These general propositions are then confirmed by a series of examples, all derived from natural appearances, except the first, which refers to the golden age giving place to the age of iron. The illustrations are thus consecutively adduced. 1. Solid land... Principles of geology - Page 15by sir Charles Lyell (bart.) - 1835Full view - About this book
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1837 - 500 pages
...derived from natural events which happened after the death of the philosopher. But nothwithstanding these anachronisms, we may regard the account as a...channels, and have been re-born elsewhere ; as the Erasinus in Greece, and Mysus in Asia. 7. The waters of some rivers, formerly sweet, have become bitter,... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1837 - 568 pages
...or, in other words, no attempt is made to estimate what may have been in * Aristophanes, Birds, 694. past ages, or what may hereafter be, the aggregate...water, and floods have washed down hills into the sea.t 4. Marshes have become dry ground. 5. Dry lands have been changed into stagnant pools. 6. During... | |
| William Rhind - 1838 - 230 pages
...sea, and sea has been changed into land, while marine shells are found far distant from the deep. That valleys have been excavated by running water, and floods have washed down hills into the sea ; that marshes have been drained, and dry land converted into stagnant pools. That during earthquakes... | |
| British geology - 1850 - 332 pages
...been converted into sea. 2. Sea has been changed into land ; marine shells lie far from the distant deep, and the anchor has been found on the summit...of hills. 3. Valleys have been excavated by running waters, and floods have washed down hills into the sea. 4. Marshes have become dry ground. 5. Dry lands... | |
| Joseph Baylee - 1857 - 222 pages
...numbered." Sir Charles's summary of the Pythagorean doctrine, a& given by Ovid, is very interesting: — 1. Solid land has been converted into sea. 2. Sea...water, and floods have washed down hills into the sea. * * * * * * 10. Land has been submerged by earthquakes. 11. Plains have been upheaved into hills, by... | |
| F. G. S. - 1858 - 116 pages
...Marine shells lie far distant from the deep, and the anchor has been found on the summit of hills. Valleys have been excavated by running water, and floods have washed down hills into the sea. Marshes have been dry ground. Dry lands have been changed into stagnant pools. Kivers have deserted... | |
| William J. Barbee - 1861 - 432 pages
...changes which are continually taking place upon the surface of the earth. He noticed, for example, that valleys have been excavated by running water, and floods have washed down hills into the seas, — that land has been submerged by earthquakes — that peninsulas have been divided from the... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1872 - 714 pages
...extraordinary an anticipation with no less interest than astronomers, when they endeavour to define by what means the Samian philosopher came to the knowledge...water, and floods have washed down hills into the sea.f 4. Marshes have become dry ground. 5. Dry lands have been changed into stagnant pools. 6. During... | |
| William Denton - 1872 - 348 pages
...Marine shells lie far distant from the deep, and the anchor has been found on the summit of hills. Valleys have been excavated by running water, and floods have washed down hills into the sea. Marshes have become dry ground. Dry lands have been changed into stagnant pools. Volcanic vents shift... | |
| Arabella Burton Buckley - 1876 - 532 pages
...converted into sea. 2. Sea has been changed into land. Marine shells lie far distant from the deep. 3. Valleys have been excavated by running water, and floods have washed down hills into the sea. 4. Islands have been joined to the mainland by the growth of deltas and-new deposits, as in the case of... | |
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