Principles of Geology; Or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and Its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of GeologyD. Appleton & Company, 1865 - Всего страниц: 834 |
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... less desirable that a geologist should be well versed in chemistry , natural philosophy , mineralogy , zoology , comparative anatomy , botany ; in short , in every science relating to or- ganic and inorganic nature . With these ...
... less desirable that a geologist should be well versed in chemistry , natural philosophy , mineralogy , zoology , comparative anatomy , botany ; in short , in every science relating to or- ganic and inorganic nature . With these ...
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... less capable than the Greek historian of reasoning philosophically on natural phe- nomena . We also know that the rulers of Asia were engaged in very remote eras in executing great national works , such as tanks and canals , re- quiring ...
... less capable than the Greek historian of reasoning philosophically on natural phe- nomena . We also know that the rulers of Asia were engaged in very remote eras in executing great national works , such as tanks and canals , re- quiring ...
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... less the exuberant imagination of Eastern writers , to augment them into general cataclysms and conflagrations . The great flood of the Chinese , which their traditions carry back to the period of Yaou , something more than 2000 years ...
... less the exuberant imagination of Eastern writers , to augment them into general cataclysms and conflagrations . The great flood of the Chinese , which their traditions carry back to the period of Yaou , something more than 2000 years ...
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... less cogent arguments , demon- strated the futility of attributing the situation of the shells in question to the Mosaic deluge , a theory obstinately defended by some . That inundation , he observed , was too transient ; it consisted ...
... less cogent arguments , demon- strated the futility of attributing the situation of the shells in question to the Mosaic deluge , a theory obstinately defended by some . That inundation , he observed , was too transient ; it consisted ...
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... less extravagant than that of his most fanciful prede- cessors . For this reason , perhaps , his whole theory of earthquakes met with undeserved neglect . Ray , 1692. - One of his contemporaries , the celebrated naturalist , Ray ...
... less extravagant than that of his most fanciful prede- cessors . For this reason , perhaps , his whole theory of earthquakes met with undeserved neglect . Ray , 1692. - One of his contemporaries , the celebrated naturalist , Ray ...
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alluvial America ancient animals and plants appear beds Calabria calcareous called carbonic acid carboniferous causes century Cetacea changes cliffs climate coast cone continued convulsions coral crater delta deposits depth distance earth earthquakes elevation Eocene eruption Etna Etym Europe existing feet fissures flood flowed formations formed fossil Geol geological geologist globe gneiss gradually granite Gulf heat height inhabitants Ischia islands Journ lakes land lapilli latitudes lava limestone marine mass matter miles mineral Monte Nuovo mountains nature observed ocean Oolite organic origin period Phil plain present quadrupeds quantity reef regions remains rise river rocks sand scoriæ sediment shells shores Silurian solid South America species stone strata stream subsidence subterranean supposed surface temperature terrestrial tertiary testacea theory thickness thousand thrown tides tion trachyte tract Trans travertin trees tuff upheaval valley vegetable Vesuvius volcanic waves whole zoophytes
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Стр. 517 - Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: — not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now.
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Стр. 612 - Reviewing the facts here given, one is astonished at the amount of creative force, if such an expression may be used, displayed on these small, barren, and rocky islands ; and still more so, at its diverse yet analogous action on points so near each other. I have said that the Galapagos Archipelago might be called a satellite attached to America, but it should rather be called a group of satellites, physically similar, organically distinct, yet intimately related to each other, and all related in...
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Стр. 53 - ... in the planetary motions, where geometry has carried the eye so far both into the future and the past, we discover no mark, either of the commencement or the termination of the present order.
Стр. 51 - ... planet, and the strata which now compose our continents have been once beneath the sea, and were formed out of the waste of pre-existing continents. The same forces are still destroying, by chemical decomposition or mechanical violence, even the hardest rocks, and transporting the materials to the sea, where they are spread out, and form strata analogous to those of more ancient date. Although loosely deposited along the bottom of the ocean, they become afterwards altered and consolidated by...
Стр. 1 - GEOLOGY is the science which investigates the successive changes that have taken place in the organic and inorganic kingdoms of nature ; it inquires into the causes of these changes, and the influence which they have exerted in modifying the surface and external structure of our planet.