So of all other rivers ; they spring up, and they perish ; and the sea also continually deserts some lands and invades others. The same tracts, therefore, of the earth are not, some always sea, and others always continents, but everything changes in the... A Theory of The Universe - Página 90por Samuel Hutchins - 1868Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1837 - 500 páginas
...were once dry, and there is a limit to their operations ; but there is none to time. So also of all other rivers ; they spring up, and they perish ; and...lands and invades others. The same tracts, therefore, cf the earth are not, some always sea, and others always continents, but every thing changes in the... | |
| William Rhind - 1838 - 230 páginas
...were once dry, and there is a limit to their operations, but there is none to Time.' So also of all other rivers : they spring up and they perish ; and...earth are not, some always sea, and others always continents, but every thing changes in the course of time." Among the Romans geology made little progress,... | |
| 1857 - 528 páginas
...of all other rivers ; they spring up £::''. ':iey p'.-r'sii. aa'J tho sea also continually deserts and invades others.— ' The same tracts therefore...earth are not, some always sea, and others always Continents, but everything changes in the course of time." Strabo also, was of the same opinion, and... | |
| F. G. S. - 1858 - 116 páginas
...The places where they rise were once dry, and there is a limit to their operations. So also of all other rivers ; they spring up, and they perish ; and the sea also continually deserts some lands, and some land invades. The same tracts, therefore, of the earth are not, some always sea and others always... | |
| Julius Schvarcz - 1862 - 112 páginas
...were once dry, for there is a limit to their operations ; but there is none to time. So also of all other rivers ; they spring up, and they perish ; and...continually deserts some lands and invades others. Again, the same tracts of the earth are not always seas or always continents, but every part changes... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1865 - 880 páginas
...were once dry, and there is a limit to their operations ; but there is none to time. So also of all other rivers ; they spring up, and they perish ; and the sea also continually deserts some lands and inTades others. The same tracts, therefore, of the earth are not, some always sea, and others always... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1872 - 714 páginas
...were once dry, and there is a limit to their operations : but there is none to time. So also of all other rivers ; they spring up, and they perish ; and...earth are not, some always sea, and others always continents, but everything changes in the course of time.' It seems, then, that the Greeks had not... | |
| 1879 - 546 páginas
...rise were once dry, and there is a limit to their operations : but there is none to time. So of all other rivers ; they spring up, and they perish ; and...earth are not, some always sea, and others always continents, but everything changes in the course of time." Aristotle's views on the subject of spontaneous... | |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1879 - 1100 páginas
...rise were once dry, and there is a limit to their operations : but there is none to time. So of all other rivers ; they spring up, and they perish ; and...earth are not, some always sea, and others always continents, but everything changes in the course of time." Aristotle's views on the subject of spontaneous... | |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1880 - 672 páginas
...rise were once 'dry, and there is a limit to their operations : but there is none to time. So of all other rivers ; they spring up, and they perish ; and...continent?, but everything changes in the course of time." Aristotle's views on the subject of spontaneous generation were less sound, and his doctrines on this... | |
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