A Dictionary of science, literature, and art [electronic resource]: comprising the history, description, and scientific principles of every branch of human knowledge; with the derivation and definition of all the terms in general use (1844)
Brande, William Thomas, 1788-1866, Cauvin, Joseph · New York : Harper & brothers · leaf 512
nitic rocks; and B, C, and D the inoumbent rocks orstrata. From the dislocated and inclined position of Band the horizontal and undisturbed state of C, it may bepresumed that the chain A was elevated subsequently tothe existence of B B, but before the deposition of C C, Obthe other hand, in t.he… … Reasoning upon such grounds, it has been attempted toprove that the great mountain chains of the- earth are ofvarious, dates, some formed prior to_and others subsequentto their secondary or sedimentary neighbours. Thus also,if we assume that these great crystalline masses have beenthrust up from…
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