History of the Inductive Sciences: From the Earliest to the Present Times, Volume 3John W. Parker, 1837 - Induction (Logic) |
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... strata , and their elevation from the bottom of the ocean . All these speculations are connected by this bond , — that they endeavour to ascend to a past state of things , by the aid of the evidence of the present . In asserting , with ...
... strata , and their elevation from the bottom of the ocean . All these speculations are connected by this bond , — that they endeavour to ascend to a past state of things , by the aid of the evidence of the present . In asserting , with ...
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... strata , the constancy of their organic contents , their correspondence in different countries , and such great general relations of the materials and features of the 74 492 HISTORY OF GEOLOGY . Early Descriptions and Collections of ...
... strata , the constancy of their organic contents , their correspondence in different countries , and such great general relations of the materials and features of the 74 492 HISTORY OF GEOLOGY . Early Descriptions and Collections of ...
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... strata themselves . The identifica- tions and arrangements of our best geologists , the immense studies of fossil anatomy by Cuvier and others , have been conducted mainly by means of collections of specimens . They are more important ...
... strata themselves . The identifica- tions and arrangements of our best geologists , the immense studies of fossil anatomy by Cuvier and others , have been conducted mainly by means of collections of specimens . They are more important ...
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... strata ; but each part is marked with its predominant mineral only . The spirit of generalisation which constitutes the main value of such a work is wanting . Geological maps belong strictly to descriptive geology ; they are free from ...
... strata ; but each part is marked with its predominant mineral only . The spirit of generalisation which constitutes the main value of such a work is wanting . Geological maps belong strictly to descriptive geology ; they are free from ...
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... strata or layers , as it is in England ; that these strata were divided by parallel fissures ; that there were enclosed in the stone and all the other denser kinds of terrestrial matter , great numbers of the shells , and other ...
... strata or layers , as it is in England ; that these strata were divided by parallel fissures ; that there were enclosed in the stone and all the other denser kinds of terrestrial matter , great numbers of the shells , and other ...
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