The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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... formations of the earth's crust , and endeavours to trace the sequence of events of which they contain the record . More particularly it determines the order of succession of the various plants and animals which in past time have ...
... formations of the earth's crust , and endeavours to trace the sequence of events of which they contain the record . More particularly it determines the order of succession of the various plants and animals which in past time have ...
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... formation of density of its parent layer , and consisted of progressively any rocks . Thanks to the results achieved with the tele- heavier matter . The remoter planets , with their low scope , the spectroscope , and the chemical ...
... formation of density of its parent layer , and consisted of progressively any rocks . Thanks to the results achieved with the tele- heavier matter . The remoter planets , with their low scope , the spectroscope , and the chemical ...
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... formations of many different ages , represent so much carbonic acid once present in the air . The chlorides in the sea likewise were probably carried down out of the atmosphere in the primitive con- densation of the aqueous vapour . It ...
... formations of many different ages , represent so much carbonic acid once present in the air . The chlorides in the sea likewise were probably carried down out of the atmosphere in the primitive con- densation of the aqueous vapour . It ...
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... formations that large quantities of lime , silica , chlorides , and sulphates have in the course of time been removed from the sea.5 But it is evident also that , whatever may have been the original composition of the oceans , they have ...
... formations that large quantities of lime , silica , chlorides , and sulphates have in the course of time been removed from the sea.5 But it is evident also that , whatever may have been the original composition of the oceans , they have ...
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... formations , Carbonates play an important part both as individual minerals and as rock - masses . The three most important are calcite , dolo mite , and siderite . Calcite ( carbonate of lime ) is one of the most abundant minerals . It ...
... formations , Carbonates play an important part both as individual minerals and as rock - masses . The three most important are calcite , dolo mite , and siderite . Calcite ( carbonate of lime ) is one of the most abundant minerals . It ...
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