Chapters from the Physical History of the Earth: An Introduction to Geology and PalaeontologyC. K. Paul & Company, 1880 - Всего страниц: 281 |
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... mountains which we look upon towering far above the clouds have not always existed ; the oceans have not had the same places . Where land now is , seas and rivers have flowed ; and again , where seas and rivers are , dry land has been ...
... mountains which we look upon towering far above the clouds have not always existed ; the oceans have not had the same places . Where land now is , seas and rivers have flowed ; and again , where seas and rivers are , dry land has been ...
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... mountain chains , that there has been a long succes- sion of forms of life appearing and disappearing through cycles of time whose vastness we cannot fully compre- hend . Thousands of years must be as seconds of time to him who would ...
... mountain chains , that there has been a long succes- sion of forms of life appearing and disappearing through cycles of time whose vastness we cannot fully compre- hend . Thousands of years must be as seconds of time to him who would ...
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... St. Paul's Cathedral would be distinguishable . Accurate charts have been made of the mountains and valleys , and the numerous craters of extinct volcanoes have received distinct names . There is no appearance of cloud 24 GEOLOGY .
... St. Paul's Cathedral would be distinguishable . Accurate charts have been made of the mountains and valleys , and the numerous craters of extinct volcanoes have received distinct names . There is no appearance of cloud 24 GEOLOGY .
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... mountain chains , many thousands of feet high , may have been thus elevated ; and , though they would then be extremely rugged , their present comparative smoothness of outline is due to the subsequent action upon them of air and water ...
... mountain chains , many thousands of feet high , may have been thus elevated ; and , though they would then be extremely rugged , their present comparative smoothness of outline is due to the subsequent action upon them of air and water ...
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... mountain chains of the world are mainly composed of it — as the mighty back- bone of North and South America and portions of the Alps , and , in the United Kingdom , the Wicklow Moun- tains , the Grampians , and the high hills of Devon ...
... mountain chains of the world are mainly composed of it — as the mighty back- bone of North and South America and portions of the Alps , and , in the United Kingdom , the Wicklow Moun- tains , the Grampians , and the high hills of Devon ...
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