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 and General ReadersRobinson, Pratt, & Company, 1837 - 384 pàgines |
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Pàgina 4
... the most recent deposites , present enomena , more or less striking , and in this manner the isposition and direction of all ancient stratified rocks opinion here attempted to changed . In some instances , the changes have been.
... the most recent deposites , present enomena , more or less striking , and in this manner the isposition and direction of all ancient stratified rocks opinion here attempted to changed . In some instances , the changes have been.
Pàgina 38
... direction , per through which it runs . another cause of chang ke also are logs of wood , hich streams are often er causes , a current is gradually wears a cur water for a moment a different direction fron oppos Boots across to the soon ...
... direction , per through which it runs . another cause of chang ke also are logs of wood , hich streams are often er causes , a current is gradually wears a cur water for a moment a different direction fron oppos Boots across to the soon ...
Pàgina 39
... direction of streams , and gs of wood , leaves , and other matters with s are often charged . When from these , or a current is made to deviate from its course , vears a curve into the opposite bank , where a moment accumulates , and ...
... direction of streams , and gs of wood , leaves , and other matters with s are often charged . When from these , or a current is made to deviate from its course , vears a curve into the opposite bank , where a moment accumulates , and ...
Pàgina 44
... direction over the whole country , and forming of the river above the falls , as do the inferior elow . The lower shale is nearly of the same s of the limestone . " uld lake Erie remain in its present state until the hen the ravine ...
... direction over the whole country , and forming of the river above the falls , as do the inferior elow . The lower shale is nearly of the same s of the limestone . " uld lake Erie remain in its present state until the hen the ravine ...
Pàgina 48
... direction in which these precipitated hain with respect to the range of the mountain ch they have fallen . For the great currents of e left their effect in lines corresponding with the fmost of the high mountains and considerable here ...
... direction in which these precipitated hain with respect to the range of the mountain ch they have fallen . For the great currents of e left their effect in lines corresponding with the fmost of the high mountains and considerable here ...
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Outlines of Geology: Intended as a Popular Treatise on the Most Interesting ... John Lee Comstock Visualització completa - 1841 |
Outlines of Geology: Intended as a Popular Treatise on the Most Interesting ... John Lee Comstock Visualització completa - 1841 |
Outlines of Geology: Intended as a Popular Treatise on the Most Interesting ... John Lee Comstock Visualització completa - 1838 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 341 - 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 318 - 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.
Pàgina 328 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Pàgina 321 - 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.
Pàgina 323 - 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.
Pàgina 368 - God said, Let there be light: let there be a firmament: let the waters under the heaven be gathered together into one place: let the earth bring forth: let there be lights in the firmament of heaven.
Pàgina 335 - 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...
Pàgina 140 - ... processes. They are found in elevations far above the level of every part of the ocean, and in places to which the sea could not be conveyed by any existing cause. They are not only inclosed in loose sand, but are often incrusted and penetrated on all sides by the hardest stones.
Pàgina 369 - 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...
Pàgina 99 - And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth...