 ... strata. By them the waters of the sea are made to circulate in vapour through the air, and irrigate the land, producing springs and rivers. By them are produced all disturbances of the chemical equilibrium of the elements of nature, which, by a series...  Saint Pauls - Pàgina 3341871Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1857 - 526 pàgines
...equilibrinm of th» elements of nature, which, by a series of compositions and decompositions, give rise to new products and originate a transfer of materials.....solid constituents of the surface, in which its chief geologieal changes consist, and their difiusion among the waters of the ocean, are entirely due to... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1864 - 554 pàgines
...equilibrium of the elements of nature which, by a series of compositions and decompositions, give rise to new products, and originate a transfer of materials....surface, in which its chief geological changes consist, and their diffusion among the waters of the ocean, are entirely due to the abrasion of the wind, rain,... | |
 | Forbes Winslow - 1867 - 332 pàgines
...equilibrium of the elements of nature, which, by a series of compositions and decompositions, give rise to new products, and originate a transfer of materials....wind and rain, and the alternation of heat and frost ; on the other, to the continual beating of the sea waves, agitated by winds, the results of solar... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1868 - 560 pàgines
...equilibrium of the elements of nature, which by a series of composition and decompositions give rise to new products and originate a transfer of materials....constituents of the surface, in which its chief geological change consists, is almost entirely due, on the one hand, to the abrasion of wind or rain and the alternation... | |
 | John Wells Foster - 1869 - 480 pàgines
...equilibrium of the elements of nature, which, by a series of compositions and decompositions, give rise to new . products, and originate a transfer of materials....surface in which its chief geological changes consist, and their diffusion among the \vaters of the ocean, are entirely due to the abrasion of the wind and... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1869 - 566 pàgines
...equilibrium of the elements of nature, which by a series of compositions and decompositions give rise to new products and originate a transfer of materials....constituents of the surface, in which its chief geological change consists, is almost entirely due, on the one hand, to the abrasion of wind or rain and the alternation... | |
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - 1871 - 550 pàgines
...equilibrium of the elements of nature, which by a series of compositions and decompositions give rise to new products, and originate a transfer of materials....constituents of the surface, in which its chief geological change consists, is almost entirely due — on the one hand to the abrasion of wind or rain and the... | |
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - 1871 - 552 pàgines
...degradation of the solid constituents of the surface, in which its chief geological change consists, is almost entirely due — on the one hand to the abrasion of wind or rain and the alternation of heat and frost, on the other to the continual beating of sea-waves agitated... | |
 | 1873 - 486 pàgines
...of compositions and decompositions give rise to new products and originate transfer's of material. Even the slow degradation of the solid constituents...one hand to the abrasion of wind and rain, and the alterua tion of heat and frost, and ou the other hand to the continual beating of sea- waves, the result... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1873 - 486 pàgines
...of com positions and decompositions give rise to new products and originate transfers of material. Even the slow degradation of the solid constituents...chief geological changes consist, is almost entirely due,.on the one hand to the abrasion of wind and rain, and the alternation of heat and frost, and on... | |
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