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... portions to all parts of the subject . It will interest some to know that most of the new material in this volume was first wrought over in my second course of Lowell Institute Lectures , given in Boston during the month of March last ...
... portions to all parts of the subject . It will interest some to know that most of the new material in this volume was first wrought over in my second course of Lowell Institute Lectures , given in Boston during the month of March last ...
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... portion of Chapter VI which relates to the glacial phenomena of the British Isles . I have no doubt of the general cor- rectness of the views maintained by him , and little doubt , also , that his clear and forcible presentation of the ...
... portion of Chapter VI which relates to the glacial phenomena of the British Isles . I have no doubt of the general cor- rectness of the views maintained by him , and little doubt , also , that his clear and forcible presentation of the ...
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... veins and fissures . The veins give it a banded or stratified appearance , blue alternating with lighter - coloured portions of ice . As these bands are not arranged with any apparent uniformity in the INTRODUCTORY . 3.
... veins and fissures . The veins give it a banded or stratified appearance , blue alternating with lighter - coloured portions of ice . As these bands are not arranged with any apparent uniformity in the INTRODUCTORY . 3.
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... portions are those in which the par- ticles are less thorough- ly compacted . Snow is but pulverized ice , and ... portion of its incline ; 8 , 8 , show the vertical structure produced by pressure on the gentler slopes . wedge ...
... portions are those in which the par- ticles are less thorough- ly compacted . Snow is but pulverized ice , and ... portion of its incline ; 8 , 8 , show the vertical structure produced by pressure on the gentler slopes . wedge ...
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... portion of the Tertiary period ; by others this nicety of distinction is expressed by the term " Pleistocene . " But , since the whole epoch was peculiarly characterised by the presence of glaciers , which have not even yet wholly ...
... portion of the Tertiary period ; by others this nicety of distinction is expressed by the term " Pleistocene . " But , since the whole epoch was peculiarly characterised by the presence of glaciers , which have not even yet wholly ...
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