Collected Works of Charles Kingsley: Scientific lectures and essaysMacmillan and Company, 1893 |
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... sands and stones . They are laid down on each other , and not thrust under each other , because thus less force is expended in getting them into place . There are exceptions . There are cases in which nature does try to thrust one rock ...
... sands and stones . They are laid down on each other , and not thrust under each other , because thus less force is expended in getting them into place . There are exceptions . There are cases in which nature does try to thrust one rock ...
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... sand . Would not common sense tell you that the sand was there first , and that the water had laid down the mud on the top of it ? Then , perhaps , they might come to a layer of dead leaves . Would not common sense tell you that the ...
... sand . Would not common sense tell you that the sand was there first , and that the water had laid down the mud on the top of it ? Then , perhaps , they might come to a layer of dead leaves . Would not common sense tell you that the ...
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... sand . The river , helped by tributary brooks right and left , has brought down from the inland that enormous mass . You know that . You know that every flood and freshet brings a fresh load , either of fine mud or of fine sand , or ...
... sand . The river , helped by tributary brooks right and left , has brought down from the inland that enormous mass . You know that . You know that every flood and freshet brings a fresh load , either of fine mud or of fine sand , or ...
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... 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 yourself : Perhaps the sands which cover so many inland ...
... 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 yourself : Perhaps the sands which cover so many inland ...
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... sand hills , perhaps a bed of earth with shells and bones ; under that a bed of peat ; under that one of blue silt ; under that a buried forest , with the trees upright and rooted ; under that another layer of blue silt full of roots ...
... sand hills , perhaps a bed of earth with shells and bones ; under that a bed of peat ; under that one of blue silt ; under that a buried forest , with the trees upright and rooted ; under that another layer of blue silt full of roots ...
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