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... strata composing the outer shell of this globe , and the remains of organized bodies which are found in them . It is ascertained that these remains do not occur promiscuously , but in a determinate order , corresponding exactly with ...
... strata composing the outer shell of this globe , and the remains of organized bodies which are found in them . It is ascertained that these remains do not occur promiscuously , but in a determinate order , corresponding exactly with ...
Page xvii
... strata of common rocks , containing no petrifactions , no traces of carbon . These rocks seem to have been formed when the world was covered by an uninhabited sea . " " From all these concurring argumeuts , it is con- eluded that the ...
... strata of common rocks , containing no petrifactions , no traces of carbon . These rocks seem to have been formed when the world was covered by an uninhabited sea . " " From all these concurring argumeuts , it is con- eluded that the ...
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... Strata , out of which many of the secondary mountains , & c . , of our globe is formed . Now , these fossil remains , bearing upon them the evi- dent stamp of vast antiquity , many have attempted to account for exclusively on the ...
... Strata , out of which many of the secondary mountains , & c . , of our globe is formed . Now , these fossil remains , bearing upon them the evi- dent stamp of vast antiquity , many have attempted to account for exclusively on the ...
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... Strata , in which these fossil remains are deposited , have been evidently torn and rent by some mighty convulsion of nature ; and though it be ad- mitted that this was the effect of the deluge , yet it is clear that the strata ...
... Strata , in which these fossil remains are deposited , have been evidently torn and rent by some mighty convulsion of nature ; and though it be ad- mitted that this was the effect of the deluge , yet it is clear that the strata ...
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... strata in which they are contained , that we owe the commencement even of a Theory of the earth : as , but for them , we could never have even suspected that there had existed any successive epochs in the formation of our Earth , and a ...
... strata in which they are contained , that we owe the commencement even of a Theory of the earth : as , but for them , we could never have even suspected that there had existed any successive epochs in the formation of our Earth , and a ...
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