Ice-work, Present and PastK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1903 - 295 pagini |
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... ORIGIN of CULTIVATED ALPHONSE DE CANDOLLE . Second Edition . PLANTS . By L. JELLY FISH , STAR FISH , and SEA URCHINS . Being a Research on Primitive Nervous Systems . By G. J. ROMANES , LL.D. , F.R.S. Second Edition . LI . The COMMON ...
... ORIGIN of CULTIVATED ALPHONSE DE CANDOLLE . Second Edition . PLANTS . By L. JELLY FISH , STAR FISH , and SEA URCHINS . Being a Research on Primitive Nervous Systems . By G. J. ROMANES , LL.D. , F.R.S. Second Edition . LI . The COMMON ...
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... ORIGIN of PLANT STRUCTURES by SELF- ADAPTATION TO THE ENVIRONMENT . By Rev. G. HENSLOW , M.A. , F.L.S. , F.G.S. , & c . , author of ' The Origin of Floral Structures , ' & c . LXXVIII . ICE - WORK PRESENT and PAST . By Rev. T. G. BONNEY ...
... ORIGIN of PLANT STRUCTURES by SELF- ADAPTATION TO THE ENVIRONMENT . By Rev. G. HENSLOW , M.A. , F.L.S. , F.G.S. , & c . , author of ' The Origin of Floral Structures , ' & c . LXXVIII . ICE - WORK PRESENT and PAST . By Rev. T. G. BONNEY ...
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... a certain structure , and stands in certain relations to other deposits . These are facts , and their bearing on the question of its origin - whether it be the ground - moraine of an vii 156286 ice - sheet or such a deposit as is now.
... a certain structure , and stands in certain relations to other deposits . These are facts , and their bearing on the question of its origin - whether it be the ground - moraine of an vii 156286 ice - sheet or such a deposit as is now.
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... origin is less certain . Accordingly we will retrace our steps to the ends of the glaciers , in order to ascertain what difference , if any , exists between the morainic material which is still in process of accumulation , and that ...
... origin is less certain . Accordingly we will retrace our steps to the ends of the glaciers , in order to ascertain what difference , if any , exists between the morainic material which is still in process of accumulation , and that ...
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... origin of which is still betrayed by their form , notwithstanding the covering of houses . The Lindenhof , a low hill over- looking the Limmat , is one instance ; the same is true of the Hohe Promenade , and of all the terrace on which ...
... origin of which is still betrayed by their form , notwithstanding the covering of houses . The Lindenhof , a low hill over- looking the Limmat , is one instance ; the same is true of the Hohe Promenade , and of all the terrace on which ...
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Pagina 59 - It was a beautifully clear evening, and we had a most enchanting view of the two magnificent ranges of mountains, whose lofty peaks, perfectly covered with eternal snow, rose to elevations varying from seven to ten thousand feet above the level of the ocean. The glaciers that filled their intervening valleys, and which descended from near the mountain summits, projected in many places several miles into the nea, and terminated in lofty perpendicular cliffs.