Sketches of Creation: A Popular View of Some of the Grand Conclusions of the Sciences in Reference to the History of Matter and of Life. Together with a Statement of the Intimations of Science Respecting the Primordial Condition and the Ultimate Destiny of the Earth and the Solar System |
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... miles from salt water , and as many feet above the level of the sea . Perhaps , then , they are the dead and petrified shells of some fresh- water molluscs , like mussels . This can not be , because the resemblance is not sufficiently ...
... miles from salt water , and as many feet above the level of the sea . Perhaps , then , they are the dead and petrified shells of some fresh- water molluscs , like mussels . This can not be , because the resemblance is not sufficiently ...
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... miles containing marine shells and plants recently elevated from the sea . One hundred and fifty miles east of here , the shore is experiencing another subsidence . The north side of Nova Scotia is sinking , while the south is rising ...
... miles containing marine shells and plants recently elevated from the sea . One hundred and fifty miles east of here , the shore is experiencing another subsidence . The north side of Nova Scotia is sinking , while the south is rising ...
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... miles north of the island of Unalaska , and added another member to the group , which has continued to grow in size till recent times . As might be expected , the records of continental oscilla- tions are not confined to sea - coast ...
... miles north of the island of Unalaska , and added another member to the group , which has continued to grow in size till recent times . As might be expected , the records of continental oscilla- tions are not confined to sea - coast ...
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... miles . in thickness in that brief period ? Such a conclusion is contradicted by all our observations , instead of being sus- tained by them . These stratified rocks cover nineteen twentieths of the earth's surface ; and the . material ...
... miles . in thickness in that brief period ? Such a conclusion is contradicted by all our observations , instead of being sus- tained by them . These stratified rocks cover nineteen twentieths of the earth's surface ; and the . material ...
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... mile a day ? Consider , also , the myriads of organic remains entombed in these sediments . Their number is fifteen ... miles of aquatic forms . And , lastly , it will be noted that four fifths , at least , of the fossil species are now ...
... mile a day ? Consider , also , the myriads of organic remains entombed in these sediments . Their number is fifteen ... miles of aquatic forms . And , lastly , it will be noted that four fifths , at least , of the fossil species are now ...
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Page 118 - This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl; Wrecked is the ship of pearl! And every chambered cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell, As the frail tenant shaped his growing shell, Before thee lies revealed, —...
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