The Old Red Sandstone: Or, New Walks in an Old FieldGould and Lincoln, 1851 - 264 páginas |
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... hills . It is unques- tionably no slight advantage to be placed , at that early stage of life , when the mind collects its facts with greatest avidity , and the curiosity is most active , in localities where there is much to attract ...
... hills . It is unques- tionably no slight advantage to be placed , at that early stage of life , when the mind collects its facts with greatest avidity , and the curiosity is most active , in localities where there is much to attract ...
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... Hills on the western Coast of Ross - shire . The System of great Depth in the North of Scotland . — Difficulties in the Way of estimating the Thickness of Deposits . - Peculiar Formation of Hill . Illustrated by Ben Nevis . - Caution to ...
... Hills on the western Coast of Ross - shire . The System of great Depth in the North of Scotland . — Difficulties in the Way of estimating the Thickness of Deposits . - Peculiar Formation of Hill . Illustrated by Ben Nevis . - Caution to ...
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... hills ; all above was white , and all below was purple . They reminded me of the pretty French story , in which an old artist is de- scribed as tasking the ingenuity of his future son - in - law , by giving him , as a subject for his ...
... hills ; all above was white , and all below was purple . They reminded me of the pretty French story , in which an old artist is de- scribed as tasking the ingenuity of his future son - in - law , by giving him , as a subject for his ...
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... Hills on the Western Coast of Ross - shire . - The System of Great Depth in the North of Scotland . Difficulties in the way of estimating the Thickness of Deposits . — Peculiar Forma- tion of Hill . - Illustrated by Ben Nevis.- Caution ...
... Hills on the Western Coast of Ross - shire . - The System of Great Depth in the North of Scotland . Difficulties in the way of estimating the Thickness of Deposits . — Peculiar Forma- tion of Hill . - Illustrated by Ben Nevis.- Caution ...
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... Hills and valley of Strathmore . A large belt of this formation skirts the northern borders of the Gram- pians , from the seacoast at Stonehaven and the Frith of Tay to the opposite western coast of the Frith of Clyde . In Forfarshire ...
... Hills and valley of Strathmore . A large belt of this formation skirts the northern borders of the Gram- pians , from the seacoast at Stonehaven and the Frith of Tay to the opposite western coast of the Frith of Clyde . In Forfarshire ...
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