An Elementary Treatise on Geology: Determining Fundamental Points in that Science, and Containing an Examination of Some Modern Geological Systems, and Particularly of the Huttonian Theory of the EarthF.C. and J. Rivington, 1809 - 415 pàgines |
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... Theory of the Earth Jean André Luc. TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE . THE friendship , with which I am honoured by MR . DE LUC ... HUTTON , published 4 2 in · in the Monthly Review , are omitted in this.
... Theory of the Earth Jean André Luc. TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE . THE friendship , with which I am honoured by MR . DE LUC ... HUTTON , published 4 2 in · in the Monthly Review , are omitted in this.
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... Theory one of the latest and most methodical works on this science . 12. Dr. Hutton had formed a general system from ... Hutton's theory has been little noticed , not on account of of ts nature , but of its obscurity : he.
... Theory one of the latest and most methodical works on this science . 12. Dr. Hutton had formed a general system from ... Hutton's theory has been little noticed , not on account of of ts nature , but of its obscurity : he.
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... Theory of the Earth Jean André Luc. of ts nature , but of its obscurity : he ... Hutton and Mr. Playfair consider the alternate changes supposed in their ... Hutton for the consolidation of loose materials . 32. The birth of our continents ...
... Theory of the Earth Jean André Luc. of ts nature , but of its obscurity : he ... Hutton and Mr. Playfair consider the alternate changes supposed in their ... Hutton for the consolidation of loose materials . 32. The birth of our continents ...
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... theory ; and the difference between that and Dr. Hutton's . 47. The first point necessary to be fixed in geology is the state of our continents at their birth . 48. Great importance of M. de Saus- sure's observations on mountains . 49 ...
... theory ; and the difference between that and Dr. Hutton's . 47. The first point necessary to be fixed in geology is the state of our continents at their birth . 48. Great importance of M. de Saus- sure's observations on mountains . 49 ...
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... HUTTON's Theory of the Earth , 7 Ꭲ $ 73 . The state of our continents at their birth forms a central point , to which all observations of phenomena ought to tend . 74 , 75. Necessity of studying the causes now in action on the ...
... HUTTON's Theory of the Earth , 7 Ꭲ $ 73 . The state of our continents at their birth forms a central point , to which all observations of phenomena ought to tend . 74 , 75. Necessity of studying the causes now in action on the ...
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