Biblical Natural Science: Being the Explanation of All References in Holy Scripture to Geology, Botany, Zoology, and Physical Geography, Volume 1W. Mackenzie, 1863 - 624 pages |
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... ground down into bullet - like forms , not an angular fragment appearing in some parts of the mass for yards together . The debris of our harder rocks , rolled for centuries in the beds of our more impetuous rivers , or tossed for ages ...
... ground down into bullet - like forms , not an angular fragment appearing in some parts of the mass for yards together . The debris of our harder rocks , rolled for centuries in the beds of our more impetuous rivers , or tossed for ages ...
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... ground , the head cut off by the shoulders , the arms spread at full , as in the attitude of swimming , the body rather long than otherwise , and narrowing from the chest downwards , one of the legs cut away at the hip- joint , and the ...
... ground , the head cut off by the shoulders , the arms spread at full , as in the attitude of swimming , the body rather long than otherwise , and narrowing from the chest downwards , one of the legs cut away at the hip- joint , and the ...
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... ground that the rocks so named bear evidence , in the middle members of the series , of immense quantities of carbonate of lime in the ocean , and in the highest and lowest mem- bers of carbonic acid gas in the atmosphere . On Plate I ...
... ground that the rocks so named bear evidence , in the middle members of the series , of immense quantities of carbonate of lime in the ocean , and in the highest and lowest mem- bers of carbonic acid gas in the atmosphere . On Plate I ...
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... ground . A glance at any two or three tabulated forms of classification will at once suggest , that many most important differences of opinion on this matter exist , even among highly accomplished geolo- gists . Sir R. Murchison assigns ...
... ground . A glance at any two or three tabulated forms of classification will at once suggest , that many most important differences of opinion on this matter exist , even among highly accomplished geolo- gists . Sir R. Murchison assigns ...
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... ground for field work , and afford us views of the deepest interest of the succession of great epochs and of the care and faithfulness of the Creator . It is only when these generalizations are made use of for other than their lawful ...
... ground for field work , and afford us views of the deepest interest of the succession of great epochs and of the care and faithfulness of the Creator . It is only when these generalizations are made use of for other than their lawful ...
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