Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society, Volumen2

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Página 287 - humble tribute to the memory of a man equally distinguished in both,—a man who, in his own life, proved the words to be so true— " On Earth, there is nothing great but Man ; In Man, there is nothing great but Mind.
Página 388 - on a large scale, I am satisfied that the iceberg is not disengaged by debacle, as I once supposed. So far from falling into the sea, broken by its weight from the parent glacier, it rises from the sea; the
Página 43 - own desire, to see the works below ground, he was led insensibly to a moat pit in the sea, it being then high water; upon which, having ascended from the pit, and seeing himself, without any previous intimation, surrounded by the sea, he was seized with an immediate apprehension of some plot against his liberty or life, and hastily called out "Treason, treason !
Página 224 - This is the more to be wondered at, when we consider the number found in the deposits of a neighbouring sheet of water, Lochend, where numerous genera and species are noted as occurring. My friend Mr CW Peach has kindly examined a parcel of the Meadows marl for
Página 407 - a perfect sphere, there would be no precession or change of obliquity arising from the attraction of the sun and moon; the equinoctial circle would form an invariable plane in the heavens, about which the solar orbit would revolve with an inclination varying to the extent of
Página 127 - Esq., WS, Librarian of the Society, in the Chair. I. The Chairman, in alluding to the great loss which the Society had sustained by the death of its illustrious Patron, Sir
Página 388 - as I once supposed. So far from falling into the sea, broken by its weight from the parent glacier, it rises from the sea; the process is at once gradual and comparatively quiet.
Página 362 - he found, were all in one uniform direction, nearly east and west. Out of 100 pebbles collected from the clay on the top of the hill just as they turned up, every one of them (with the exception of three or four composed of hard quartz) presented flattened and ice-worn surfaces, and
Página 254 - mountains have been formed by the hollowing out of the valleys, and the valleys have been hollowed out by the attrition of hard materials coming from the mountains.
Página 407 - subject to vicissitudes dependent on the distance of the tropics from the equator, and the distribution of solar light on the surface of the earth, would be so modified as essentially to change the character of its vegetation and the distribution of

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