The Subterranean WorldLongmans, Green, and Company, 1871 - 522 páginas |
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... existence in earthquakes and volcanic explosions . There , in successive strata , repose the remains of extinct animals and plants . There many a wonderful cavern may be seen , with its fantastic stalactites , its rushing waters , and ...
... existence in earthquakes and volcanic explosions . There , in successive strata , repose the remains of extinct animals and plants . There many a wonderful cavern may be seen , with its fantastic stalactites , its rushing waters , and ...
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... existence to the disintegration of pre - existing mountain masses -- we can form at least a faint notion of the enormous time which the whole system required for its completion . Had the levelling power of water never met with an antago ...
... existence to the disintegration of pre - existing mountain masses -- we can form at least a faint notion of the enormous time which the whole system required for its completion . Had the levelling power of water never met with an antago ...
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... existence of the world of tiny beings which served them for their nour- ishment and have been utterly swept away . If we consider that the number of all the known species of fossil plants hardly amounts to 3,000 , while the Flora of the ...
... existence of the world of tiny beings which served them for their nour- ishment and have been utterly swept away . If we consider that the number of all the known species of fossil plants hardly amounts to 3,000 , while the Flora of the ...
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... existence . Its massive skeletons , composed of innumerable cells , would seem to have extended themselves over submarine rocks , their base upwards of twelve inches in width and their thickness from four to six inches . Such is the ...
... existence . Its massive skeletons , composed of innumerable cells , would seem to have extended themselves over submarine rocks , their base upwards of twelve inches in width and their thickness from four to six inches . Such is the ...
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... existence of the mammals to a very remote period , belong to small marsupial , or opossum - like , animals . The jaws , which are the principal parts preserved , are exceedingly minute , and re- markable for the number and distribution ...
... existence of the mammals to a very remote period , belong to small marsupial , or opossum - like , animals . The jaws , which are the principal parts preserved , are exceedingly minute , and re- markable for the number and distribution ...
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