...where the continent was placed from the ruins of which the Wealden strata were derived, we are almost tempted to speculate on the former existence of the Atlantis of Plato, which may be true in geology, although fabulous as an historical event. We know that the present European...

...of the cosmogonists, whom he, in the early portions of his work, condemns with just severity : — " If it be asked where the continent was placed from...event. Its disappearance may have been gradual ; and wo need not suppose that the rate of subsidence was hastened at tho period when the displacement of...

...of the cosmogonists, whom he, in the early portions of his work, condemns with just severity : — " If it be asked where the continent was placed from...the period when the displacement of a great body of fresh water, by the cretaceous sea, took place. Suppose the mean height of the land drained by the...

...was fed, we are half tempted to speculate en the former existence of the Atlantis of : . /. . .. I Plato. The story of the submergence of an ancient...the period when the displacement of a great body of fresh water, by the cretaceous sea, took place. Suppose the mean height of the land drained by the...

...movements, and their effects, must not be lost sight of when we speculate on the origin of the Wealden. If it be asked where the continent was placed from...an ancient continent, however fabulous in history, must have been true again and again as a geological event. The real difficulty consists in the persistence...

...movements, and their effects, must not be lost sight of when we speculate on the origin of the Wealden. If it be asked where the continent was placed from...an ancient continent, however fabulous in history, must have been true again and again as a geological event. The real difficulty consists in the persistence...

...wealden-strata were derived, and by the drainage of which, a great river was fed," as to feel himself " half tempted to speculate on the former existence of the Atlantis of Plato ;" a . speculation, indeed, which says little for geology, and still less for his theory of the wealden-strata....

...the continent was placed, from the ruins of which the Wealden strata were derived, we might be almost tempted to speculate on the former existence of the Atlantis of Plato as true ia geology, although fabulous as an historical event. We know that the present European lands...

...where the continent was placed, from the ruins of which the Wealden strata were derived; we are almost tempted to speculate on the former existence of the Atlantis of Plato, which may be true in geology, although fabulous as a historical event. We know that the present European...

...speculate ou the origin of the Wealden. If it be asked where the continent was placed from the ruius of which the Wealden strata were derived, and by the...an ancient continent, however fabulous in history, must have been true again and again as a geological event. The real difficulty consists in the persistence...