Outlines of Geology: Intended as a Popular Treatise on the Most Interesting Parts of the Science. Together with an Examination of the Question, Whether the Days of Creation Were Indefinite Periods. Designed for the Use of Schools of General ReadersRobinson, Pratt, 1841 - 384 páginas |
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... deposites , present similar phenomena , more . or less striking , and in this manner the original disposition and direction of all ancient stratified rocks have become changed . In some instances , the changes 4 PREFACE .
... deposites , present similar phenomena , more . or less striking , and in this manner the original disposition and direction of all ancient stratified rocks have become changed . In some instances , the changes 4 PREFACE .
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... direction , perhaps obliquely across the valley through which it runs . The unequal hardness of the soil is another cause of change in the direction of streams , and so also are logs of wood , leaves , and other matters with which ...
... direction , perhaps obliquely across the valley through which it runs . The unequal hardness of the soil is another cause of change in the direction of streams , and so also are logs of wood , leaves , and other matters with which ...
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... direction over the whole country , and forming the bed of the river above the falls , as do the inferior shales below . The lower shale is nearly of the same thickness of the limestone . " 66 Should lake Erie remain in its present state ...
... direction over the whole country , and forming the bed of the river above the falls , as do the inferior shales below . The lower shale is nearly of the same thickness of the limestone . " 66 Should lake Erie remain in its present state ...
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... direction in which these precipitated rocks remain with respect to the range of the mountain from which they have fallen . For the great currents of the deluge left their effect in lines corresponding with the ranges of most of the high ...
... direction in which these precipitated rocks remain with respect to the range of the mountain from which they have fallen . For the great currents of the deluge left their effect in lines corresponding with the ranges of most of the high ...
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... direction , and 46 in the other . In the centre of this basin is a natural pipe seventy- eight feet in perpendicular depth , and from eight to ten feet in diameter , gradually widening as it opens into the basin . The basin , as the ...
... direction , and 46 in the other . In the centre of this basin is a natural pipe seventy- eight feet in perpendicular depth , and from eight to ten feet in diameter , gradually widening as it opens into the basin . The basin , as the ...
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ancient animals aperture appears basalt beds belong bivalve bones breccia cause caverns cavity chalk changes circumstances clay climate coal field coast composed conchology considerable contains creation Cuvier deluge deposited depth distance dyke earth earthquakes effects elephant elevation entirely eruption exist extinct facts feet thick fish fissures flood formation fossil fragments fresh water genera genus geologists geology globe gneiss granite greenstone gypsum heat height hence hills Hippopotamus hornblende inhabitants instances island kind known lake land lava lime limestone mass mastodon matter metallic mica-slate miles mineral Monte Nuovo Mosaic history mountains MULTIVALVES nearly observed ocean organic remains origin period petrifaction phenomena plants porphyry present day produced quadrupeds quantity Queenstown respect river rocks salt sand sandstone says shells Siberia side situated slate solid sometimes species springs stone strata stratum stream substances supposed surface teeth temperature theory tion univalve valleys vegetable veins volcanic whole
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Página 365 - Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field...
Página 337 - These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.
Página 314 - Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth"; 1 VOID : empty.
Página 331 - And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. 6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
Página 324 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Página 317 - And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day, and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Página 99 - And behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh wherein is the breath of life from under heaven, and every thing that is in the earth shall die, but with thee will I establish My Covenant, and thou shalt come into the ark, thou and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons
Página 100 - And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shall thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
Página 323 - And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Página 319 - And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth and in the open firmament of heaven.