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Excerpt from A New System of Geology: In Which the Great Revolutions of the Earth and Animated Nature, Are Reconciled at Once to Modern Science and Sacred HistoryIn a book intended for general perusal, perhaps an apology may be due for the apparent abstruseness of the chapter on Light. But this was a subject of such vital interest to the proposed line of inquiry, that the author would have deemed himself highly culpable, either to have omitted it altogether, or to have treated it in a more superficial manner. He has spared no pains to simplify the disquisition; and he believes that a moderate mental effort will surmount every obstacle to its comprehension. At any rate, the conclusions are perfectly clear and satis factory.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1829 Excerpt: ... sheep, afford examples. Beech is the tree best fitted for a chalky soil. The Chiltern hills in Oxfordshire, were anciently covered with thickets and woods of beech, which afforded harbour to banditti. Hence the steward of the Chiltern hundreds, formerly an employment under the crown, has become a nominal office, which members of parliament take under a fiction of law, in order to vacate their seats. The lower beds of the chalk formation, are with few exceptions filled with water, which percolating from above is arrested by the subsoil of blue clay. Thus are formed the springs and rivulets which issue near the foot of every chalk hill. Most of the rivers which traverse this formation, rise in the older rocks beyond its escarpment, and flow along the valleys that are excavated across its chain. The chalk is often nearly dry to a great depth; the well sunk 400 feet at Royston in Hertfordshire, afforded no water. For particular views of the sections of the chalk formation, throughout England, I refer to Messrs. Conybeare and Phillip's excellent work, p. 89, et seq. On the coasts of France opposite to the English chalk country, a series of sections may be observed almost exactly answering both in character and position to those now briefly traced, but fully described in the above work, demonstrating that the constituent strata had been continuous at some ancient epoch. The corresponding points between ENGLISH AND FRENCH CHALK. 291 the cliffs on each side of the Straits of Dover are too remarkable for us to esteem their former continuity an hypothesis. That the connecting mass has been apparently washed away by an irruption of the sea, may be inferred from the fact that the chalk without flints on the west of Dover is not less than 50 feet in thickness, while th...

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ <title> A New System Of Geology, In Which The Great Revolutions Of The Earth And Animated Nature Are Reconciled At Once To Modern Science And Sacred History<author> Andrew Ure<publisher> Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1829<subjects> Science; Earth Sciences; General; Bible and geology; Geology; Science / Earth Sciences / General; Science / Earth Sciences / Geology

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