Geological Stories: A Series of Autobiographies in Chronological OrderHardwicke & Bogue, 1879 - 301 pages |
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... covered up by its own débris , and that the so - called metamorphic rocks were those first formed as stratified deposits , but altered to their present appearance through the intense heat of the newly - created seas , along whose ...
... covered up by its own débris , and that the so - called metamorphic rocks were those first formed as stratified deposits , but altered to their present appearance through the intense heat of the newly - created seas , along whose ...
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... covered with a humble flora ; but it will be evident that as I am of purely marine origin , I cannot speak with certainty of what took place elsewhere . I have a dim recollection , how- ever , of certain obscure mosses , lichens , and ...
... covered with a humble flora ; but it will be evident that as I am of purely marine origin , I cannot speak with certainty of what took place elsewhere . I have a dim recollection , how- ever , of certain obscure mosses , lichens , and ...
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... covered over by succeeding deposits , it may one day present a similar appearance . Of the land plants of the Silurian period I cannot say much ; but that the dry land was more or less clad with green I have not the slightest doubt ...
... covered over by succeeding deposits , it may one day present a similar appearance . Of the land plants of the Silurian period I cannot say much ; but that the dry land was more or less clad with green I have not the slightest doubt ...
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... ; whence my colour and also my cementing agent . The sea - bottom was covered with groves of fuci , or sea - weeds , in which a large crustacean , bearing some resemblance in its huge claws to 64 THE STORY OF A PIECE OF SANDSTONE .
... ; whence my colour and also my cementing agent . The sea - bottom was covered with groves of fuci , or sea - weeds , in which a large crustacean , bearing some resemblance in its huge claws to 64 THE STORY OF A PIECE OF SANDSTONE .
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... covered with a series of oval or rhomboidal bony plates , instead of scales . These bony plates had an exterior varnish ; whence their name . At present , I am told , there are several species living in the rivers of North Africa , and ...
... covered with a series of oval or rhomboidal bony plates , instead of scales . These bony plates had an exterior varnish ; whence their name . At present , I am told , there are several species living in the rivers of North Africa , and ...
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