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 19
... solid Rocks , " was pub- 9. He also maintained that fossil vegetables ing plants , * and hinted that these remains e the distinction between marine and river well as some other writers on these subjects , ious to make their doctrines ...
... solid Rocks , " was pub- 9. He also maintained that fossil vegetables ing plants , * and hinted that these remains e the distinction between marine and river well as some other writers on these subjects , ious to make their doctrines ...
Pàgina 33
... solid matter At the mouths of rivers , and in bays which ms from the land , it is obvious that the water Fully saturated with salt , as it is where it is not There is also a difference wlth respect to of salt which different oceans ...
... solid matter At the mouths of rivers , and in bays which ms from the land , it is obvious that the water Fully saturated with salt , as it is where it is not There is also a difference wlth respect to of salt which different oceans ...
Pàgina 47
... solid within that period . pendently of this oversight , no person of the on , whether geologist or not , would for a mo- that a lake , formed like a dish , and surround- e dos hue solid lim ano rools 00 foot think no wars found to have ...
... solid within that period . pendently of this oversight , no person of the on , whether geologist or not , would for a mo- that a lake , formed like a dish , and surround- e dos hue solid lim ano rools 00 foot think no wars found to have ...
Pàgina 50
... deposited alo logists term calcareo These deposites leares , bits of wood , are so solid as to be ty of these springs chiefly in volcanic al C In those parts of innumerable mineral springs , chiefly containing e of lime ,
... deposited alo logists term calcareo These deposites leares , bits of wood , are so solid as to be ty of these springs chiefly in volcanic al C In those parts of innumerable mineral springs , chiefly containing e of lime ,
Pàgina 52
... solid half a foot thick every year . A mass of solid ow the hill , formed by this water , is two hundred This is employed as a building stone , and in g it , Roman remains of art , such as tiles , have nd five or six feet below the ...
... solid half a foot thick every year . A mass of solid ow the hill , formed by this water , is two hundred This is employed as a building stone , and in g it , Roman remains of art , such as tiles , have nd five or six feet below the ...
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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...