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Charles Kingsley. First Edition , 1830 . Reprinted , 1885 , 1889 , 1893 . CONTENTS . TOWN GEOLOGY - PREFACE . I. THE SOIL.
Charles Kingsley. First Edition , 1830 . Reprinted , 1885 , 1889 , 1893 . CONTENTS . TOWN GEOLOGY - PREFACE . I. THE SOIL.
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Charles Kingsley. CONTENTS . TOWN GEOLOGY - PREFACE . I. THE SOIL OF THE FIELD • II . THE 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 ...
Charles Kingsley. CONTENTS . TOWN GEOLOGY - PREFACE . I. THE SOIL OF THE FIELD • II . THE 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 ...
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... soils of his own neighbour- hood . He will find , it is true , in these pages , little or nothing about those " Old Red Sandstones , " so interesting to a Scotchman ; and he will have to bear in mind , if he belong to the coal districts ...
... soils of his own neighbour- hood . He will find , it is true , in these pages , little or nothing about those " Old Red Sandstones , " so interesting to a Scotchman ; and he will have to bear in mind , if he belong to the coal districts ...
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... soils whatsoever which he may meet have been laid down by the agents , and according to the laws , which I have tried to set forth in this book ; and these only require , for the learning of them , the exercise of his own observation ...
... soils whatsoever which he may meet have been laid down by the agents , and according to the laws , which I have tried to set forth in this book ; and these only require , for the learning of them , the exercise of his own observation ...
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... soil , of manure , of every bounty which God has bestowed on man , till , as in the eastern Mediter- ranean , whole countries , some of the finest in the world , seem ruined for ever : and all because men will not learn nor obey those ...
... soil , of manure , of every bounty which God has bestowed on man , till , as in the eastern Mediter- ranean , whole countries , some of the finest in the world , seem ruined for ever : and all because men will not learn nor obey those ...
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