Brief biography and popular account of the unparalleled discoveries of T.J.J. See (1913)
Webb, W. L. (William Larkin), b. 1856 · Lynn, Mass. T.P. Nichols · leaf 256
? Moreover the Andes and the coast mountains in Alaska areconstantly shaken, while those in Colorado, far from the sea, arenever seriously disturbed. This shows that mountain-makingdepends in some way upon the sea; and we have seen that it arisesfrom the leakage of the oceans, which develops steam… … UNPARALLELED DISCOVERIES OF T. J. J. SEE 131 Fossils now found far inland show that at one time the seacovered the high plateaus of our western states, and extended tothe Rocky Mountains. The whole country west of Laramie,Wyoming, has been raised out of the sea in recent geological times;and…
See, Thomas Jefferson Jackson, 1866 · Astronomy
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