Ragnarok: The Age of Fire and GravelD. Appleton, 1883 - 452 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 45
Page 18
... gives evidence of having been subjected to a grinding process . " We look in vain , however , among the glaciers of the Alps for such a deposit . The scratched stones we may occasionally find , but where is the clay ? . . . It is clear ...
... gives evidence of having been subjected to a grinding process . " We look in vain , however , among the glaciers of the Alps for such a deposit . The scratched stones we may occasionally find , but where is the clay ? . . . It is clear ...
Page 20
... gives us , on page 307 of the same work , the above representation of a " terminal mo- raine . " The reader can see at once that these semicircular ridges bear no resemblance whatever to the great drift- deposits. * " Geological Sketches ...
... gives us , on page 307 of the same work , the above representation of a " terminal mo- raine . " The reader can see at once that these semicircular ridges bear no resemblance whatever to the great drift- deposits. * " Geological Sketches ...
Page 30
... give Siberia a fair share of ice and Drift . The explanation is more extraordinary than the thing it explains . One third of the water of all the oceans must have been carried up , and was circulating around in the air , to descend upon ...
... give Siberia a fair share of ice and Drift . The explanation is more extraordinary than the thing it explains . One third of the water of all the oceans must have been carried up , and was circulating around in the air , to descend upon ...
Page 38
... gives a cut from which I copy the following representation of drift - clay and pebbles overly- ing a gneiss hillock of the Serra do Mar , Brazil : ford fares a a 9 9 a , drift - clay ; ff , angular fragments of quartz ; c , sheet of ...
... gives a cut from which I copy the following representation of drift - clay and pebbles overly- ing a gneiss hillock of the Serra do Mar , Brazil : ford fares a a 9 9 a , drift - clay ; ff , angular fragments of quartz ; c , sheet of ...
Page 43
... give happiness to its inhabitants than this storm - tossed planet on which we now live , with its endless battle between heat and cold , between sun and ice . The pre - glacial world was a garden , a paradise ; not excessively warm at ...
... give happiness to its inhabitants than this storm - tossed planet on which we now live , with its endless battle between heat and cold , between sun and ice . The pre - glacial world was a garden , a paradise ; not excessively warm at ...
Contents
43 | |
54 | |
58 | |
65 | |
82 | |
83 | |
89 | |
91 | |
95 | |
105 | |
113 | |
121 | |
122 | |
132 | |
137 | |
270 | |
276 | |
316 | |
341 | |
347 | |
353 | |
366 | |
376 | |
389 | |
408 | |
409 | |
424 | |
431 | |
432 | |
437 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
America American Cyclopædia ancient animals appear arrow Asgard Atlantic Aztec Bancroft's Native Races beds book of Job bowlder-clay bowlders Brinton's Myths burning catastrophe caused cave caverns chap CHAPTER civilized clay climate clouds cold comet conflagration continents covered débris deep Deluge deposits destroyed Drift Age drift-deposits earth Edda Elder Edda Europe face fall feet feldspar fell fire flames floods formed fragments Glacial age glaciers globe gods granite gravel ground heat heaven Hesiod hornblende human hundred Ibid Ice Age ice-sheet island James Geikie land legends light Lord mankind mass mighty miles Miocene monster moon mountains Muspelheim night Norse Norse Mythology ocean Odin orbit Ovid perish Phaëton pre-glacial rain Ravana regions rivers rocks sand seen serpent Siberia snow stars stones suppose surface tail tells terrible thick things thou thousand tion told trees Typhon vapor vast Verse Vritra Younger Edda
Popular passages
Page 328 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Page 258 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon ; And thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the sun stood still, And the moon stayed, Until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies.
Page 290 - As the waters fail from the sea, And the flood decayeth and drieth up : So man lieth down, and riseth not. Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be raised out of their sleep.
Page 448 - Our Place among Infinities: A Series of Essays contrasting our Little Abode in Space and Time with the Infinities Around us.
Page 222 - And men forgot their passions in the dread Of this their desolation; and all hearts Were chill'd into a selfish prayer for light: And they did live by watchfires - and the thrones, The palaces of crowned kings...
Page 419 - And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth...
Page 421 - ... but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
Page 257 - And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
Page 420 - And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood...
Page 277 - It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: An image was before mine eyes, There was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God ? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker...