Lectures on Geology: Being Outlines of the ScienceE. Bliss & E. White, 1825 - 358 páginas |
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... , were condensed and pre- cipitated , forming the ocean . These at first covered all the earth , and the shells and other marine products are proofs of the fact . Woodward next appears on the list of theorists . * 22.
... , were condensed and pre- cipitated , forming the ocean . These at first covered all the earth , and the shells and other marine products are proofs of the fact . Woodward next appears on the list of theorists . * 22.
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... marine exuviæ , and supposed them left on land by the subsidence of the ocean . That while the waters of the deluge covered the earth , all solid substances were held by them in a state of solu- tion . That eventually a precipitation of ...
... marine exuviæ , and supposed them left on land by the subsidence of the ocean . That while the waters of the deluge covered the earth , all solid substances were held by them in a state of solu- tion . That eventually a precipitation of ...
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... marine shells , were elevated before the fish had stocked the ocean ; but that afterwards shells and fish were thrown up , and deposited in strata along with the soil . This theory has been adopted at a later period . De la Pryme ...
... marine shells , were elevated before the fish had stocked the ocean ; but that afterwards shells and fish were thrown up , and deposited in strata along with the soil . This theory has been adopted at a later period . De la Pryme ...
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... marine animals . In this theory there is a happy union of the agency of both fire and water ; the one collecting and depositing , the other consolidating and ele- vating . This system is in unison with many facts as seen in Scotland ...
... marine animals . In this theory there is a happy union of the agency of both fire and water ; the one collecting and depositing , the other consolidating and ele- vating . This system is in unison with many facts as seen in Scotland ...
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... loam and gravel - and proceed mostly from the disintegration of rocks , by the ac- tion of running water , or of the atmosphere.- When carried forward by rivers , and deposited at their mouths , they form sub - marine beds 67.
... loam and gravel - and proceed mostly from the disintegration of rocks , by the ac- tion of running water , or of the atmosphere.- When carried forward by rivers , and deposited at their mouths , they form sub - marine beds 67.
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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.