The Subterranean WorldLongmans, Green, and Company, 1871 - 522 páginas |
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... once attained . Below these limits the warmth of the earth gradually increases a fact placed beyond all doubt by the innumerable observations that have been made in mines , and during the boring of Artesian wells . For wherever sinkings ...
... once attained . Below these limits the warmth of the earth gradually increases a fact placed beyond all doubt by the innumerable observations that have been made in mines , and during the boring of Artesian wells . For wherever sinkings ...
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... once enjoyed life at the bottom of the Liassic Sea . In strata of a more modern date , we find , on the banks of the river Senegal , far inland , large deposits of the Arca senilis , a mollusc still living on the neighbouring coast . On ...
... once enjoyed life at the bottom of the Liassic Sea . In strata of a more modern date , we find , on the banks of the river Senegal , far inland , large deposits of the Arca senilis , a mollusc still living on the neighbouring coast . On ...
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... once sunken reefs , were in his time above water ; small islands in the Gulf of Bothnia had been joined to the continent , and old fishing grounds deserted , as being too shallow or entirely dried up . These changes of level , which he ...
... once sunken reefs , were in his time above water ; small islands in the Gulf of Bothnia had been joined to the continent , and old fishing grounds deserted , as being too shallow or entirely dried up . These changes of level , which he ...
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... once been directed to the partial upheaval of the Scandinavian peninsula , similar facts were soon pointed out in other countries . At Bourg- neuf , near La Rochelle , the remains of a ship wrecked on an oyster bank in the year 1752 ...
... once been directed to the partial upheaval of the Scandinavian peninsula , similar facts were soon pointed out in other countries . At Bourg- neuf , near La Rochelle , the remains of a ship wrecked on an oyster bank in the year 1752 ...
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... once been accu- rately determined , enables the geologist to explain many facts for which , before it became known , it was impossible to account . We now need not wonder at seeing sea - shells imbedded in the highest mountains or ...
... once been accu- rately determined , enables the geologist to explain many facts for which , before it became known , it was impossible to account . We now need not wonder at seeing sea - shells imbedded in the highest mountains or ...
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