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... greater the interest excited and the in- genuity required for their interpretation . And surely if men take an interest in the history of their own race in the mounds and barrows , the tombs and pyramids , the towers and temples of ...
... greater the interest excited and the in- genuity required for their interpretation . And surely if men take an interest in the history of their own race in the mounds and barrows , the tombs and pyramids , the towers and temples of ...
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... greater or less rapidity ; whether recent , like those of Spitzbergen and Greenland , or ancient , like those of our own country - they all belong to the same class of phenomena , and are evidently the result of some great but unknown ...
... greater or less rapidity ; whether recent , like those of Spitzbergen and Greenland , or ancient , like those of our own country - they all belong to the same class of phenomena , and are evidently the result of some great but unknown ...
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... greater intensity during the earlier geological periods ? Locally we may perceive that it has ceased in some areas , and in others seems gradually declining ; but at the same time we behold it breaking forth in new areas , and on a ...
... greater intensity during the earlier geological periods ? Locally we may perceive that it has ceased in some areas , and in others seems gradually declining ; but at the same time we behold it breaking forth in new areas , and on a ...
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... greater in- tensity - fitful to all appearance , but obeying , we may rest assured , some fixed and determinable law , could we only grasp the multifarious conditions associated with its expres- * In reflecting on man's impotency in ...
... greater in- tensity - fitful to all appearance , but obeying , we may rest assured , some fixed and determinable law , could we only grasp the multifarious conditions associated with its expres- * In reflecting on man's impotency in ...
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... greater uniformity and effect . In the earth's crust , therefore , wherever chemical transformations take place , or heat is induced by chemical actions , mechanical pressure will act with increased efficiency ; and as these are almost ...
... greater uniformity and effect . In the earth's crust , therefore , wherever chemical transformations take place , or heat is induced by chemical actions , mechanical pressure will act with increased efficiency ; and as these are almost ...
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accumulations ages America ancient antiquity areas arrangement aspects beds bituminous calcareous Cambrian Carboniferous Chalk changes chemical chiefly clays climate coal coal-fields course Cretaceous Crown 8vo crustacea crystalline debris decay deposits distribution of sea drifted dry land earth's crust eocene estuaries Europe existing extinct feet fishes flora and fauna formations forms fossils Geography geologists geology glacial epoch glacier globe gradually gravel heat higher igneous incessant ironstones islands lakes latitudes Laurentian lava less lignites limestones lower mammals masses matter MESOZOIC metamorphism mineral miocene nature newer numerous occur ocean Old Red Sandstone older Oolite operations organic PALEOZOIC partly period physical plants and animals pliocene portion present recent regions reptiles rivers rock-matter rocks rocky sand schists sea and land secondary sediments shales shell-fish shells silts Silurian Sketch soil species stage stone strata stratified surface terrestrial tertiary thickness tion Triassic variety vegetable veins vital volcano vulcanic zoophytes
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