The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Latest Edition. A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideDay Otis Kellogg, Thomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith Werner, 1902 |
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Page 214
... 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 revealed , and is little likely ever to reveal , a trace of the first solid ...
... 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 revealed , and is little likely ever to reveal , a trace of the first solid ...
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... rocks being due to some of its combinations . The sixteen | oased upon the known fact that the specific gravity of that elements mentioned in the foregoing lists form about ninety - nine parts of the earth's crust ; the other elements ...
... rocks being due to some of its combinations . The sixteen | oased upon the known fact that the specific gravity of that elements mentioned in the foregoing lists form about ninety - nine parts of the earth's crust ; the other elements ...
Page 224
... rocks , and per- haps to other causes . The cold of winter and the heat of summer may be regarded as following each other in suc- cessive waves downward , until they disappear along a limit at which the temperature remains constant ...
... rocks , and per- haps to other causes . The cold of winter and the heat of summer may be regarded as following each other in suc- cessive waves downward , until they disappear along a limit at which the temperature remains constant ...
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... rocks , the conductivity must vary in different directions through the same mass , heat being more easily conducted along than across the " grain , " the bedding , and the other numerous divisional surfaces . Experiments have been made ...
... rocks , the conductivity must vary in different directions through the same mass , heat being more easily conducted along than across the " grain , " the bedding , and the other numerous divisional surfaces . Experiments have been made ...
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... rocks of the earth's crust we have abundant proof that the whole fauna aud flora of the earth's surface have passed through numerous cycles of re- volution , species , genera , families , appearing and disappear- ing many times in ...
... rocks of the earth's crust we have abundant proof that the whole fauna aud flora of the earth's surface have passed through numerous cycles of re- volution , species , genera , families , appearing and disappear- ing many times in ...
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