The Gallery of Nature; a Pictorial and Descriptive Tour Through Creation, Illustrative of the Wonders of Astronmy, Physical Geography, and Geology |
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... similar phenomenon has been described by Pontoppidan as occurring in Norway , where there is a perforation of the mountain of Torghatten in Helgeland , of fifty fathoms in height , and a hundred fathoms in length , through which the ...
... similar phenomenon has been described by Pontoppidan as occurring in Norway , where there is a perforation of the mountain of Torghatten in Helgeland , of fifty fathoms in height , and a hundred fathoms in length , through which the ...
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... similar difficulties , reposed in the same spot , and , doubtless , found their way in safety to a more fertile country . Again ; the scarcely visible current which escaped from the basin , served to nourish the few trees which ...
... similar difficulties , reposed in the same spot , and , doubtless , found their way in safety to a more fertile country . Again ; the scarcely visible current which escaped from the basin , served to nourish the few trees which ...
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... similar tint to the fishes of the Caithness schist . The teeth of Coccosteus , instead of being fixed in sockets , are integral portions of the bone , like the teeth of a comb ; and the mouth is supposed to have been placed vertically ...
... similar tint to the fishes of the Caithness schist . The teeth of Coccosteus , instead of being fixed in sockets , are integral portions of the bone , like the teeth of a comb ; and the mouth is supposed to have been placed vertically ...
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