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... GEOLOGY , a large section of what is usually included under physical geography will be found . 1. The Earth in its Cosmical Relations . - From astronomy we learn the shape and size of the earth , its motions of rotation round its axis ...
... GEOLOGY , a large section of what is usually included under physical geography will be found . 1. The Earth in its Cosmical Relations . - From astronomy we learn the shape and size of the earth , its motions of rotation round its axis ...
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... geological inquiry . caused by superficial agents on every portion of land ex- Thus , for example , the presence of living Arctic forms of posed to their influence , and the periodic elevation , by sub- vegetation on the mountains of ...
... geological inquiry . caused by superficial agents on every portion of land ex- Thus , for example , the presence of living Arctic forms of posed to their influence , and the periodic elevation , by sub- vegetation on the mountains of ...
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... geological changes have taken place in former ages in the manner and on the scale which we behold to - day , and that at the present time all the great geological pro- cesses , which have produced changes in the past eras of the earth's ...
... geological changes have taken place in former ages in the manner and on the scale which we behold to - day , and that at the present time all the great geological pro- cesses , which have produced changes in the past eras of the earth's ...
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... geological evidence , there can be found no trace of a beginning . The oldest rocks which have been discovered on any part of the globe have probably been derived from other rocks older than themselves . Geology by itself has not yet ...
... geological evidence , there can be found no trace of a beginning . The oldest rocks which have been discovered on any part of the globe have probably been derived from other rocks older than themselves . Geology by itself has not yet ...
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... geological interest , seeing that it may yet enable us to carry back the story of our planet far beyond the domain of ordinary geological evidence , and upon data not less reliable than those ... geological evi- , 216 [ I. COSMICAL . GEOLOGY.
... geological interest , seeing that it may yet enable us to carry back the story of our planet far beyond the domain of ordinary geological evidence , and upon data not less reliable than those ... geological evi- , 216 [ I. COSMICAL . GEOLOGY.
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