Principles of Geology: Being an Inquiry how Far the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface are Referable to Causes Now in Operation, Volym 1J. Kay, jun. & brother, 1837 - 546 sidor |
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... thousand ages , and- " There are creations also , and destructions of worlds innumerable : the Being , supremely exalted , performs all this with as much ease as if in sport , again and again , for the sake of conferring happiness ...
... thousand ages , and- " There are creations also , and destructions of worlds innumerable : the Being , supremely exalted , performs all this with as much ease as if in sport , again and again , for the sake of conferring happiness ...
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... thousand labourers in cut- ting through a mound , so as to form a junction between the rivers Selima and Sutluj ; and in this mound were found the bones of elephants and men , some of them petrified , and some of them resembling bone ...
... thousand labourers in cut- ting through a mound , so as to form a junction between the rivers Selima and Sutluj ; and in this mound were found the bones of elephants and men , some of them petrified , and some of them resembling bone ...
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... thousand years ; and that since the creation the deluge was the only great catastrophe by which considerable change had been wrought on the earth's surface . On the other hand , the opinion was scarcely less general that the final ...
... thousand years ; and that since the creation the deluge was the only great catastrophe by which considerable change had been wrought on the earth's surface . On the other hand , the opinion was scarcely less general that the final ...
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... thousand years . He also appealed to Vallisneri as an authority to prove that the mineral masses containing shells bore , upon the whole , but a small proportion to those rocks which were destitute of organic remains ; and the latter ...
... thousand years . He also appealed to Vallisneri as an authority to prove that the mineral masses containing shells bore , upon the whole , but a small proportion to those rocks which were destitute of organic remains ; and the latter ...
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... thousand times greater than at present , would have appeared preposterous and incredible , and would have required a hundred violent hypotheses ; but we are so unacquainted with the true sources of subterranean disturbances , that their ...
... thousand times greater than at present , would have appeared preposterous and incredible , and would have required a hundred violent hypotheses ; but we are so unacquainted with the true sources of subterranean disturbances , that their ...
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Principles of Geology: Being an Inquiry how Far the Former Changes ..., Volym 1 Sir Charles Lyell Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1837 |
Principles of Geology: Being an Inquiry how Far the Former Changes ..., Volym 1 Sir Charles Lyell Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1837 |
Principles of Geology: Being an Inquiry how Far the Former Changes ..., Volym 1 Sir Charles Lyell Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1837 |
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afterwards alluvial ancient animals appear basalt beds Calabria carboniferous causes century changes channel cliffs climate coast cone considerable continued convulsions crater deep delta deposits depth distance district earth earthquakes elevation eruption estuary Etna existing feet fissures flood flowed formation formed former fossil geological geologist globe gradually granite gulf heat height Herculaneum hills igneous igneous rocks inhabitants Ischia island Isle Journ lakes land lapilli latitudes lava limestone marine mass matter Mediterranean miles mineral modern Monte Nuovo mountains nature northern observed ocean origin period phenomena Phil plain plants Polistena Pompeii present produced pumice quadrupeds quantity regions remains rise river rocks sand scoriæ sediment shells shock shores Sicily side Solfatara species springs Strabo strata stream subterranean supposed surface temperature tertiary theory thrown tides tion trachyte tract Trans travertin tuff valley vapour vegetable Vesuvius violent volcanic whole
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Sida 152 - A thousand men, that fishes gnaw'd upon; Wedges of gold, great anchors, heaps of pearl, Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels, All scatter'd in the bottom of the sea...
Sida 49 - He knew the seat of paradise, Could tell in what degree it lies: And, as he was disposed, could prove it, Below the moon, or else above it.
Sida 436 - Thy waters washed them power while they were free, And many a tyrant since: their shores obey The stranger, slave or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: — not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild wave's play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now.
Sida 36 - 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.
Sida 72 - ... in the planetary motions, where geometry has carried the eye so far both into the future and the past, we discover no mark either of the commencement or the termination of the present order.
Sida 73 - Author of nature has not given laws to the universe, which, like the institutions of men, carry in themselves the elements of their own destruction. He has not permitted in His works any symptom of infancy or of old age, or any sign by which we may estimate either their future or their past duration. He may put an end, as he no doubt gave a beginning, to the present system at some determinate period of time ; but we may rest assured that this great catastrophe will not be brought about by the laws...
Sida 417 - ... above its ordinary level. The mountains of Arrabida, Estrella, Julio, Marvan, and Cintra, being some of the largest in Portugal, were impetuously shaken, as it were, from their very foundations; and some of them opened at their summits, which were split and rent in a wonderful manner, huge masses of them being thrown down into the subjacent valleys.
Sida 17 - GEOLOGY is the science which investigates the successive changes that have taken place in the organic and inorganic kingdoms of nature : it inquires into the causes of these changes, and the influence which they have exerted in modifying the surface and external structure of our planet.
Sida 149 - In the above passages, the author deduces two important conclusions from geological data: first, that in the successive groups of strata, from the oldest to the most recent, there is a progressive development of organic life, from the simplest to the most complicated forms; — secondly, that man is of comparatively recent origin.
Sida 42 - ... fossils were mere sports of nature. An additional period of a century and a half was now destined to be consumed in exploding the hypothesis, that organised fossils had all been buried in the solid strata by Noah's flood. Never did a theoretical fallacy, in any branch of science, interfere more seriously with accurate observation and the systematic classification of facts. In recent times, we may attribute our rapid progress chiefly to the careful determination of the order of succession in mineral...