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... says the Atlantic is a valley 188 · And formed by running water . What a valley is The basins of London , Paris and Hampshire , are not 189 • 191 valleys CHAPTER XIV . MAN MAY HAVE EXISTED IN THE SILURIAN PERIOD . · 192 Fossils are ...
... says the Atlantic is a valley 188 · And formed by running water . What a valley is The basins of London , Paris and Hampshire , are not 189 • 191 valleys CHAPTER XIV . MAN MAY HAVE EXISTED IN THE SILURIAN PERIOD . · 192 Fossils are ...
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... says that Mr. Hopkins accounts for these ' by mathematical methods ; ' I shall call this the igneous mathematical theory . No. 3 , the erosion of their banks by rivers , the erosion theory ; and No. 4 , the subaerial denu- dation from ...
... says that Mr. Hopkins accounts for these ' by mathematical methods ; ' I shall call this the igneous mathematical theory . No. 3 , the erosion of their banks by rivers , the erosion theory ; and No. 4 , the subaerial denu- dation from ...
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... say ) it is of infinite consequence to man to dependent on know the principles on which depend the forma- of soil . tion , accumulation , and denudation of soil . But poor hungry sinner ' - does not wait for his dinner till he is shown ...
... say ) it is of infinite consequence to man to dependent on know the principles on which depend the forma- of soil . tion , accumulation , and denudation of soil . But poor hungry sinner ' - does not wait for his dinner till he is shown ...
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... say , acting on lines , ' but lateral . It is a denudation of an enor- mous breadth of hill - side . For , as Lyell says , these terraces extend over a space of many leagues in length , ' and ' they are from ten to sixty feet broad ...
... say , acting on lines , ' but lateral . It is a denudation of an enor- mous breadth of hill - side . For , as Lyell says , these terraces extend over a space of many leagues in length , ' and ' they are from ten to sixty feet broad ...
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... says that these ' lacustrine strata , which must have filled a hollow , have been denuded and shaped out into hills and valleys on the site of the ancient lakes . ' trary to the submarine and in favour of the subaerial 20 [ CH . II ...
... says that these ' lacustrine strata , which must have filled a hollow , have been denuded and shaped out into hills and valleys on the site of the ancient lakes . ' trary to the submarine and in favour of the subaerial 20 [ CH . II ...
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