The Subterranean WorldLongmans, Green, and Company, 1871 - 522 páginas |
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... Coal Mines - Life in a Mine - Occurrence of Ores - Extent and Depth of Metallic Veins - Mines frequently discovered by Chance - The Divining Rod - Experi- -- mental Borings - Stirring Emotions during their Progress -
... Coal Mines - Life in a Mine - Occurrence of Ores - Extent and Depth of Metallic Veins - Mines frequently discovered by Chance - The Divining Rod - Experi- -- mental Borings - Stirring Emotions during their Progress -
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... frequently alternating on the same spot with long periods of rest . The greater part of the actual dry land has been deep sea , and then again land and ocean many times in succession ; and doubtless the actual sea bottom would exhibit ...
... frequently alternating on the same spot with long periods of rest . The greater part of the actual dry land has been deep sea , and then again land and ocean many times in succession ; and doubtless the actual sea bottom would exhibit ...
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... frequently broken the chain of created beings ; but a gradual progress from related to related forms , a continuous development from lower to more highly organised species , genera , orders , and classes , has from the beginning been ...
... frequently broken the chain of created beings ; but a gradual progress from related to related forms , a continuous development from lower to more highly organised species , genera , orders , and classes , has from the beginning been ...
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... frequently shapeless masses ; but a large number are cup - shaped , with a central tubular cavity , lined , as well as the outer surface , with pores more or less regularly arranged . The Crinoids , or Sea - lilies , now almost entirely ...
... frequently shapeless masses ; but a large number are cup - shaped , with a central tubular cavity , lined , as well as the outer surface , with pores more or less regularly arranged . The Crinoids , or Sea - lilies , now almost entirely ...
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... frequently attached to the drift wood of the Liassic sea , like the floating barnacles of the present day . In the still more recent Chalk group is found a re- markable form of star - fish , the Marsupites ornatus , which resembles in ...
... frequently attached to the drift wood of the Liassic sea , like the floating barnacles of the present day . In the still more recent Chalk group is found a re- markable form of star - fish , the Marsupites ornatus , which resembles in ...
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