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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... origin of matter familiar to his senses . Certain races of men , who have occupied the earth probably as long as any of their species , are still ignorant of , and indifferent to , the causes of natural phenomena presented daily to ...
... origin of matter familiar to his senses . Certain races of men , who have occupied the earth probably as long as any of their species , are still ignorant of , and indifferent to , the causes of natural phenomena presented daily to ...
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... origin of the universe which we accept , with unimportant modifications , at this day . The mathematicians had demonstrated the unity of the dynamical laws which governed the movements of all members of the system , and had made new dis ...
... origin of the universe which we accept , with unimportant modifications , at this day . The mathematicians had demonstrated the unity of the dynamical laws which governed the movements of all members of the system , and had made new dis ...
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... origin , similarity , if not identity , in their composition might be looked for , and has actually been found to exist by modern researches in physics and chemistry . Being no longer strangers to us and we to them [ but closely ...
... origin , similarity , if not identity , in their composition might be looked for , and has actually been found to exist by modern researches in physics and chemistry . Being no longer strangers to us and we to them [ but closely ...
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... origin and classification of the materials of our earth , and of the changes they have undergone in all stages of their for- mation through the operation of physical forces - such as contraction and displacement , the action of fire ...
... origin and classification of the materials of our earth , and of the changes they have undergone in all stages of their for- mation through the operation of physical forces - such as contraction and displacement , the action of fire ...
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... origin . Astronomers tell us that the earth is possibly a portion of the sun detached from the parent mass and hurled into space , and now revolving round the sun in its own orbit . It was , doubtless , at the earliest stage of its ...
... origin . Astronomers tell us that the earth is possibly a portion of the sun detached from the parent mass and hurled into space , and now revolving round the sun in its own orbit . It was , doubtless , at the earliest stage of its ...
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