Time's telescope; or, A Complete guide to the almanack [ed. by J. Millard].John Millard (assistant librarian of the Surrey inst) 1818 |
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... rocks of the earth , are melted as wax before the Sun , and their place is no where found ; all have vanished and dropped away , like the snow that once rested upon their sum- mits ' . ' According to Woodward , the deluge was occasioned ...
... rocks of the earth , are melted as wax before the Sun , and their place is no where found ; all have vanished and dropped away , like the snow that once rested upon their sum- mits ' . ' According to Woodward , the deluge was occasioned ...
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... a block of glass or melted matter . In the act of cool- ing , it became furrowed , and variously irregular . The vitrescent matter of which the rock of the globe is composed , and all the nuclei of mountains , xiv INTRODUCTION .
... a block of glass or melted matter . In the act of cool- ing , it became furrowed , and variously irregular . The vitrescent matter of which the rock of the globe is composed , and all the nuclei of mountains , xiv INTRODUCTION .
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... rocks and strata which now present them- selves as its exterior crust . From some unexplained cause , this fluid began first to deposit those bodies which it held in chemical solution , and thus a variety of crystallized rocks are ...
... rocks and strata which now present them- selves as its exterior crust . From some unexplained cause , this fluid began first to deposit those bodies which it held in chemical solution , and thus a variety of crystallized rocks are ...
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... rocks . Such is Werner's account of the production of rocks , which he arranges under the terms primary , transi- tion , secondary , alluvial , subordinate , and volcanic formations . Dr. HUTTON gives a very different account of the ...
... rocks . Such is Werner's account of the production of rocks , which he arranges under the terms primary , transi- tion , secondary , alluvial , subordinate , and volcanic formations . Dr. HUTTON gives a very different account of the ...
Strona xix
... rocks of Werner were de- posited at the bottom of the ocean , in consequence of operations similar to those which are now active , and the primary rocks were formed beneath them by the operation of subterraneous fires : their ...
... rocks of Werner were de- posited at the bottom of the ocean , in consequence of operations similar to those which are now active , and the primary rocks were formed beneath them by the operation of subterraneous fires : their ...
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