...viz. ' That the loivest and most level parts of the earth, when penetrated to a great depth, exhibit nothing but horizontal strata, composed of various...almost all of them innumerable marine productions,' was then elucidated by the investigation of the chalk basin of Paris, and of the chalk basins of London,...

...enlightened men. The lowest and most level parts of the earth, when penetrated to a very great depth, exhibit nothing but horizontal strata, composed of various...are so numerous as to constitute the entire body of tipstratum. They arc almost evcry-where in such a perfect state of preservation, that even the smallest...

...by the innumerable marine productions found when the lowest strata are penetrated to a great depth. Sometimes, the shells are so numerous as to constitute the entire body of the stratum ; and they are almost every where in a high state of preservation, retaining their most delicate and...

...and most level parts of the earth, when penetrated to a very great depth, says Mr. Cuvier, exhibit nothing but horizontal strata, composed of various...innumerable marine productions. Similar strata, with the game kind of productions, compose the hills even to a great height. Sometimes the shells are so numerous,...

...stances, almost all of them containing innu" merable productions of the sea. Similar strata, " similar productions, compose the hills, even to a " great height. Sometimes the shells are so " numerous, that they form of themselves the " entire mass of the straturn. They are almost 1 D'AUBUISSON, torn....

...penetrated to a very great depth, but horizontal strata composed of substances more or less varied, and containing almost all of them innumerable marine...strata, with the same kind of productions, compose the lesser hills to a considerable height. Sometimes the shells are so numerous as to constitute of themselves...

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...penetrated to a very great depth, but horizontal strata, composed of substances more or less varied, and containing almost all of them innumerable marine...strata, with the same kind of productions, compose the lesser hills to a considerable height. Sometimes the shells are so numerous as to constitute of themselves...

...valleys ; similar strata, with the same kind of productions, compose the hills to a very considerable height. Sometimes the shells are so numerous as to constitute the entire body of the stratum. The traces of revolutions become still more apparent and decisive when we ascend a little higher, and...

...parallel strata, composed of various substances, and most of them containing vegetable and animal, and innumerable marine productions. Similar strata, with...productions, compose the hills even to a great height; and sometimes the shells are so numerous, that an entire stratum seems to be formed of them. These...