The Dynamical Theory of the Formation of the Earth, Volume 2Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1850 |
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... beds , and veins . The intermixture is attended by mechanical and chemical changes in the stratified rocks . They have been consolidated after fusion , and their structure is necessarily chemical . " * Sir H. de la Beche says— " Our ...
... beds , and veins . The intermixture is attended by mechanical and chemical changes in the stratified rocks . They have been consolidated after fusion , and their structure is necessarily chemical . " * Sir H. de la Beche says— " Our ...
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... bed , or anything spread out or strewed over a given surface , and we infer that these strata have been gene- rally spread out by the action of water . " The volcanic rocks are those which have been produced at or near the surface ...
... bed , or anything spread out or strewed over a given surface , and we infer that these strata have been gene- rally spread out by the action of water . " The volcanic rocks are those which have been produced at or near the surface ...
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... bed , carries its own definition with it ; its extent , according to the prolongation of its great opposing planes , being generally far greater than its thickness . A repetition of such beds forms a series of strata ; and the term ...
... bed , carries its own definition with it ; its extent , according to the prolongation of its great opposing planes , being generally far greater than its thickness . A repetition of such beds forms a series of strata ; and the term ...
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... beds ( the stratified masses of rock ) is generally more or less inclined to the horizontal plane , though often ... bed which now compose our solid land . The most general condition of the strati- fied rocks of all ages is to be not ...
... beds ( the stratified masses of rock ) is generally more or less inclined to the horizontal plane , though often ... bed which now compose our solid land . The most general condition of the strati- fied rocks of all ages is to be not ...
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... beds of sandstone , for instance , nothing is more frequent than to see the thin layers of sand , sepa- rated from one another by layers still finer of coaly , or micaceous matter , that are almost exactly parallel , and continue so to ...
... beds of sandstone , for instance , nothing is more frequent than to see the thin layers of sand , sepa- rated from one another by layers still finer of coaly , or micaceous matter , that are almost exactly parallel , and continue so to ...
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Page 180 - And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged...
Page 315 - And brake up for it my decreed place, And set bars and doors, And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Page 285 - Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.
Page 255 - But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting King : at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
Page 130 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain; 3 who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; who maketh the clouds his chariot; who walketh upon the wings of the wind; 4 who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire; 5 who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
Page 383 - And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; and the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.
Page 255 - I, even I, am he that comforteth you : who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass...
Page 285 - Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters? Or a way for the lightning of thunder; To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; On the wilderness wherein there is no man.
Page 360 - ... and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven; and the evening and morning were the second day. God also said: Let the waters that are under the heaven be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.
Page 130 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?