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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... strata , which appears to have been sud- den and violent , and probably accompanied by extensive volcanic eruptions from three centres east , west , and north of the lake . The district has always been liable to volcanic disturbance and ...
... strata , which appears to have been sud- den and violent , and probably accompanied by extensive volcanic eruptions from three centres east , west , and north of the lake . The district has always been liable to volcanic disturbance and ...
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... strata on the floor of the sca , that others have been built up by the slow aggregation of organic forms , that others have been poured out in a molten condition or in showers of loose dust from subterranean sources . We further find ...
... strata on the floor of the sca , that others have been built up by the slow aggregation of organic forms , that others have been poured out in a molten condition or in showers of loose dust from subterranean sources . We further find ...
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... strata in mountain regions that the crust of the earth must have a capacity for slipping towards certain lines , the great amount of horizontal compression of strata which can be proved to have been accomplished , and the secular ...
... strata in mountain regions that the crust of the earth must have a capacity for slipping towards certain lines , the great amount of horizontal compression of strata which can be proved to have been accomplished , and the secular ...
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... strata , gradually increasing to the whole normal rate , which would be sensibly reached at a depth of 600 metres . " But beneath the limit to which the influence of the changes of the seasons extends , observations in most parts of the ...
... strata , gradually increasing to the whole normal rate , which would be sensibly reached at a depth of 600 metres . " But beneath the limit to which the influence of the changes of the seasons extends , observations in most parts of the ...
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... strata with the remains of lacustrine shells , insects , and plants shows that it has in these cases been formed at ordinary temperatures from aqueous solutions . Sulphides , combinations of sulphur with the metals , iron , copper ...
... strata with the remains of lacustrine shells , insects , and plants shows that it has in these cases been formed at ordinary temperatures from aqueous solutions . Sulphides , combinations of sulphur with the metals , iron , copper ...
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