| Granville Penn - 1822 - 480 pągines
...the earth dates only from " the retreat of that water; and, that the date is " NOT VERT ANCIENT*." " The lowest and most level parts of the " earth, when penetrated to a very great " depth, exhibit nothing but horizontal strata, " composed of various substances, and con" taining, almost all of them,... | |
| 1824 - 884 pągines
...beneath the seas which roll between our postdiluvian continents f . Such a theory, however, is • The lowest 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 substances, and containing... | |
| 1824 - 890 pągines
...submerged beneath the seas which roll between our postdiluvian continents f . Such a theory, however, is * The lowest 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 substances, and containing... | |
| Andrew Ure - 1828 - 872 pągines
...most curious subjects that can engage the attention of enlightened men. The lowest and most lev-Л parts of the earth, when penetrated to a very great depth, exhibit nothing but horizontal strata, composed of various substances, and containing almost all of them innumerable... | |
| Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.) - 1831 - 462 pągines
...researches, is undoubtedly one of the most curious subjects that can engage the attention of 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 substances, and containing almost all of them innumerable... | |
| Andrew Ure - 1831 - 980 pągines
...researches, is undoubtedly one of the most curious subjects that can engage the attention of 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 substances, and containing almost all of them innumerable... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1832 - 626 pągines
...these remains to light, as existing in the greatest variety of forms, in immense quantity, and with the widest possible distribution. The lowest and most...often in such a perfect state of preservation, that even the smallest of them retain their most delicate processes. Every part of the globe, of any considerable... | |
| Francis Lieber - 1832 - 632 pągines
...these remains to light, as existing in the greatest variety of forms, in immense quantity, and with the widest possible distribution. The lowest and most...often in such a perfect state of preservation, that even the smallest of them retain their most delicate processes. Every part of the globe, of any considerable... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1832 - 650 pągines
...forms, in immense quantity, and with the widest possible distribution. The lowest and most level ports of the earth, when penetrated to a very great depth,...often in such a perfect state of preservation, that even the smallest of them retain their most delicate processes. Every part of the globe, of any considerable... | |
| Encyclopaedia Americana - 1832 - 620 pągines
...these remains to light, as existing in the greatest variety of forms, in immense quantity, and with the widest possible distribution. The lowest and most...Similar formations compose hills, and even mountains, itt which tha shells are so numerous as to constitute the main body of the rock ; and they are often... | |
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