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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Page xvi
... fragments of rock which fall from the cliffs , being impelled against them by the waves , form in time an elevated beach at their foot : the action of the sea , therefore , could not have originally produced those cliffs , which , by ...
... fragments of rock which fall from the cliffs , being impelled against them by the waves , form in time an elevated beach at their foot : the action of the sea , therefore , could not have originally produced those cliffs , which , by ...
Page xxii
... fragments accumulated on gla- ciers are those detached from the steep sides of superincumbent rocks . 235. Mr. Playfair supposes that the waste of the soil under the blocks may have been one cause of their migration . 236-238 ...
... fragments accumulated on gla- ciers are those detached from the steep sides of superincumbent rocks . 235. Mr. Playfair supposes that the waste of the soil under the blocks may have been one cause of their migration . 236-238 ...
Page xxiv
... fragments varying in species , in a manner correspondent with what is known of the strata themselves . , 286. Importance of local lithologies , for the purpose of improving our acquaintance with the internal parts of our continents ...
... fragments varying in species , in a manner correspondent with what is known of the strata themselves . , 286. Importance of local lithologies , for the purpose of improving our acquaintance with the internal parts of our continents ...
Page 68
... fragments of statues , easily enable the imagination to form , by the aid of hypotheses , groups differing as widely from each other as from the truth . It is only , therefore , after having repeatedly observed the same phenomena ...
... fragments of statues , easily enable the imagination to form , by the aid of hypotheses , groups differing as widely from each other as from the truth . It is only , therefore , after having repeatedly observed the same phenomena ...
Page 86
... As long as the sea continues to be of a certain depth near the coasts , it can act upon them only by its waves ; how there- fore is it enabled , in some places , to impel against them them " fragments of rock ? " It is because 86.
... As long as the sea continues to be of a certain depth near the coasts , it can act upon them only by its waves ; how there- fore is it enabled , in some places , to impel against them them " fragments of rock ? " It is because 86.
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