Outlines of British geology, chiefly of England and Wales

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Página 24 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Página 37 - The greatest depth of the Adriatic, between Dalmatia and the mouths of the Po, is twenty-two fathoms ; but a large part of the Gulf of Trieste and the Adriatic, opposite Venice, is less than twelve fathoms deep. Farther to the south, where it is less affected by the influx of great rivers, the gulf deepens considerably. Donati, after dredging the bottom, discovered the new deposits to consist partly of mud and partly of rock, the rock being formed of calcareous matter, incrusting shells.
Página 183 - On examining this subterranean wonder, it was found to be a complete gallery, which had been driven forward many hundred yards to the bed of coal : that it branched off into numerous...
Página 43 - ... raised and depressed, so that it either overflows or returns into its own place again. We must, therefore, ascribe the cause to the ground, either to that ground which is under the sea, or to that which becomes flooded by it, but rather to that which lies beneath the sea, for this is more movable and, on account of its humidity, can be altered with greater celerity.* It is proper...
Página 44 - Its rise is lost in remote antiquity ; we are ignorant how long it has existed, and our fathers were on this subject as ignorant as ourselves.
Página 194 - Rocks, dens, and caves ! But I in none of these Find place or refuge ; and the more I see Pleasures about me, so much more I feel...
Página 42 - Volcanic vents shift their position ; there was a time when Etna was not a burning mountain, and the time will come when it will cease to burn.
Página 43 - It is indeed a mighty city/ replied he; 'we know not how long it has existed, and our ancestors were on this subject as ignorant as ourselves.' Five centuries afterwards, as I passed by the same place, I could not perceive the slightest vestige of the city. I demanded of a peasant, who was gathering herbs upon its former site, how long it had been destroyed. ' In sooth, a strange question/ replied he. ' The ground here has never been different from what you now behold it.
Página 44 - I found the sea in the same place, and on its shores were a party of fishermen, of whom I inquired how long the land had been covered by the waters ? ' Is this a question,' said they, ' for a man like you ? this spot has always been what it is now.
Página 3 - The concessions, if they may be so called, of believers in Revelation on this point, have been amply remunerated by the sublime discoveries as to the prospective wisdom of the Creator, which have been gradually unfolded by the 'progressive improvements in astronomical knowledge. We may trust with the same confidence as to any future results from Geology...

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