Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... strata and with the chronometrical annals of the upheaval of continents and mountains ; that it has appeared most appropriate to me , on account of the connection of great and widely diffused phe- nomena , to avoid establishing the ...
... strata and with the chronometrical annals of the upheaval of continents and mountains ; that it has appeared most appropriate to me , on account of the connection of great and widely diffused phe- nomena , to avoid establishing the ...
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... strata of the earth ) does not determine the form of our planet with the same exactitude as the measurement of a degree , or the movements of our satellite . The concentric , elliptical , and individually homo- geneous strata , which ...
... strata of the earth ) does not determine the form of our planet with the same exactitude as the measurement of a degree , or the movements of our satellite . The concentric , elliptical , and individually homo- geneous strata , which ...
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... strata , having a very uniform and low degree of den- sity , might by differences in the results of pendulum vibrations , yield very decisive conclusions in reference to the local constitution of the deep internal strata of the earth ...
... strata , having a very uniform and low degree of den- sity , might by differences in the results of pendulum vibrations , yield very decisive conclusions in reference to the local constitution of the deep internal strata of the earth ...
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... strata which constitute the visible continental part of our earth's surface ( the plutonic and volcanic upheavals being scattered in the form of islands over a small area of space ) , the solid portion of the upper part of the earth's ...
... strata which constitute the visible continental part of our earth's surface ( the plutonic and volcanic upheavals being scattered in the form of islands over a small area of space ) , the solid portion of the upper part of the earth's ...
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... strata 1.83 , which differs but slightly from the total density of 1.5 or 1.6 of the earth's crust . The vertical pendulum , no less than the horizontal torsion balance , may certainly be designated as a geognostic instrument ; but the ...
... strata 1.83 , which differs but slightly from the total density of 1.5 or 1.6 of the earth's crust . The vertical pendulum , no less than the horizontal torsion balance , may certainly be designated as a geognostic instrument ; but the ...
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