... 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
| 1879 - 684 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 and rain, and... | |
| John Tyndall - 1881 - 572 pàgines
...Naturkruflc, Phil. Mag., Ser. IV. vol. ix. p. 515. t Outlines of Astronomy , 1883. Even the slow gradation 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... | |
| J. A. Westwood Oliver - 1883 - 68 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....changes consist, is almost entirely due on the one bond to the abrasion of wind and rain, and the alternation of heat and frost ; on the other, to the... | |
| Brooklyn Ethical Association - 1895 - 440 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... | |
| Brooklyn Ethical Association - 1895 - 484 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. Even the slow degiadation of the solid constituents of the surface, in which its chief geological change consists,... | |
| Banglore Suryanaraina Row - 1900 - 76 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 alteration... | |
| John Hays Gardiner - 1900 - 520 pàgines
...compositions and decompositions give rise to new products and originate 1 "Outlines of Astronomy," 1833. a transfer of materials. Even the slow degradation...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... | |
| Sir John Frederick William Herschel - 1902 - 478 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. Even the slow degradation of the solid constituabsorbed in traversing our atmosphere at one-third of the total quantity incident on it, this... | |
| Frederick M. Tschirner - 1924 - 172 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....geological changes consist, is almost entirely due on one hand to the abrasion of wind and rain, and the alternation of heat and frost; on the other to the... | |
| 1864 - 632 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,... | |
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