The Story of the Hills: A Book about Mountains for General ReadersMacmillan, 1906 - 357 страница |
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... continually from them . The writer has , some- what reluctantly , omitted certain parts of the subject which , though very interesting to the geologist , can hardly be made attractive to general readers . Thus , the cause of earth ...
... continually from them . The writer has , some- what reluctantly , omitted certain parts of the subject which , though very interesting to the geologist , can hardly be made attractive to general readers . Thus , the cause of earth ...
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... continually effecting their waste and decay , and thus in- terpreting the story of the hills as it is written in the very rocks of which they are built up . Naturalists have collected and noted the peculiar plants and animals which have ...
... continually effecting their waste and decay , and thus in- terpreting the story of the hills as it is written in the very rocks of which they are built up . Naturalists have collected and noted the peculiar plants and animals which have ...
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... continually by evaporation . II . Mountains are elevated reservoirs of water in one form or another , and thus not only feed the streams and rivers , but give them force and direction as well . III . Mountains suffer themselves to be ...
... continually by evaporation . II . Mountains are elevated reservoirs of water in one form or another , and thus not only feed the streams and rivers , but give them force and direction as well . III . Mountains suffer themselves to be ...
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... continually , from silent snowfields and glaciers among her mountain - peaks , are the very arteries and veins of the earth ; and as the blood in our bodies is forced to circulate by pressure from the heart 44 The Story of the Hills .
... continually , from silent snowfields and glaciers among her mountain - peaks , are the very arteries and veins of the earth ; and as the blood in our bodies is forced to circulate by pressure from the heart 44 The Story of the Hills .
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... continual supplies which pour gently forth from the mountains of higher latitudes . The Alps feed four of the principal rivers of Europe . We cannot do better than quote Pro- fessor Bonney , whose writings on the Alps are familiar to ...
... continual supplies which pour gently forth from the mountains of higher latitudes . The Alps feed four of the principal rivers of Europe . We cannot do better than quote Pro- fessor Bonney , whose writings on the Alps are familiar to ...
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ages Alpine Alps amount animals anticline atmosphere avalanches basalt Ben Nevis buried carved cause châlets chalk clouds coast cold colour composed continually cracks crater crust débris denudation deposits dust earth earthquakes eruption flow folds force formed frequently geological geologists glaciers gneiss granite ground heat heat-rays height higher Highlands hills Himalayas hundred Illustrated Jura Mountains kind lakes land lava layers limestone masses miles mineral molten Mont Mont Blanc moun mountain-chains mountain-ranges mountains movements nature ocean Old Red Sandstone once peaks Permian plains plants present rain and rivers ranges region rise rocky sand sandstone scenery schists Scotland sedimentary sedimentary rocks seen side slopes slowly snow soil solid stones story strata stratified rocks streams surface Switzerland synclines tains takes place thick thousand feet tion upheaval valleys vapour vast volcanic ash water-vapour waves winds worn