The Subterranean WorldLongmans, Green, and Company, 1871 - 522 páginas |
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... thousand feet thick , and that each of these enormous sedimentary formations owes its 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 ...
... thousand feet thick , and that each of these enormous sedimentary formations owes its 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 ...
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... thousands of feet above the ocean . But subterranean fire , and its assistant , steam , have not only produced vast mechanical changes ; they have also been the frequent causes of great chymical metamorphoses in the rocks subjected to ...
... thousands of feet above the ocean . But subterranean fire , and its assistant , steam , have not only produced vast mechanical changes ; they have also been the frequent causes of great chymical metamorphoses in the rocks subjected to ...
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... thousands of slaves , has been unable to preserve his remains from spoliation even for the short space of a few thousand years , and here a vile reptile has been safely imbedded in a sarcophagus of iron ore during the vast period of ...
... thousands of slaves , has been unable to preserve his remains from spoliation even for the short space of a few thousand years , and here a vile reptile has been safely imbedded in a sarcophagus of iron ore during the vast period of ...
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... thousand feet above the level of the sea , bears witness to the vast terrestrial changes that have taken place since it was first piled up by the growth of countless zoophytes . SIPHONIA COSTATA - FOSSIL SPONGE ( GREEN SAND , WARMINSTER ) ...
... thousand feet above the level of the sea , bears witness to the vast terrestrial changes that have taken place since it was first piled up by the growth of countless zoophytes . SIPHONIA COSTATA - FOSSIL SPONGE ( GREEN SAND , WARMINSTER ) ...
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... thousand feet limit his efforts to pierce the earth's crust ; and should he be cast out into the sea , he is soon drowned . But beyond the limits to which his body is confined , his mind soars into space , and plunging into the unknown ...
... thousand feet limit his efforts to pierce the earth's crust ; and should he be cast out into the sea , he is soon drowned . But beyond the limits to which his body is confined , his mind soars into space , and plunging into the unknown ...
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