The Subterranean WorldLongmans, Green, and Company, 1871 - 522 páginas |
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... thickness of the stratified rocks of aqueous origin which , superposed one above the other in successive layers , constitute by far the greater part of the earth - rind . Our knowledge of these sedimentary formations is indeed as yet ...
... thickness of the stratified rocks of aqueous origin which , superposed one above the other in successive layers , constitute by far the greater part of the earth - rind . Our knowledge of these sedimentary formations is indeed as yet ...
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... thickness of 30,000 feet ; that many of the numerous sub- divisions of the Triassic or Oolitic group are 600 , 800 , or even several thousand feet thick , and that each of these enormous sedimentary formations owes its existence to the ...
... thickness of 30,000 feet ; that many of the numerous sub- divisions of the Triassic or Oolitic group are 600 , 800 , or even several thousand feet thick , and that each of these enormous sedimentary formations owes its existence to the ...
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... thickness from four to six inches . Such is the antiquity of the Eozoon that the distance of time which separated it from the Trilobites of the Cambrian formation may be equal to the vast period which elapsed between these and the Ter ...
... thickness from four to six inches . Such is the antiquity of the Eozoon that the distance of time which separated it from the Trilobites of the Cambrian formation may be equal to the vast period which elapsed between these and the Ter ...
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... size . The general proportions both of the Megatherium and Mylodon resembled those of the ele- phant , the body being relatively as large , the legs shorter THE MEGATHERIUM . 25 and thicker , and the neck 24 THE SUBTERRANEAN , WORLD .
... size . The general proportions both of the Megatherium and Mylodon resembled those of the ele- phant , the body being relatively as large , the legs shorter THE MEGATHERIUM . 25 and thicker , and the neck 24 THE SUBTERRANEAN , WORLD .
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Georg Hartwig. THE MEGATHERIUM . 25 and thicker , and the neck very little longer . The Mega- therium may have had a ... thick heavy tessellated bony. left , in such an embrace , could long withstand the efforts of its ponderous assailant ...
Georg Hartwig. THE MEGATHERIUM . 25 and thicker , and the neck very little longer . The Mega- therium may have had a ... thick heavy tessellated bony. left , in such an embrace , could long withstand the efforts of its ponderous assailant ...
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