A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1860 |
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... weight , and the weights of bodies at equal distances from the centre are always proportional to the quantities of solid matter they contain . This attractive force of the earth is found not to act equally on bodies at all distances ...
... weight , and the weights of bodies at equal distances from the centre are always proportional to the quantities of solid matter they contain . This attractive force of the earth is found not to act equally on bodies at all distances ...
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... weight : those parts of the earth which are heaviest sink into the subjacent fluid more deeply , and become valleys : those that are lighter rise higher upon the earth's surface , and are called mountains . Such was the face of nature ...
... weight : those parts of the earth which are heaviest sink into the subjacent fluid more deeply , and become valleys : those that are lighter rise higher upon the earth's surface , and are called mountains . Such was the face of nature ...
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... weight by considering , that in those parts of the earth where the power of the ocean is greatest , the inequalities on the sur- face of the earth are highest . The ocean's power is greatest at the equator , where its winds and tides ...
... weight by considering , that in those parts of the earth where the power of the ocean is greatest , the inequalities on the sur- face of the earth are highest . The ocean's power is greatest at the equator , where its winds and tides ...
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... weight of the masses being increased by the great quantity of absorbed water , or by the dimin- ished cohesion of ... weight to many tous floated by rivers during thaw - floods , and these frequent- ly break up the banks of the rivers ...
... weight of the masses being increased by the great quantity of absorbed water , or by the dimin- ished cohesion of ... weight to many tous floated by rivers during thaw - floods , and these frequent- ly break up the banks of the rivers ...
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... weight with their fellow shells upon shore . They answered all the chemical trials in the same manner as sea- shells do . Their parts , when dissolved , had the same appearance to view , the same smell and taste . They had the same ...
... weight with their fellow shells upon shore . They answered all the chemical trials in the same manner as sea- shells do . Their parts , when dissolved , had the same appearance to view , the same smell and taste . They had the same ...
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