Principles of Geology, Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes Now in Operation: Vol. 1, Том 1J. Murray, 1832 - Всего страниц: 586 |
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... feet - Shocks felt throughout Europe , Northern Africa , and the West Indies - Great waveShocks felt at sea - St . Domingo , 1751 - Conception Bay , 1750 — Permanent elevation of the bed of the sea to the height of twenty - four feet ...
... feet - Shocks felt throughout Europe , Northern Africa , and the West Indies - Great waveShocks felt at sea - St . Domingo , 1751 - Conception Bay , 1750 — Permanent elevation of the bed of the sea to the height of twenty - four feet ...
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... feet high above the surface of the water , there were no signs of agitation at the depth of fifteen fathoms ; and that even during heavy gales of wind , the motion of the water was exceedingly diminished at the depth of twelve or fifteen ...
... feet high above the surface of the water , there were no signs of agitation at the depth of fifteen fathoms ; and that even during heavy gales of wind , the motion of the water was exceedingly diminished at the depth of twelve or fifteen ...
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... feet . A repetition of two thousand shocks , of equal violence , might produce a mountain - chain one hundred miles long , and ten thousand feet high . Now , should one only of these convulsions happen in a century , it would be ...
... feet . A repetition of two thousand shocks , of equal violence , might produce a mountain - chain one hundred miles long , and ten thousand feet high . Now , should one only of these convulsions happen in a century , it would be ...
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... feet in height , and arborescent Lycopodiaceæ , of from sixty to seventy feet high * Of the above classes of vegetables , the species are all small at present in cold climates ; while in tropical regions there occur , together with ...
... feet in height , and arborescent Lycopodiaceæ , of from sixty to seventy feet high * Of the above classes of vegetables , the species are all small at present in cold climates ; while in tropical regions there occur , together with ...
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... feet high f . Others rose from 250 to 300 feet above the level of the sea , and were therefore of great volume below , since it is ascertained , by experiments on the buoyancy of ice floating in sea - water , that for every solid foot ...
... feet high f . Others rose from 250 to 300 feet above the level of the sea , and were therefore of great volume below , since it is ascertained , by experiments on the buoyancy of ice floating in sea - water , that for every solid foot ...
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