An Elementary Treatise on Geology: Determining Fundamental Points in that Science, and Containing an Examination of Some Modern Geological Systems, and Particularly of the Huttonian Theory of the EarthF.C. and J. Rivington, 1809 - 415 pages |
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... perceived " that I considered those which I have mentioned , " not as a cause of the Deluge , but as consequences " which might have influenced the astronomical ob- " servations ( 6 servations subsequent to that event . On this.
... perceived " that I considered those which I have mentioned , " not as a cause of the Deluge , but as consequences " which might have influenced the astronomical ob- " servations ( 6 servations subsequent to that event . On this.
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... consequence deduced by Mr. Playfair from M. de Saussure's account of a mass of lapis ollaris in the valley of Urseren . 243. Mr. Playfair's objection to the introduction of extraordinary causes in geological disquisitions . 244. He con ...
... consequence deduced by Mr. Playfair from M. de Saussure's account of a mass of lapis ollaris in the valley of Urseren . 243. Mr. Playfair's objection to the introduction of extraordinary causes in geological disquisitions . 244. He con ...
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... consequence of the revolution which produced the deluge . 316. Both set out from the period when the globe was encompassed by a liquid ; the precipitations from which are supposed by Mr. De Luc to have been at first disposed in strata ...
... consequence of the revolution which produced the deluge . 316. Both set out from the period when the globe was encompassed by a liquid ; the precipitations from which are supposed by Mr. De Luc to have been at first disposed in strata ...
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... consequence of the inconsiderate haste against which the immortal BACON repeatedly cautioned those who devoted themselves to the study of nature . The mind is at all times so eager to draw inferences , that it will not stop to collect ...
... consequence of the inconsiderate haste against which the immortal BACON repeatedly cautioned those who devoted themselves to the study of nature . The mind is at all times so eager to draw inferences , that it will not stop to collect ...
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... consequence to the rest of mankind ; but every man is greatly interested in the decisions which respect his abode for if it can once be ascertained to have undergone various revolutions , some of these may have involved the human race ...
... consequence to the rest of mankind ; but every man is greatly interested in the decisions which respect his abode for if it can once be ascertained to have undergone various revolutions , some of these may have involved the human race ...
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abrupt action adduced alluvial land Alps already ancient appear ascribed attention birth bottom breccia calcareous calcareous stone catastrophes causes caverns circumstance composed consequence considerable considered continents declivity Deluge duced earth effects elevation evident existence expansible fluids facts formation formed fractured fragments Genesis geologists geology glacier globe gravel heat hills horizontal Hutton Hutton's theory hypothesis inclined Jura Kirwan lake of Bienne lake of Geneva lake of Neuchatel latter lavas liquid masses of strata materials mineral strata Mont Blanc Mont Jura monuments MOSES moun natural philosophy nature neral NOAH object observed operations opinion origin passage phenomena phenomenon plains Playfair precipitations present proceed produced proof prove remark respect Rhone rivers rock running waters Salève Saussure Saussure's schistus side soil subsidence substances sufficient summit supposed surface tains tion toises torrents trace Urseren valley Vaulion vertical Voirons volcanos whence whole