Collected Works of Charles Kingsley: Scientific lectures and essaysMacmillan and Company, 1893 |
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... PEBBLES IN THE STREET III . THE STONES IN THE WALL IV . THE COAL IN THE FIRE . PAGB 3 29 • • 47 70 89 V. THE LIME IN THE MORTAR 111 · VI . THE SLATES ON THE ROOF " 126 ON BIO - GEOLOGY THE STUDY OF NATURAL HISTORY 257157 155 181 ...
... PEBBLES IN THE STREET III . THE STONES IN THE WALL IV . THE COAL IN THE FIRE . PAGB 3 29 • • 47 70 89 V. THE LIME IN THE MORTAR 111 · VI . THE SLATES ON THE ROOF " 126 ON BIO - GEOLOGY THE STUDY OF NATURAL HISTORY 257157 155 181 ...
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... pebbles the moment it enters the pond , and then the sand in a fan - shaped heap at the nearest end ; but carries the fine mud on , and holds it suspended , to be gradually deposited at the bottom in the still water ; and say to ...
... pebbles the moment it enters the pond , and then the sand in a fan - shaped heap at the nearest end ; but carries the fine mud on , and holds it suspended , to be gradually deposited at the bottom in the still water ; and say to ...
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... pebbles in the street . Meanwhile I wish you to face fairly the truly grand idea , which all I have said tends to prove true — that all the soil we see is made by the destruction of older soils , whether soft as clay , or hard as rock ...
... pebbles in the street . Meanwhile I wish you to face fairly the truly grand idea , which all I have said tends to prove true — that all the soil we see is made by the destruction of older soils , whether soft as clay , or hard as rock ...
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... more where there is a sea , or a tidal ęstuary , there is geology enough to be learnt , to explain the greater part of the making of all the continents on the globe . II . THE PEBBLES IN THE STREET . IF you 46 [ 1 . TOWN GEOLOGY .
... more where there is a sea , or a tidal ęstuary , there is geology enough to be learnt , to explain the greater part of the making of all the continents on the globe . II . THE PEBBLES IN THE STREET . IF you 46 [ 1 . TOWN GEOLOGY .
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... pebbles , but fewer and smaller as you go south . It matters not what the rocks and soils of the country round may be . However much they may differ , these pebbles will be , on the whole , the same everywhere . But if your town be ...
... pebbles , but fewer and smaller as you go south . It matters not what the rocks and soils of the country round may be . However much they may differ , these pebbles will be , on the whole , the same everywhere . But if your town be ...
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