Geology in 1835; a popular sketch of the progress, leading features, and latest discoveries of this rising science1835 |
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... lake , or matter ejected from beneath by vol- canic agency . At one period buried beneath the dark abyss of the ocean , at another smiling with verdure on its shores - the abode now of sterility - now of fertility- now of marine and now ...
... lake , or matter ejected from beneath by vol- canic agency . At one period buried beneath the dark abyss of the ocean , at another smiling with verdure on its shores - the abode now of sterility - now of fertility- now of marine and now ...
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... lakes and islands are forming at its æstuary . As with the Missis- sippi , so with other large rivers - the Ganges , the Indus , the Niger , the Nile , and the European rivers . Such is the vast accumulation of matter at the efflux of ...
... lakes and islands are forming at its æstuary . As with the Missis- sippi , so with other large rivers - the Ganges , the Indus , the Niger , the Nile , and the European rivers . Such is the vast accumulation of matter at the efflux of ...
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... lake of the Solfa- tara , covered by the water in May , and in the April fol- lowing , he had some difficulty in breaking , with a sharp- pointed hammer , the mass which adhered to the stick , and which was several inches in thickness ...
... lake of the Solfa- tara , covered by the water in May , and in the April fol- lowing , he had some difficulty in breaking , with a sharp- pointed hammer , the mass which adhered to the stick , and which was several inches in thickness ...
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... Lake Superior and the Mis- sissippi , lead is obtained under similar circumstances : and gold , it is well - known , is generally extracted from the alluvial gravel of South America . E rhinoceros and hippopotamus - animals which were ...
... Lake Superior and the Mis- sissippi , lead is obtained under similar circumstances : and gold , it is well - known , is generally extracted from the alluvial gravel of South America . E rhinoceros and hippopotamus - animals which were ...
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... lakes or large rivers , whose successive deposits have formed an accumulation of distinct beds of earthy matter ... Lake Aral and the Caspian sea , ) approach to the foot of that lofty ridge of mountains , and being elevated by it ...
... lakes or large rivers , whose successive deposits have formed an accumulation of distinct beds of earthy matter ... Lake Aral and the Caspian sea , ) approach to the foot of that lofty ridge of mountains , and being elevated by it ...
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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