Lectures on Geology: Being Outlines of the ScienceE. Bliss & E. White, 1825 - 358 páginas |
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... extensive opportunities for the study of geological phenomena in Europe and America may have given the Lecturer some right to form his own opinions ; yet as these have gene- rally coincided with the ideas of others , liberal re- sort ...
... extensive opportunities for the study of geological phenomena in Europe and America may have given the Lecturer some right to form his own opinions ; yet as these have gene- rally coincided with the ideas of others , liberal re- sort ...
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... extensive erudition , not believing in the theo- ries of his predecessors , turns at once to the ac- count of Moses , as the only one consistent with actual phenomena ; and ascribes the Deluge to a supernatural cause - the express ...
... extensive erudition , not believing in the theo- ries of his predecessors , turns at once to the ac- count of Moses , as the only one consistent with actual phenomena ; and ascribes the Deluge to a supernatural cause - the express ...
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... extensive , and occasionally some may be wanting . Thus in many parts of our own country , the older secondary ( by the pupils of Werner call- ed Transition ) is not to be found ; and even on the borders of the Alleganies , can scarcely ...
... extensive , and occasionally some may be wanting . Thus in many parts of our own country , the older secondary ( by the pupils of Werner call- ed Transition ) is not to be found ; and even on the borders of the Alleganies , can scarcely ...
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... extensive country , flat , or of inconsiderable elevation above the sea - compo- sed mostly of plains , and hilly as it approaches the Alpine district . The few elevations that occur in it are small , and chiefly in the central part ...
... extensive country , flat , or of inconsiderable elevation above the sea - compo- sed mostly of plains , and hilly as it approaches the Alpine district . The few elevations that occur in it are small , and chiefly in the central part ...
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... extensive.- The acclivity is usually considered as the steepest part of the mountain , and is often almost a perpen- dicular precipice . The more gradual and gentle the ascent of a moutain , the more rich does it gen- erally prove in ...
... extensive.- The acclivity is usually considered as the steepest part of the mountain , and is often almost a perpen- dicular precipice . The more gradual and gentle the ascent of a moutain , the more rich does it gen- erally prove in ...
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Actynolite alluvial alternating ammonites amygdaloidal arenaceous argillaceous argillite augit basalt beautiful beds belemnites bitumen calcareous chalk chlorite chlorite schist clay slate coal coarse color columnar compact felspar composed compound conglomerates containing crater crystals deluge deposits distinct earth elevated epidote feet felspar Fibrous foliated formation fossils fracture fragments Geologists Geology gneiss grains granite granular green greenstone grey greywacke gypsum hornblende Humboldt indurated ingredients iron laminæ laminar lava lignite limestone marble marine marl mass mentioned mica mica slate micaceous schist mountains observed occasionally occur ocean oolite organic remains ostrea passes peat porphyry position primary rocks primitive prismatic pyrites quantity quartz quartz rock Quartz sand red sandstone sandstone Scaly schist schistose secondary rocks serpentine shale shells sienite siliceous simple sometimes spar species splintery stone strata structure substances surface SYNOPSIS talc tertiary texture theory tion transition trap usually vallies varies varieties vegitable veins volcanic
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Página xii - And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Página 78 - Nymphs lie With languid limbs in summer's sultry hours. Here too were living flowers Which, like a bud compacted, Their purple cups contracted, And now in open blossom spread, Stretch'd like green anthers many a seeking head.
Página 103 - Villages, and woods, and rocks, Fall flat before their sweep. The region round, Where myrtle walks and groves of golden fruit Rose fair ; where harvest...
Página 78 - And plants of fibres fine, as silkworm's thread; Yea, beautiful as Mermaid's golden hair Upon the waves dispread: Others that, like the broad banana growing, Rais'd their long wrinkled leaves of purple hue, Like streamers wide out-flowing.
Página 47 - When by thus comparing a number of cases, agreeing in some circumstances, but differing in others, and all attended •with the same result, a philosopher connects, as a general law of nature, the event with its physical cause, he is said to proceed according to the method of induction.
Página 78 - With languid limbs in summer's sultry hours. Here, too, were living flowers, Which, like a bud compacted, Their purple cups contracted ; And now in open blossom spread, Stretch'd, like green anthers, many a seeking head.
Página 45 - ... by the water, in consequence either of these lands sinking down below the level of the sea, or of the sea being raised above the level of the lands. The particular portions of the earth also which the sea has abandoned by its last retreat, had been laid dry once before, and had at that time produced quadrupeds, birds, plants, and all kinds of terrestrial productions; it had then been inundated by the sea, which has since retired from it and left it to be occupied by its own proper inhabitants.