Relics from the Wreck of a Former World, Or, Splinters Gathered on the Shores of a Turbulent Planet: Proving to a Demonstration, the Vast Antiquity of the Earth, and the Existence of Animal Life, of the Most Fantastic Shapes, and the Most Elegent Colors ...W.H. Graham, 1847 - 96 страници |
Между кориците на книгата
Резултати 1 - 5 от 12.
Страница 41
... magnitude of the trees of the petrified forest . In the isle of Purbeck , traces of the dirt - bed , with trunks of trees , are seen be- neath the fresh water limestone of the Weald ; a proof that , before the deposition of the Purbeck ...
... magnitude of the trees of the petrified forest . In the isle of Purbeck , traces of the dirt - bed , with trunks of trees , are seen be- neath the fresh water limestone of the Weald ; a proof that , before the deposition of the Purbeck ...
Страница 58
... according to Laplace , this must be within of the true distance , so that no error is involved either way greater than about a million of miles . The im →→ mense magnitude of the solar body appears from the fact 58 SCENERY IN A PATCH.
... according to Laplace , this must be within of the true distance , so that no error is involved either way greater than about a million of miles . The im →→ mense magnitude of the solar body appears from the fact 58 SCENERY IN A PATCH.
Страница 59
... magnitude of the solar body appears from the fact that he occupies so much space in the heavens , and presents such a stately aspect , with so vast an interval between us . If a locomotive had been started five centuries and a half ago ...
... magnitude of the solar body appears from the fact that he occupies so much space in the heavens , and presents such a stately aspect , with so vast an interval between us . If a locomotive had been started five centuries and a half ago ...
Страница 62
... magnitude to forty - nine such bodies , and the sun to near seventy mil- lions . If loosened from the action of other forces , the earth and the moon would fall together by the power of mutual attraction ; but the earth being not only ...
... magnitude to forty - nine such bodies , and the sun to near seventy mil- lions . If loosened from the action of other forces , the earth and the moon would fall together by the power of mutual attraction ; but the earth being not only ...
Страница 63
... MAGNITUDE.- " From the earliest ages , " says Professor Mitchell , " these bright and beautiful orbs , which fill the heavens , have fixed the atten- tion - fastened the gaze - excited the curiosity of every con- templative mind . From ...
... MAGNITUDE.- " From the earliest ages , " says Professor Mitchell , " these bright and beautiful orbs , which fill the heavens , have fixed the atten- tion - fastened the gaze - excited the curiosity of every con- templative mind . From ...
Други издания - Преглед на всички
Често срещани думи и фрази
ages ancient animalcules animals appear beautiful beds bodies bones Buckland chalk formation clay clusters coal comet composed conglomerates containing creation creatures crocodile crust deposited diameter dirt-bed discovered distance earth evidence existence extent extinct fact feet in length fishes fixed stars forest forms fossil Galileo Galileo Galilei geological globe Greywacke ground heavens Herschel human Huzza Ichthyosaurus Iguanodon immense inch infinitely inhabitants instrument Jupiter lias light limestone living lizard Lyme Regis magnitude marine mass Megalosaurus Megatherium mighty millions of miles mind moon motion mountains nature nearly nebula night observation occur ocean old red sandstone oolite Padua period philosopher Pisa planets Plesiosaurus present Pterodactyles quadrupeds remarks reptiles resembled rocks sand shale shells Shower of stones silurian Sirius solar space species strata structure surface tail teeth telescope terrestrial tertiary thickness thousand tion trees Tuscany vast antiquity vegetable Wealden wonder
Популярни откъси
Страница 45 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Страница 15 - Therefore let the moon Shine on thee in thy solitary walk; And let the misty mountain winds be free To blow against thee: and, in after years, When these wild ecstasies shall be matured Into a sober pleasure, when thy mind Shall be a mansion for all lovely forms, Thy memory be as a dwelling-place For all sweet sounds and harmonies...
Страница 12 - The one led me to see a system in every star. The other leads me to see a world in every atom.
Страница 61 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies ; ' The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Страница 8 - gan war, and fowl with fowl, And fish with fish ; to graze the herb all leaving, Devoured each other; nor stood much in awe Of man, but fled him, or with countenance grim Glared on him passing.
Страница 61 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night ! O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; 690 Around her throne the vivid planets roll.
Страница 64 - Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Страница 13 - Millions of millions thus, from age to age, With simplest skill and toil unweariable, No moment and no movement unimproved, Laid line on line, on terrace terrace spread, To swell the heightening, brightening gradual mound, By marvellous structure climbing towards the day.
Страница 34 - Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed; his other parts besides, Prone on the flood, extended long and large, 195 Lay floating many a rood...
Страница 30 - ... is evident from the form of its paddles ; that it was marine is almost equally so, from the remains with which it is universally associated ; that it may have occasionally visited the shore, the resemblance of its extremities to those of the turtle may lead us to conjecture ; its motion...