The Subterranean WorldLongmans, Green, and Company, 1871 - 522 páginas |
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... CONTAINING REMAINS OF EXTINCT ANIMALS . The Cave Hyena and the Cave Bear - The Cavern of Kirkdale - The Moa Caves in New Zealand - Various Species of Moas - Their enormous size 213 CHAPTER XX . SUBTERRANEAN RELICS OF PREHISTORIC MAN ...
... CONTAINING REMAINS OF EXTINCT ANIMALS . The Cave Hyena and the Cave Bear - The Cavern of Kirkdale - The Moa Caves in New Zealand - Various Species of Moas - Their enormous size 213 CHAPTER XX . SUBTERRANEAN RELICS OF PREHISTORIC MAN ...
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... contain a vast number of animal remains . From the reptiles and fishes down to the corals and sponges , many new families , genera , and species crowd upon the scene , while many of the previously flourishing races have either entirely ...
... contain a vast number of animal remains . From the reptiles and fishes down to the corals and sponges , many new families , genera , and species crowd upon the scene , while many of the previously flourishing races have either entirely ...
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... containing it , until it finds a vent on either side and at a higher level . Owing to this increase , the resistance opposed by the overlying rocks in that quarter may be sooner or later overcome , and their elevation brought about ...
... containing it , until it finds a vent on either side and at a higher level . Owing to this increase , the resistance opposed by the overlying rocks in that quarter may be sooner or later overcome , and their elevation brought about ...
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... contained , the simple hydrostatic law which regulates its level remains unmodified . Let the tube be circular , elliptic , or square , with a single orifice or with many - let it be open or choked with pebbles or permeable sand - in ...
... contained , the simple hydrostatic law which regulates its level remains unmodified . Let the tube be circular , elliptic , or square , with a single orifice or with many - let it be open or choked with pebbles or permeable sand - in ...
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... contain either a larger quantity or so peculiar a combination of mineral substances as to acquire medicinal virtues of the highest order . The geological phenomena which favour the production of thermal springs are extremely interesting ...
... contain either a larger quantity or so peculiar a combination of mineral substances as to acquire medicinal virtues of the highest order . The geological phenomena which favour the production of thermal springs are extremely interesting ...
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