Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the WorldJohn Murray, 1845 - Всего страниц: 519 |
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... PART OF WHATEVER SCIENTIFIC MERIT THIS JOURNAL AND THE OTHER WORKS OF THE AUTHOR MAY POSSESS , HAS BEEN DERIVED FROM STUDYING THE WELL - KNOWN AND ADMIRABLE PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY . ( v ) PREFACE . I HAVE stated in the.
... PART OF WHATEVER SCIENTIFIC MERIT THIS JOURNAL AND THE OTHER WORKS OF THE AUTHOR MAY POSSESS , HAS BEEN DERIVED FROM STUDYING THE WELL - KNOWN AND ADMIRABLE PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY . ( v ) PREFACE . I HAVE stated in the.
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... possess some interest for the general reader . I have in this edition largely condensed and corrected some parts , and have added a little to others , in order to render the volume more fitted for popular reading ; but I trust that ...
... possess some interest for the general reader . I have in this edition largely condensed and corrected some parts , and have added a little to others , in order to render the volume more fitted for popular reading ; but I trust that ...
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... possesses a grandeur which more vegetation might spoil . A single green leaf can scarcely be discovered over wide tracts of the lava plains ; yet flocks of goats , together with a few cows , contrive to exist . It rains very seldom ...
... possesses a grandeur which more vegetation might spoil . A single green leaf can scarcely be discovered over wide tracts of the lava plains ; yet flocks of goats , together with a few cows , contrive to exist . It rains very seldom ...
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... possesses a beauty totally unex- pected , from the prevalent gloomy character of the rest of the island . The village is situated at the bottom of a valley , bounded by lofty and jagged walls of stratified lava . The black rocks afford ...
... possesses a beauty totally unex- pected , from the prevalent gloomy character of the rest of the island . The village is situated at the bottom of a valley , bounded by lofty and jagged walls of stratified lava . The black rocks afford ...
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... possesses the power of ejecting water there is no doubt , and it appeared to me that it could cer- tainly take good aim by directing the tube or siphon on the under side of its body . From the difficulty which these animals have in ...
... possesses the power of ejecting water there is no doubt , and it appeared to me that it could cer- tainly take good aim by directing the tube or siphon on the under side of its body . From the difficulty which these animals have in ...
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