Collected Works of Charles Kingsley: Scientific lectures and essaysMacmillan and Company, 1893 |
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... rocks than those " New Red Sandstones " of which this book treats ; and that the coal measures of Scotland , with the volcanic rocks which have disturbed them , are often very different in appearance to the English coal measures . But ...
... rocks than those " New Red Sandstones " of which this book treats ; and that the coal measures of Scotland , with the volcanic rocks which have disturbed them , are often very different in appearance to the English coal measures . But ...
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Charles Kingsley. the relative age of rocks by the fossils found in them , which he can now , happily , study in many local museums ; and he may be certain , for the rest , that all rocks and soils whatsoever which he may meet have been ...
Charles Kingsley. the relative age of rocks by the fossils found in them , which he can now , happily , study in many local museums ; and he may be certain , for the rest , that all rocks and soils whatsoever which he may meet have been ...
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... rock still in the process of consolidation , has it escaped from God , even in the bowels of the earth ? Is it not there still obeying physical laws , of pressure , heat , crystallisation , and so forth , which are laws of God- the will ...
... rock still in the process of consolidation , has it escaped from God , even in the bowels of the earth ? Is it not there still obeying physical laws , of pressure , heat , crystallisation , and so forth , which are laws of God- the will ...
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... rocks , should be explained , if possible , by the changes which are taking place now in the most recent deposits in the soil of the field . And in the last forty years - since that great and sound idea has become rooted in the minds of ...
... rocks , should be explained , if possible , by the changes which are taking place now in the most recent deposits in the soil of the field . And in the last forty years - since that great and sound idea has become rooted in the minds of ...
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... rock or earth - or indeed two stones in the street , or two sheets on a bed , or two books on a table -any two or more lifeless things , in fact , lie one on the other , then the lower one was most probably put there first , and the ...
... rock or earth - or indeed two stones in the street , or two sheets on a bed , or two books on a table -any two or more lifeless things , in fact , lie one on the other , then the lower one was most probably put there first , and the ...
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