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The Monthly review. New and improved ser - Page 137
1806
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1806 - 582 pages
...observation satisfactory and precise. On us who saw these phenomena for the first time, the impression made will not easily be forgotten. The palpable evidence...of the earth, gave a reality and substance to those theorettcal speculations, which, however probable, had never till now been directly authenticated by...
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Biographical account of Matthew Stewart. Biographical account of James ...

John Playfair - 1822 - 552 pages
...observation satisfactory and precise. On us who saw. these phenomena for the first time, the impression made will not easily be forgotten. The palpable evidence...evidence could we have had of the different formation of these rocks, and of the long interval which separated their formation, had we actually seen them emerging...
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Works, with a memoir of the author, Volume 4

John Playfait - 1822 - 550 pages
...observation satisfactory and precise. On us who saw these phenomena for the first time, the impression made will not easily be forgotten. The palpable evidence...evidence could we have had of the different formation of these rocks, and of the long interval which separated their formation, had we actually seen them emerging...
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Popular Philosophy; Or, The Book of Nature Laid Open Upon Christian ...

George Miller - 1826 - 864 pages
...observation satisfactory and precise. On us who saw these phenomena for the first time, the impression made will not easily be forgotten. The palpable evidence...evidence could we have had of the different formation of these rocks, and of the long interval . which separated their formation, had we actually seen them...
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The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Linlithgow, Haddington Berwick

1845 - 1006 pages
...schistus by Playfair, Professor Jameson ascertained to be grcywacke, a rock of tin' transition scries. to those theoretical speculations, which, however...evidence could we have had of the different formation of these rocks, had we actually seen them emerging from the bosom of the deep ? We felt ourselves necessarily...
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The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Linlithgow, Haddington Berwick

1845 - 1008 pages
...observation satisfactory and precise. On us, who saw these phenomena for the first time, the impression made will not easily be forgotten. The palpable evidence...history of the earth gave a reality and substance • The rock termed primary micaceous schistus by Playfair, Professor Jameson ascertained to be greywacke,...
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The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Linlithgow, Haddington Berwick

1845 - 996 pages
...by Playfair, Professor Jameson ascertained to be greywacke, a rock of the transition series. tathose theoretical speculations, which, however probable,...been directly authenticated by the testimony of the sensesWe often said to ourselves, what clearer evidence could we have had of the different formation...
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Record: containing sermons, annotations on Revelation, a brief statement of ...

Thomas Lockerby - 1850 - 842 pages
...where all the circumstances were combined that could render the observation satisfactory and precise. The palpable evidence presented to us of one of the most extraordinary and important facts of the natural history of the earth, gave a reality and substance to those theoretical speculations...
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Edinburgh and Its Neighbourhood, Geological and Historical: With the Geology ...

Hugh Miller - 1864 - 368 pages
...observation satisfactory and precise. On us, who saw these phenomena for the first time, the impression made will not easily be forgotten. The palpable evidence...clearer evidence could we have had of the different formations of these rocks, and of the long interval which separated these formations, had we actually...
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Edinburgh and Its Neighbourhood, Geological and Historical: With The Geology ...

Hugh Miller - 1864 - 370 pages
...observation satisfactory and precise. On us, who saw these phenomena for the first time, the impression made will not easily be forgotten. The palpable evidence...us of one of the most extraordinary and important iacts in the natural history of the earth, gave a reality and substance to those theoretical speculations...
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