sifted , sorted , and stored by Nature in these beds , during her universal operations of disin- tegration , denudation , and deposit . The subject , also , is of vital importance - the very foundation- stone - in theories ...
... stones , are sifted , sorted , and stored by Nature in these beds , during her universal operations of disin- tegration , denudation , and deposit . The subject , also , is of vital importance - the very foundation- stone - in theories ...
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... stone . By the action of heat the purest looking water daily encrusts our ket- tles and cauldrons with intensely hard stone . 6 But though Lyell describes these rocks as having a crystalline texture like marble , ' he also describes ...
... stone . By the action of heat the purest looking water daily encrusts our ket- tles and cauldrons with intensely hard stone . 6 But though Lyell describes these rocks as having a crystalline texture like marble , ' he also describes ...
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... stone so situated may be rounded by the passage of water , sand , and small stones in floods , and by the action of the atmosphere , and so assume the form of a huge boulder without having been itself moved . And where extensive regions ...
... stone so situated may be rounded by the passage of water , sand , and small stones in floods , and by the action of the atmosphere , and so assume the form of a huge boulder without having been itself moved . And where extensive regions ...
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