The Age of the Earth Considered Geologically and HistoricallyFraser & Company, 1838 - 192 páginas |
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... elevated by subterranean forces above the level of its waters , and converted into dry land , we should find strata of the depth and magnitude which the present causes in action would lead us to calculate on . Now , although it is ...
... elevated by subterranean forces above the level of its waters , and converted into dry land , we should find strata of the depth and magnitude which the present causes in action would lead us to calculate on . Now , although it is ...
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... higher class of vegeta- tion , which must have been borne down by the impetuosity of currents from more elevated grounds in the ancient continents . DIFFERENT FORMATIONS CONTEMPORARY . 31 SECTION III . DIFFERENT FORMATIONS.
... higher class of vegeta- tion , which must have been borne down by the impetuosity of currents from more elevated grounds in the ancient continents . DIFFERENT FORMATIONS CONTEMPORARY . 31 SECTION III . DIFFERENT FORMATIONS.
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... elevated above the ocean , took place at one period , or , at least , at periods nearly contemporaneous . Thus , if the northern coal fields of England and those of Scotland were elevated above the level of the sea , at a period long ...
... elevated above the ocean , took place at one period , or , at least , at periods nearly contemporaneous . Thus , if the northern coal fields of England and those of Scotland were elevated above the level of the sea , at a period long ...
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... elevated both at the same period ; but on the south of the Tay and Frith of Forth , the carboniferous limestone and sandstone have been largely deposited , while on the north no such deposit has taken place ; but instead of it is found ...
... elevated both at the same period ; but on the south of the Tay and Frith of Forth , the carboniferous limestone and sandstone have been largely deposited , while on the north no such deposit has taken place ; but instead of it is found ...
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... elevated above the level of the ocean . The igneous rocks formed in the bowels of the earth , and thrust upwards by volcanic convulsions , make up by far the greatest part of the mass of our continents and islands . These rocks are only ...
... elevated above the level of the ocean . The igneous rocks formed in the bowels of the earth , and thrust upwards by volcanic convulsions , make up by far the greatest part of the mass of our continents and islands . These rocks are only ...
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