Geology in 1835; a popular sketch of the progress, leading features, and latest discoveries of this rising science1835 |
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... formation of mountains and valleys by the subsidence of the circumfused waters , and the gradual refrigeration of the mass of the earth , was highly reprehensible , as it was contrary to the creed of the church . He was therefore ...
... formation of mountains and valleys by the subsidence of the circumfused waters , and the gradual refrigeration of the mass of the earth , was highly reprehensible , as it was contrary to the creed of the church . He was therefore ...
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... formation ; and hence establish the extraordinary fact that there is throughout these mineral masses an invariable order of superposition , which in the numberless derangements and convulsions which have shaken the earth to its centre ...
... formation ; and hence establish the extraordinary fact that there is throughout these mineral masses an invariable order of superposition , which in the numberless derangements and convulsions which have shaken the earth to its centre ...
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... formation , throughout its whole extent from the Trent to the Tyne . The coal had never been worked * in this situation , and there was nothing on the surface to indicate its existence beneath , as there usually is in coal- fields : but ...
... formation , throughout its whole extent from the Trent to the Tyne . The coal had never been worked * in this situation , and there was nothing on the surface to indicate its existence beneath , as there usually is in coal- fields : but ...
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... formations interposed between our new red sandstone and the coal- formation , were generally supposed to be absent in this country ; but Professor Sedgwick has lately discovered their corresponding types in the English series , so that ...
... formations interposed between our new red sandstone and the coal- formation , were generally supposed to be absent in this country ; but Professor Sedgwick has lately discovered their corresponding types in the English series , so that ...
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... formation of an island in the At- lantic a mile in circumference , and three hundred feet high - was witnessed from the shores of Saint Michael's . Numbers of such instances are on record in the Azores , the Grecian Archipelago , and ...
... formation of an island in the At- lantic a mile in circumference , and three hundred feet high - was witnessed from the shores of Saint Michael's . Numbers of such instances are on record in the Azores , the Grecian Archipelago , and ...
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abundance accumulation action Alps ancient animals antediluvian appear Astronomy basalt beds beneath bones breccia Buckland buried causes caverns caves chalk changes Charnwood Forest circumstance coal coal-formation coast contain convulsions Cornwall covered Cuvier deluge deposit depth diluvial discovered discovery earth earthy matter effect elephant elevation Eningen enormous Europe existing extinct fact fissures formation formed fossil fragments geologists Geology globe gradual granite gravel heat hills Humphry Davy hyænas ichthyosaurus imbedded inferred inhabitants instance interior island Jura mountains lake land Leicestershire lias lime limestone Lyell Lyme Regis megatherium miles mineral masses Monkwearmouth mountains nature observed ocean oolitic organic contents organic remains origin period phenomena plants plesiosaurus portion position present primitive rocks produced proved pterodactylus quadrupeds recent regions relics remarkable remote reptiles river sand sandstone sedimentary shells skeleton solid species specimens strata stratified substance supposed temperature termed thickness thousand tion traces tropical valleys vast violent volcanic