The Medals of Creation: Or, First Lessons in Geology, and in the Study of Organic Remains, Svazek 1H.G. Bohn, 1844 - Počet stran: 1016 |
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... substance similar to cannel coal is found at the depth of three or four feet from the surface , amidst the remains of rotten logs of wood , and beaver - sticks : * the peat is twenty feet thick , and rests upon white sand . This coal ...
... substance similar to cannel coal is found at the depth of three or four feet from the surface , amidst the remains of rotten logs of wood , and beaver - sticks : * the peat is twenty feet thick , and rests upon white sand . This coal ...
Strana 382
... substance mineralized . This state is very common in shells that are imbedded in hard rock , whatever may be the age of the deposit . In calcareous strata the testaceous substance is generally transmuted into calcareous spar , as in ...
... substance mineralized . This state is very common in shells that are imbedded in hard rock , whatever may be the age of the deposit . In calcareous strata the testaceous substance is generally transmuted into calcareous spar , as in ...
Strana 432
... substance resulting from the gelatinous matter of which the soft bodies of these animals are composed , and for which I have proposed the name of molluskite , to indicate its nature and origin . This substance is of a dark brown or ...
... substance resulting from the gelatinous matter of which the soft bodies of these animals are composed , and for which I have proposed the name of molluskite , to indicate its nature and origin . This substance is of a dark brown or ...
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continued | xxx |
LIST OF LIGNOGRAPHS IN VOL I | xxxix |
PRELIMINARY REMARKSOn the Plan of the Work and the Arrangement | 8 |
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