As often as I have seen beds of mud, sand, and shingle, accumulated to the thickness of many thousand feet, I have felt inclined to exclaim that causes, such as the present rivers and the present beaches, could never have ground down and produced such... Elements of physical geography - Page 49by Hugo Reid - 1850Full view - About this book
| Justus Freiherr von Liebig, Lyon Playfair Baron Playfair - Agricultural chemistry - 1843 - 446 pages
...mineral debris, which they deposit on reaching the plains and valleys ; thus fertile soils are formed. " As often as I have seen beds of mud, sand, and shingle,...and the present beaches could never have ground down such masses. But, on the other hand, when listening to the rattling noise of these torrents, and calling... | |
| Robert Smith - Society of Friends - 1846 - 434 pages
...often as I have scon beds of mud, sand, sliingle accumulated to the thickness of many thousand feet, 1 have felt inclined to exclaim that causes, such as...beaches, could never have ground down and produced such an effect. But, on the other hand, when listening to the rattling noise of these torrents, and calling... | |
| British geology - 1850 - 332 pages
...extraordinary manner into small angular fragments :" and again, " as often as I have seen beds of marl, sand, and shingle accumulated to the thickness of...and the present beaches could never have ground down such masses. But, on the other hand, when listening to the rattling noise of these torrents, and calling... | |
| George Fownes - Agricultural chemistry - 1853 - 132 pages
...fluviatile deposit is very considerable, and in many situations, forms most valuable arable soil. " As often as I have seen beds of mud, sand, and shingle,...the present beaches, could never have ground down such masses. But, on the other hand, when listening to the rattling noise of these torrents, and calling... | |
| Graduated series - 1861 - 504 pages
...conveys an idea not more definite than the savage implies when he points to the hairs of his head. As often as I have seen beds of mud, sand, and shingle...have felt inclined to exclaim that causes, such as existing rivers and beaches, could never have ground down and produced such masses. But on the other... | |
| Charles Darwin - Beagle Expedition - 1873 - 552 pages
...idea, not more definite than .the savage implies when he points to the hairs of his head. As often as 1 have seen beds of mud, sand, and shingle, accumulated...never have ground down and produced such masses. But, oil the other hand, when listening to the rattling noise of these torrents, and calling to mind that... | |
| Charles Darwin - Beagle Expedition - 1876 - 586 pages
...conveys an idea, not more definite than the savage implies when he points to the hairs of his head. As often as I have seen beds of mud, sand, and shingle,...causes, such as the present rivers and the present lieaches, could never have ground down and produced such masses. But, on the other hand, when listening... | |
| Jonathan Smith - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 294 pages
...by a cause repeated so often, that the multiplier itself ceases to convey any . . . definite idea. As often as I have seen beds of mud, sand, and shingle,...the present beaches, could never have ground down such masses. But, on the other hand, when listening to the rattling noise of these torrents, and calling... | |
| Charles Darwin - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 500 pages
...conveys an idea, not more definite than the savage implies when he points to the hairs of his head. As often as I have seen beds of mud, sand, and shingle,...masses. But, on the other hand, when listening to the ratding noise of these torrents, and calling to mind that whole races of animals have passed away from... | |
| Robert Faggen - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 380 pages
...conveys an idea, not more definite than the savage implies when he points to the hairs of his head. As often as I have seen beds of mud, sand, and shingle, accumulated to thickness of many thousand feet, I have felt inclined to exclaim that causes, such as the present rivers... | |
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