... as well as of reproduction; but they may also be regarded as antagonist forces. For the aqueous agents are incessantly labouring to reduce the inequalities of the earth's surface to a level; while the igneous are equally active in restoring the unevenness... Principles of geology - Page 249by sir Charles Lyell (bart.) - 1835Full view - About this book
| David Nevins Lord - Bible and geology - 1855 - 432 pages
...the aqueous belong rain, rivers, torrents, springs, currents, and tides ; to the igneous, volcanoes and earthquakes. Both these classes are instruments...and forcing out another of the earth's envelope." — LyeWs Principles, p. 191. Sir Charles Lyell holds not only that all the facts which it is the province... | |
| David Nevins Lord - Bible and geology - 1857 - 436 pages
...igneous are equally active in restoring the unevenness of the external crust, partly by heaping np new matter in certain localities, and partly by depressing...and forcing out another of the earth's envelope." — LyelPs Principles, p. 191. Sir Charles Lyell holds not only that all the facts which it is the... | |
| Henry Thomas Buckle - France - 1861 - 646 pages
...reduce the inequalities of the earth's surface to a level; while the igneous are equally active iu restoring the unevenness of the external crust, partly...and forcing out another, of the earth's envelope." Lyell's Principle 9th edit., London, 1S53, p. 198. the actual were not greater than might fairly be... | |
| Henry Thomas Buckle - 1861 - 606 pages
...igncous are equally active in restoring the unevenness of the external crust, partly by heaping np new matter in certain localities, and partly by depressing...and forcing out another, of the earth's envelope." Lyett's Principles of Gcology, 9th edit., London 1853, p. 198. liehen Wirkungen des Feuers und des... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - 1863 - 392 pages
...surface to a level ; while the igneous are equally active in restoring the unevenness of the earth's crust, partly by heaping up new matter in certain...and forcing out another, of the earth's envelope. 516. But sometimes the igneous and aqueous forces co-operate to produce a joint effect, to which neither... | |
| Henry Thomas Buckle - France - 1864 - 648 pages
...the uiievenness of the external crust, partly by heaping up ne» matter in certain localities, aud partly by depressing one portion, and forcing out another, of the earth's envelope." Lydta 1'riitciplts </ (/«*<•;<'.<•', 9lh edit., London, 1853, p. 198, the actual were not greater... | |
| Henry Thomas Buckle - Great Britain - 1865 - 370 pages
...igneous are equally active in restoring thé unevenness of thé uiternal crust, partly by heaping np new matter in certain localities, and partly by depressing one portion, and forcing oui another, of thé earth's envelope. > Lyell, PrinciplesofGeology, 9 edit., London, 1853, pag. 198... | |
| Henry Thomas Buckle - France - 1870 - 524 pages
...divided into two principal classes, the aqueous and the igneous. To the aqueous belong rain, rivers, torrents, springs, currents, and tides; to the igneous,...and forcing out another, of the earth's envelope." Lyelfs Principle! of Geology, t>tU edit., London, 1853, p. 198. human mind a completeness of function,... | |
| Henry Irwin Jenkinson - 1875 - 522 pages
...of the earth's surface to a level; while the igneous are equally active in restoring the unevemiess of the external crust, partly by heaping up new matter...and forcing out another, of the earth's envelope;" being puzzled, too, to account for the contortions of strata, and the elevation above the sea of mountains... | |
| Henry Irwin Jenkinson - 1885 - 542 pages
...supported by Sir Charles Lyell, who, in the last edition of his ' Principles of Geology,' wrote, " The aqueous agents are incessantly labouring to reduce...and forcing out another, of the earth's envelope;" being puzzled, too, to account for the contortions of strata, and the elevation above the sea of mountains... | |
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