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The first, at the head of which stands Werner (and with him almost all
mineralogists agree in sentiment), conceives the surface of the earth to have
been gradually formed by successive depositions from an ocean which originally
covered the ...
The first, at the head of which stands Werner (and with him almost all
mineralogists agree in sentiment), conceives the surface of the earth to have
been gradually formed by successive depositions from an ocean which originally
covered the ...
Page 198
We must conceive the cause of earthquakes to be lodged within the earth's
surface. And certainly no cause capable of producing the effect presents itself to
us with so much facility as the sudden generation of an enormous quantity of
elastic ...
We must conceive the cause of earthquakes to be lodged within the earth's
surface. And certainly no cause capable of producing the effect presents itself to
us with so much facility as the sudden generation of an enormous quantity of
elastic ...
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CONSTRUCTION os- Msrs. The construction of maps belongs to geometry,
Constructiodepending upon the various methods of projecting a sphere upon a
plane surface. The method most commonly used for maps is what is called the
stereo~ ...
CONSTRUCTION os- Msrs. The construction of maps belongs to geometry,
Constructiodepending upon the various methods of projecting a sphere upon a
plane surface. The method most commonly used for maps is what is called the
stereo~ ...
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Contents
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION | 1 |
NATURAL HISTORY | 16 |
C5413 II _ On ZOOLOGY | 71 |
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