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Page iii
... already in the field ; but there does appear to be room for a book of more modest pretensions arranged on a different plan , and issued at a more moderate price , -one with which every individual of a class could provide himself , and ...
... already in the field ; but there does appear to be room for a book of more modest pretensions arranged on a different plan , and issued at a more moderate price , -one with which every individual of a class could provide himself , and ...
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... already indicated be properly given to geology , and if it claims assistance from every other science which treats of anything belonging to the earth ; what is it which the geologist teaches to the students of these other sciences in ...
... already indicated be properly given to geology , and if it claims assistance from every other science which treats of anything belonging to the earth ; what is it which the geologist teaches to the students of these other sciences in ...
Page 15
... already seen that the interior of the earth may still have a very high temperature of its own , and if this be the case , the expanding force of heat would partially counteract the compressing force of gravity , so as to pre- vent the ...
... already seen that the interior of the earth may still have a very high temperature of its own , and if this be the case , the expanding force of heat would partially counteract the compressing force of gravity , so as to pre- vent the ...
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... already been mentioned ; and the dykes which traverse the cone itself have been spoken of as cracks injected with lava . The actual formation of such fissures has , indeed , been observed ; and Sir Charles Lyell gives the following ...
... already been mentioned ; and the dykes which traverse the cone itself have been spoken of as cracks injected with lava . The actual formation of such fissures has , indeed , been observed ; and Sir Charles Lyell gives the following ...
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... already described . In the first place , they are almost entirely composed of lava flows , and the lava they emit is particularly liquid , so that it flows for long distances , consequently the outline of the hill is low and broad , as ...
... already described . In the first place , they are almost entirely composed of lava flows , and the lava they emit is particularly liquid , so that it flows for long distances , consequently the outline of the hill is low and broad , as ...
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accumulated acid action alumina amount angles anticlinal augite basalt beds blocks bottom calcareous called carbonate of lime carbonic acid chalk chemical clay cleavage cliffs coal coast colour consist containing coral cracks crystalline crystals denudation deposits depth described detrition distance district dolerite dykes earth earth's crust elevation erosion excavated fault feet felspar fissures Foraminifera formation formed fragments Geol glacier glauconite gradually granite greensand ground hills horizontal hornblende igneous rocks island joints Jukes lake land lava layers less limestone magnesia mass material matter metamorphic metamorphic rocks mica miles mineral mountain observed occur origin Orthoclase outcrops particles pebbles planes porphyritic portion present pressure produced quartz rain reef river salt sand sandstone shales shells shore side siliceous Silurian slope solid solution sometimes stones strata stratified rocks stream structure sulphate surface synclinal thickness tide tion Trans valley vertical volcanic waves