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... , line 11 from bottom , for ( p . 19 ) read ( p . 23. ) Plate 1 Plate 2 Plate 3 DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER . PAGE 233 234 to face 34 61 29 119 RAIN AND RIVERS . CHAPTER I. LYELL'S FOUR CONTRADICTORY THEORIES xvi CONTENTS .
... , line 11 from bottom , for ( p . 19 ) read ( p . 23. ) Plate 1 Plate 2 Plate 3 DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER . PAGE 233 234 to face 34 61 29 119 RAIN AND RIVERS . CHAPTER I. LYELL'S FOUR CONTRADICTORY THEORIES xvi CONTENTS .
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... direction . No marine current could make a single channel sloping from a height to the sea ; still less the myriads on myriads of dry upper valleys which ramify in all directions , from all river valleys , through and to all sides of ...
... direction . No marine current could make a single channel sloping from a height to the sea ; still less the myriads on myriads of dry upper valleys which ramify in all directions , from all river valleys , through and to all sides of ...
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... directions from the natural heights of the mountain , increasing in size as they recede from those heights . Those of the Cer and Jour- danne , which are more than twenty miles in length , are of great depth , and lay open the ...
... directions from the natural heights of the mountain , increasing in size as they recede from those heights . Those of the Cer and Jour- danne , which are more than twenty miles in length , are of great depth , and lay open the ...
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... direction of Froxfield , where many other such stones protrude from the clay , to the very border of the Wealden region . Since this was published I have added many of these stones to the horse monument . They were blown to pieces to ...
... direction of Froxfield , where many other such stones protrude from the clay , to the very border of the Wealden region . Since this was published I have added many of these stones to the horse monument . They were blown to pieces to ...
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... direction of the whole continent of Europe ( from south - west to north- east ) is opposite to that of the great fissures which pass from north - west to south - east , from the mouths of the Rhine and the Elbe , through the Adriatic ...
... direction of the whole continent of Europe ( from south - west to north- east ) is opposite to that of the great fissures which pass from north - west to south - east , from the mouths of the Rhine and the Elbe , through the Adriatic ...
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