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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... remains 63 CHAPTER V. Review of the causes which have retarded the progress of GeologyEffects of prepossessions in ... remains of the Sicilian and Italian strata - Proofs from analogy derived from extinct Quadrupeds — Imbedding of ...
... remains 63 CHAPTER V. Review of the causes which have retarded the progress of GeologyEffects of prepossessions in ... remains of the Sicilian and Italian strata - Proofs from analogy derived from extinct Quadrupeds — Imbedding of ...
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... remains of the secondary those of the tertiary strata - Maestricht beds - Remarks on the theory of the diminution of central heat . 114 . CHAPTER IX . Further discussion of the question as to the discordance of the ancient and modern ...
... remains of the secondary those of the tertiary strata - Maestricht beds - Remarks on the theory of the diminution of central heat . 114 . CHAPTER IX . Further discussion of the question as to the discordance of the ancient and modern ...
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... remains of an extinct quadruped , but the relic throws much greater light upon his own science , when he is informed to what relative era it belonged , what plants and animals were its contemporaries , in what degree of latitude it once ...
... remains of an extinct quadruped , but the relic throws much greater light upon his own science , when he is informed to what relative era it belonged , what plants and animals were its contemporaries , in what degree of latitude it once ...
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... remains of former organic beings , like the ancient temple , statue , or picture , may have both their intrinsic and their historical value , while there are others which can never be expected to attract attention for their own sake . А ...
... remains of former organic beings , like the ancient temple , statue , or picture , may have both their intrinsic and their historical value , while there are others which can never be expected to attract attention for their own sake . А ...
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... remains , since so many national works were executed on a magnificent scale by oriental monarchs in very remote eras . Great canals and tanks required extensive excavations ; and we know that in more recent times ( the fourteenth ...
... remains , since so many national works were executed on a magnificent scale by oriental monarchs in very remote eras . Great canals and tanks required extensive excavations ; and we know that in more recent times ( the fourteenth ...
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