The Wonders of Geology: Or, A Familiar Exposition of Geological Phenomena, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1866 |
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... heat , for there is no conceivable mode of aqueous deposition that could form * In the middle of the horizontal Silurian rocks of the State of New York , there is a formation of red , green , and bluish - grey marls , with beds of ...
... heat , for there is no conceivable mode of aqueous deposition that could form * In the middle of the horizontal Silurian rocks of the State of New York , there is a formation of red , green , and bluish - grey marls , with beds of ...
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... heat , the susceptibility of the muscles to nervous influence , and even the nature of the skin , are de- pendent on respiration , the temperature of Reptiles is low , and their muscular powers are , on the whole , very inferior to ...
... heat , the susceptibility of the muscles to nervous influence , and even the nature of the skin , are de- pendent on respiration , the temperature of Reptiles is low , and their muscular powers are , on the whole , very inferior to ...
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... heat of the sun . We are led from the mobility of fluids to expect great changes in the relative positions of their molecules , which must be in perpetual motion even in the stillest water or calmest air ; but we were not prepared to ...
... heat of the sun . We are led from the mobility of fluids to expect great changes in the relative positions of their molecules , which must be in perpetual motion even in the stillest water or calmest air ; but we were not prepared to ...
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... heat ; but it could not have been anticipated that their relative positions could be so entirely changed as to alter their mode of aggregation . It follows from the low temperature at which these changes are effected , that there is ...
... heat ; but it could not have been anticipated that their relative positions could be so entirely changed as to alter their mode of aggregation . It follows from the low temperature at which these changes are effected , that there is ...
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... heat of the sun , and the polype shrivelled up from the absence of moisture during the ebb of the tide , he would seek in vain for those charac- ters which would assign the one to the vegetable , and the other to the animal kingdom . 4 ...
... heat of the sun , and the polype shrivelled up from the absence of moisture during the ebb of the tide , he would seek in vain for those charac- ters which would assign the one to the vegetable , and the other to the animal kingdom . 4 ...
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