The Wonders of Geology; Or, A Familiar Exposition of Geological Phenomena; Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures Delivered at Brighton, Volume 1Relfe and Fletcher, 1840 |
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The Wonders of Geology; Or, A Familiar Exposition of Geological ..., Volume 1 Gideon Algernon Mantell Volledige weergave - 1839 |
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abound accumulations alluvial Alum Bay ammonites ancient animals appear Auvergne basalt beds belemnite belong bones breccia Brighton calcareous carbonic acid carnivora caverns caves chalk characters clay cliffs coast colour composed conglomerate contain corals crustacea Cuvier deposits discovered earth elephant elevation epoch existing extended extinct feet fishes fissures flint fluviatile formation fossil galt genera Geology globe granite gravel hills hippopotamus iguanodon imbedded incrusted inhabitants island Isle lakes lava layers lecture lignite lime limestone London London clay Lyell mammalia marl masses mastodon mountains Museum nature numerous observed occur ocean organic remains osseous Paris basin peculiar period phenomena plants present preserved quarries recent remarkable reptiles rhinoceros rivers rocks sandstone Shanklin sand shores silicious skeleton solid South-East of England species specimens stalactites stone strata structure substance surface Sussex teeth tertiary strata thickness Tilgate Forest tion trees valley vegetable volcanic wealden zoophytes
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Pagina 177 - Reflecting on these phenomena, the mind recalls the impressive exclamation of the poet— My heart is awed within me, when I think Of the great miracle which still goes on In silence round me—the perpetual work Of THY creation, finished, yet renewed For ever!
Pagina 261 - group of tertiary volcanoes. Every one who has ascended the Rhine, will remember where " The castled crag of Drachenfels Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine," forming one of the Siebengebirge, or Seven Mountains, whose majestic and graceful forms suddenly
Pagina 47 - Above the cities of a world gone by— Sand hath filled up the palaces of old, . • Sea-weed o'ergrown the halls of revelry, " To them the love of woman hath gone down,— Dark flow their tides o'er manhood's nohle head, O'er youth's bright locks, and beauty's flowery crown."—
Pagina 106 - Thy shores are empires, changed, in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts:—not so thou, Unchangeable, save to thy wild waves' play— Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow— Such as Creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now.'
Pagina 94 - oysters, muscles, and other shells, adhering to the rocks on which they grew: the fish being all dead, and exhaling the most offensive effluvia. It appeared to me, that there was every reason to believe the coast had been raised by earthquakes at former periods, in a similar manner; for there were several
Pagina xvi - proficiency in both; only let them beware that they apply both to charity and not to arrogance—to use and not to ostentation; and again, that they do not unwisely mingle or confound these learnings together.
Pagina 408 - of the calcareous matter, which is every where deposited in consequence of the escape of carbonic acid, likewise proceeds, and gives a constant milkiness to what from its tint would otherwise be a blue fluid. So rapid is the vegetation, owing to the decomposition of the carbonic acid, that even in winter masses of
Pagina 66 - of the island to the sea, and is nearly all submerged at high tides. This modern rock is composed of consolidated sand, and comminuted shells and corals, of species now inhabiting the adjacent seas. Land shells, fragments of pottery, stone arrow-heads, carved stone and wooden ornaments, and human skeletons, are
Pagina 177 - we have obtained additional proof that— New worlds are still emerging from the deep, The old descending in their turn to rise ! Even in this early stage of our progress, we have conclusive evidence of the extinction of whole tribes of animals,
Pagina 413 - accumulated in quantities so great, as to have formed hills of from forty to sixty feet in elevation. In digging into these sand hills, or upon the occasional removal of some part of them by the winds, the remains of houses may be seen : and in some places, when the churchyards have been overwhelmed, a