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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Pàgina xvii
... formation of loose strata to the rivers , and yet supposing those rivers to have sunk their beds in loose strata , when they first began to flow , 113 , 114. Huttonian opinions relative to the migration of stones . 115. Lakes oppose a ...
... formation of loose strata to the rivers , and yet supposing those rivers to have sunk their beds in loose strata , when they first began to flow , 113 , 114. Huttonian opinions relative to the migration of stones . 115. Lakes oppose a ...
Pàgina xix
... whether these breaches are ac- tually filled up . 184-186 . Metallic veins considered with this view their contents shown to be stratified . 187. Little import- a 2 ance ance of closing these passages , since the subsequent formation xix.
... whether these breaches are ac- tually filled up . 184-186 . Metallic veins considered with this view their contents shown to be stratified . 187. Little import- a 2 ance ance of closing these passages , since the subsequent formation xix.
Pàgina xx
... formation of caverns must have supplied so many others for the escape of the expansible fluid . 188. Basaltes and whinstone , having un- dergone the same catastrophes as the other strata , cannot be considered as instruments in those ...
... formation of caverns must have supplied so many others for the escape of the expansible fluid . 188. Basaltes and whinstone , having un- dergone the same catastrophes as the other strata , cannot be considered as instruments in those ...
Pàgina xxvi
... formation . 319 , 320. Circumstances by which M. de Saussure was led to determine that the strata , which compose mountains , had , at first been formed in a horizontal situation . 321. Mr. Kirwan agrees with Mr. de Luc that the deluge ...
... formation . 319 , 320. Circumstances by which M. de Saussure was led to determine that the strata , which compose mountains , had , at first been formed in a horizontal situation . 321. Mr. Kirwan agrees with Mr. de Luc that the deluge ...
Pàgina 11
... formation of such a theory requires an accurate and extensive examination of those phenomena , and is inconsistent with any but a very advanced state of the physical sciences . " There is , perhaps , in those sciences , no research more ...
... formation of such a theory requires an accurate and extensive examination of those phenomena , and is inconsistent with any but a very advanced state of the physical sciences . " There is , perhaps , in those sciences , no research more ...
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