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Page 47
... reconstruct new ones from the bed of the ocean , and this by degrees , and over and over again , according to the course of Time , which is illimitable and beyond all computation . He will also have perceived EQUILIBRIUM MAINTAINED . 47.
... reconstruct new ones from the bed of the ocean , and this by degrees , and over and over again , according to the course of Time , which is illimitable and beyond all computation . He will also have perceived EQUILIBRIUM MAINTAINED . 47.
Page 56
... bed uplifted into dry land , and the dry land submerged beneath the waters . The phenomena that accompany earthquake con- vulsions are extremely varied . Occasionally they are preced- ed by an unusual stillness and sultriness of the ...
... bed uplifted into dry land , and the dry land submerged beneath the waters . The phenomena that accompany earthquake con- vulsions are extremely varied . Occasionally they are preced- ed by an unusual stillness and sultriness of the ...
Page 71
... bed of peat , for example , may be solidified by compression , but during its chemical passage into coal it undergoes a process of softening and bituminisation which enables mere pressure to act with greater uniformity and effect . In ...
... bed of peat , for example , may be solidified by compression , but during its chemical passage into coal it undergoes a process of softening and bituminisation which enables mere pressure to act with greater uniformity and effect . In ...
Page 90
... bed is a similar foraminiferal accumulation ; so is the nummulitic limestone which stretches eastward in a great zone through Europe and Asia ; so also is a large proportion of the chalk- hills of England ; and so backward in time ...
... bed is a similar foraminiferal accumulation ; so is the nummulitic limestone which stretches eastward in a great zone through Europe and Asia ; so also is a large proportion of the chalk- hills of England ; and so backward in time ...
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... beds , micaceous flag- stones , gritty sandstones , and limestones more or less crys- talline , may be taken as the normal aggregate . When we turn to the fossils of the system we find them also more numerous and intelligible than those ...
... beds , micaceous flag- stones , gritty sandstones , and limestones more or less crys- talline , may be taken as the normal aggregate . When we turn to the fossils of the system we find them also more numerous and intelligible than those ...
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