A New System of Geology, in which the Great Revolutions of the Earth and Animated Nature, are Reconciled at Once to Modern Science and Sacred HistoryLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1829 - 621 |
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... feet , the product 26250 feet will represent the height of a homogeneous atmosphere , supposed of equal density above and below . Constitution of a dry atmosphere and of one mixed with vapour,
... feet , the product 26250 feet will represent the height of a homogeneous atmosphere , supposed of equal density above and below . Constitution of a dry atmosphere and of one mixed with vapour,
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... feet high ; but in the actual predicament of an atmosphere condensed in the upper regions by cold , the equipoising mercurial column would fall to about 19 inches at the same elevation . If the surface of the earth acquire a higher ...
... feet high ; but in the actual predicament of an atmosphere condensed in the upper regions by cold , the equipoising mercurial column would fall to about 19 inches at the same elevation . If the surface of the earth acquire a higher ...
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... feet , its force would be one - tenth of an inch , cor- responding to a constituent temperature of 15 ° F .; supposing no atmospheric air to exist . An increase of warmth upon the earth would give a higher con- stituent point for the ...
... feet , its force would be one - tenth of an inch , cor- responding to a constituent temperature of 15 ° F .; supposing no atmospheric air to exist . An increase of warmth upon the earth would give a higher con- stituent point for the ...
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... feet , the quantity is scarcely appreciable . Therefore the mean pressure , diffused through 45000 feet , would be reduced to about one - fifth of an inch , which would raise the barometer only from 30 inches to 30.2 in the atmosphere ...
... feet , the quantity is scarcely appreciable . Therefore the mean pressure , diffused through 45000 feet , would be reduced to about one - fifth of an inch , which would raise the barometer only from 30 inches to 30.2 in the atmosphere ...
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... feet high , along the edge of a nearly vertical escarpment , to trace the junction line of limestone reposing on an upheaved wall of granite . The phenomenon is truly of the eruptive class . The granite has pushed itself through the ...
... feet high , along the edge of a nearly vertical escarpment , to trace the junction line of limestone reposing on an upheaved wall of granite . The phenomenon is truly of the eruptive class . The granite has pushed itself through the ...
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