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... rocks are si- tuated fifty , nay hundreds of miles apart from them . With- out noticing the fragments of primitive rocks ( which are more difficult to identify , in consequence of their not containing organic remains ) , I may ...
... rocks are si- tuated fifty , nay hundreds of miles apart from them . With- out noticing the fragments of primitive rocks ( which are more difficult to identify , in consequence of their not containing organic remains ) , I may ...
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... rock the rails laid in the open air on a substratum of 12 feet of marsh over sand- stone rock . The method of testing was by mercury reflecting ob- jects to a sextant . The experiments were made in the neighbour- hood of Liverpool . Mr ...
... rock the rails laid in the open air on a substratum of 12 feet of marsh over sand- stone rock . The method of testing was by mercury reflecting ob- jects to a sextant . The experiments were made in the neighbour- hood of Liverpool . Mr ...
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... rock , which was invisible pre- viously to the earthquake , was afterwards near the surface . Large fissures are stated to have been made in the earth , and water to have burst from some of them : the earth is also said to have opened ...
... rock , which was invisible pre- viously to the earthquake , was afterwards near the surface . Large fissures are stated to have been made in the earth , and water to have burst from some of them : the earth is also said to have opened ...
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... rock salt ; and , thirdly , in bodies emitting light , the quantity of heat transmitted is in no way proportional , either to the degree of light which accompanies it in the first instance , or to the quantity of light which passes ...
... rock salt ; and , thirdly , in bodies emitting light , the quantity of heat transmitted is in no way proportional , either to the degree of light which accompanies it in the first instance , or to the quantity of light which passes ...
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... rocks and shoals in the bay were exposed to view . At this pe- riod an immense wave was seen slowly advancing towards the shore , and , rolling majestically onwards , in ten minutes reached the city of Conception , which was soon ...
... rocks and shoals in the bay were exposed to view . At this pe- riod an immense wave was seen slowly advancing towards the shore , and , rolling majestically onwards , in ten minutes reached the city of Conception , which was soon ...
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