Sketches of Creation: A Popular View of Some of the Grand Conclusions of the Sciences in Reference to the History of Matter and of Life. Together with a Statement of the Intimations of Science Respecting the Primordial Condition and the Ultimate Destiny of the Earth and the Solar SystemHarper & brothers, 1870 - 459 páginas |
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... miles from salt water , and as many feet above the level of the sea . Perhaps , then , they are the dead and petrified shells of some fresh- water molluscs , like mussels . This can not be , because the resemblance is not sufficiently ...
... miles from salt water , and as many feet above the level of the sea . Perhaps , then , they are the dead and petrified shells of some fresh- water molluscs , like mussels . This can not be , because the resemblance is not sufficiently ...
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... miles containing marine shells and plants recently elevated from the sea . One hundred and fifty miles east of here , the shore is experiencing another subsidence . The north side of Nova Scotia is sinking , while the south is rising ...
... miles containing marine shells and plants recently elevated from the sea . One hundred and fifty miles east of here , the shore is experiencing another subsidence . The north side of Nova Scotia is sinking , while the south is rising ...
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... miles north of the island of Unalaska , and added another member to the group , which has continued to grow in size till recent times . As might be expected , the records of continental oscilla- tions are not confined to sea - coast ...
... miles north of the island of Unalaska , and added another member to the group , which has continued to grow in size till recent times . As might be expected , the records of continental oscilla- tions are not confined to sea - coast ...
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... miles in thickness in that brief period ? Such a conclusion is contradicted by all our observations , instead of being sus- tained by them . These stratified rocks cover nineteen twentieths of the earth's surface ; and the material for ...
... miles in thickness in that brief period ? Such a conclusion is contradicted by all our observations , instead of being sus- tained by them . These stratified rocks cover nineteen twentieths of the earth's surface ; and the material for ...
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... mile a day ? Consider , also , the myriads of organic remains entombed in these sediments . Their number is fifteen ... miles of aquatic forms . And , lastly , it will be noted that four fifths , at least , of the fossil species are now ...
... mile a day ? Consider , also , the myriads of organic remains entombed in these sediments . Their number is fifteen ... miles of aquatic forms . And , lastly , it will be noted that four fifths , at least , of the fossil species are now ...
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