Geology as a Science, Applied to the Reclamation of Land from the Sea, the Construction of Harbours, the Formation of Railroads, and the Discovery of Coal: With an Assumed Outline Map of the Granite Formation of the Earth...Ridgway, 1840 - 442 pàgines |
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Pàgina v
... less for our mental consolation and moral instruction , than our delight . Nor is it less a cause of the interest ex- cited by the sacred volume that it gives us infor- mation of the earliest existence of man , and of the world to which ...
... less for our mental consolation and moral instruction , than our delight . Nor is it less a cause of the interest ex- cited by the sacred volume that it gives us infor- mation of the earliest existence of man , and of the world to which ...
Pàgina xiv
... less than 2500 miles in extent ; testing the general theory by personal ob- servations on localities . The substance of which is now given in the Dissertation appended to the volume before me . I have here to acknowledge how much I owe ...
... less than 2500 miles in extent ; testing the general theory by personal ob- servations on localities . The substance of which is now given in the Dissertation appended to the volume before me . I have here to acknowledge how much I owe ...
Pàgina 14
... less readily divisible , into inert masses , the inter- nal action which these masses generate within themselves , naturally occasions their dislocation , change of position , and eventual recomposition . To these conclusions the atomic ...
... less readily divisible , into inert masses , the inter- nal action which these masses generate within themselves , naturally occasions their dislocation , change of position , and eventual recomposition . To these conclusions the atomic ...
Pàgina 15
... less divided surpassing the forces of one another . Nor is it less an ordinary law of gravitation that dense clusters of atoms should repulse active ones conformable to the square of their surface ; and active atoms drive sluggish ones ...
... less divided surpassing the forces of one another . Nor is it less an ordinary law of gravitation that dense clusters of atoms should repulse active ones conformable to the square of their surface ; and active atoms drive sluggish ones ...
Pàgina 16
... less plain that the earth holds its diurnal course from west to east . Would the waters which then covered the face of the earth move at the same pace ? Certainly not . It would have been at variance with gravi- tation . If a loose rim ...
... less plain that the earth holds its diurnal course from west to east . Would the waters which then covered the face of the earth move at the same pace ? Certainly not . It would have been at variance with gravi- tation . If a loose rim ...
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Atlantic Ocean atoms basin Bristol Channel British Channel Cape Cape Lopatka carboniferous limestone Carlisle centre chalk clay coast composed construction course Cumberland curves deposition detritus diluvial beds direction drift driven dry land earth eastern eastwards elevation embayed England estuary extended favourable feet flowing fluid force Geology globe granite granite formation ground gulf stream harbour incidents infinite wisdom Ireland Irish Channel Irish Sea Lancashire laws Liverpool London Maryport material matter means mighty miles in length Morecambe Bay mountains navigation North Sea north-east northern northwards oceanic currents oolite organic Penine chain physical plain prevailing primary Isle railroad red sandstone rest river rocks sand Scotland scour silt Skiddaw soil Solway Frith south Irish Channel south-east south-west southern southwards space Strait of Dover Stranraer tertiary formation tidal action tidal current tide tide-wave tion Tordiff Point trace vale valley Wales wave western shore westwards whilst whinstone Whitehaven Wigton
Passatges populars
Pàgina 361 - Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Pàgina 438 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: The waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled ; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Pàgina 363 - Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work : but the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates...
Pàgina 132 - For the Lord is a great God; and a great King above all gods. In his hand are all the corners of the earth ; and the strength of the hills is his also.
Pàgina 360 - And God set them in the firmament of 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.
Pàgina 362 - 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...
Pàgina 360 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Pàgina 363 - In it thou shalt do no manner of work ; thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.
Pàgina 360 - And God saw every thing that he had made ; and behold it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Pàgina 438 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain; who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; who maketh the clouds his chariot; who walketh upon the wings of the wind; who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire. Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.