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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... organic remains of pla Fare not only object sabers of the deepest COL !? ans of vegetables and deart thousands of years y existing species , that L Other remains prove fest in length , once crawled ed in height the forests di Wanknown ...
... organic remains of pla Fare not only object sabers of the deepest COL !? ans of vegetables and deart thousands of years y existing species , that L Other remains prove fest in length , once crawled ed in height the forests di Wanknown ...
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... Organic strata , inferences from , 352 61 Oolite , 56 water of the Ganges , 66 eastern coasts of nd , on the earth's di- · 70 31 osseous breccia , outcrop , outlier , • • 168 273 , 177 · . 179 Paradisi , Ignatius , his theory , 347 ...
... Organic strata , inferences from , 352 61 Oolite , 56 water of the Ganges , 66 eastern coasts of nd , on the earth's di- · 70 31 osseous breccia , outcrop , outlier , • • 168 273 , 177 · . 179 Paradisi , Ignatius , his theory , 347 ...
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... organic remains , found olid earth , above the sea , were not the exuviæ of but were formed in the rocks where they were ed , and that they were nothing more than imita- real shells and bones . This idea was probably d for the purpose ...
... organic remains , found olid earth , above the sea , were not the exuviæ of but were formed in the rocks where they were ed , and that they were nothing more than imita- real shells and bones . This idea was probably d for the purpose ...
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... organic substances ; and if so , how the places where they are found ? " and other jects . The consequence was , that these wri- investigate facts in proof of their theories , s period may be dated the commencement ation of just ...
... organic substances ; and if so , how the places where they are found ? " and other jects . The consequence was , that these wri- investigate facts in proof of their theories , s period may be dated the commencement ation of just ...
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... organic remains , such as are found in these rocks . The second class of re supposed to have been formed during the transi- the earth from its chaotic , to its habitable state , ace are called transition rocks . These are partly line ...
... organic remains , such as are found in these rocks . The second class of re supposed to have been formed during the transi- the earth from its chaotic , to its habitable state , ace are called transition rocks . These are partly line ...
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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...