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 xvii
... opposite side of their 106. 3dly , Where their course has chanced to lie at the foot of an original cliff of loose materials ; in which case there is no alluvial land on the opposite side . 106. a . In all these cases , the sections of ...
... opposite side of their 106. 3dly , Where their course has chanced to lie at the foot of an original cliff of loose materials ; in which case there is no alluvial land on the opposite side . 106. a . In all these cases , the sections of ...
Page xix
... opposite theories of subsidence and elevation . 175. The masses , which form our mountains , could not have un- dergone those motions , unless , by the subsidence of other masses , and the consequent production of vullies , spaces had ...
... opposite theories of subsidence and elevation . 175. The masses , which form our mountains , could not have un- dergone those motions , unless , by the subsidence of other masses , and the consequent production of vullies , spaces had ...
Page 83
... opposite to each other , and both have however the same objects in view . 66 86 " It would far exceed the limits of this sketch , " he says , " to pursue the causes of mineral decompo- " sition through all their forms . It is sufficient ...
... opposite to each other , and both have however the same objects in view . 66 86 " It would far exceed the limits of this sketch , " he says , " to pursue the causes of mineral decompo- " sition through all their forms . It is sufficient ...
Page 94
... opposite direction , and are fractured in the same manner as the stony strata . I shall have frequent occasion to remark this in my travels . The phenomenon is there- fore very different from that of alluvial land ; it be- longed to our ...
... opposite direction , and are fractured in the same manner as the stony strata . I shall have frequent occasion to remark this in my travels . The phenomenon is there- fore very different from that of alluvial land ; it be- longed to our ...
Page 97
... opposite side at the most favourable point , its waters have loosened the soil , and gradually carried it away , continuing the work of excavation , as long as they have preserved sufficient rapidity to propel its mate- rials towards ...
... opposite side at the most favourable point , its waters have loosened the soil , and gradually carried it away , continuing the work of excavation , as long as they have preserved sufficient rapidity to propel its mate- rials towards ...
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Page 400 - And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you ; and with every living creature that Is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you ; 15 from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
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Page 84 - ... combined with the inequality of hardness in the rocks, prove, that the present line of the shore has been determined by the action of the sea. The naked and precipitous cliffs which overhang the deep, the rocks hollowed, perforated, as they are farther advanced in the sea, and at last insulated, lead to the same conclusion, and mark very clearly so many different stages of decay. It is true, we do not see the successive steps of this progress exemplified in the states of...
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