The Subterranean WorldLongmans, Green, and Company, 1871 - 522 páginas |
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... century the Swedish naturalist Celsius collected numerous observations , all pointing to the fact of a slow elevation of the land . Rocks both on the shore of the Baltic and the German Ocean , known to have been once sunken reefs , were ...
... century the Swedish naturalist Celsius collected numerous observations , all pointing to the fact of a slow elevation of the land . Rocks both on the shore of the Baltic and the German Ocean , known to have been once sunken reefs , were ...
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... century after century . The mound of the Geysir bears witness to its immense antiquity , as its water contains but a minute portion of silica . ' * The explanation of these wonderful phenomena has exer- cised the ingenuity of many ...
... century after century . The mound of the Geysir bears witness to its immense antiquity , as its water contains but a minute portion of silica . ' * The explanation of these wonderful phenomena has exer- cised the ingenuity of many ...
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... century , springs of water were arti- ficially obtained by perforating the soil to a certain depth in places where no indication of springs existed at the surface . The barbarous inhabitants of the Sahara seem , however , to have long ...
... century , springs of water were arti- ficially obtained by perforating the soil to a certain depth in places where no indication of springs existed at the surface . The barbarous inhabitants of the Sahara seem , however , to have long ...
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... centuries they have exhibited no signs of combustion - active , when , either perpetually or from time to time , eruptions or exhalations of lava , scoriæ , or gases take place from their summits , or from vents in their sides . Their ...
... centuries they have exhibited no signs of combustion - active , when , either perpetually or from time to time , eruptions or exhalations of lava , scoriæ , or gases take place from their summits , or from vents in their sides . Their ...
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... centuries elapsed between this last explosion and the one which preceded it . Since the begin- ning of the fourteenth century Vesuvius also enjoyed a long rest of nearly three hundred years . During this time the crater got covered with ...
... centuries elapsed between this last explosion and the one which preceded it . Since the begin- ning of the fourteenth century Vesuvius also enjoyed a long rest of nearly three hundred years . During this time the crater got covered with ...
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