 ... worker in this department of science to peruse with care the pages given and not be obliged to admit that the geology of a large portion of this country, and especially that of Canada and New England, is in an almost hopeless state of confusion. The...  Correlation Papers; Archaen and Algonkian - Side 454af Charles Richard Van Hise - 1892 - 549 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1892 - 618 sider
...and Wadsworth as to the -state of pre-Cambrian geology, I have had no sympathy. They said that the chances of "having at some future time a clear understanding...North America would be decidedly improved if all that has been written about it were at once struck out of existence." Crude methods have frequently led... | |
 | 1886 - 922 sider
...country, and especially that of Canada and New England, is in an almost hopeless state of confusion"; and "that our chances of having at some future time a...North America would be decidedly improved if all that has been written about it were struck out of existence." This condition of things is largely ascribed... | |
 | Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota - 1888 - 528 sider
...recorded conclusions so uncertain, that within a few years the summary judgment has bpen pronounced that "our chances of having at some future time a clear understanding of the geological situation of northeastern North America would be decidedly improved if all that lias been written about... | |
 | Geological Society of America - 1890 - 652 sider
...to them. We believe that we are justified in going still farther and saying that our chances of our having at some future time a clear understanding of...North America would be decidedly improved if all that has been written about it were at once struck out of existence." * We may do our predecessors the simple... | |
 | Geological Society of America - 1890 - 658 sider
...to them. We believe that we are justified in going still farther and saying that our chances of our having at some future time a clear understanding of...North America would be decidedly improved if all that has been written about it were at once struck out of existence. ' ' * We may do our predecessors the... | |
 | Charles Richard Van Hise, Charles Kenneth Leith - 1909 - 956 sider
...review of the literature of the pro-Potsdam rocks, conclude that it is impossible for any unprejudiced worker in this department of science to peruse with...some of the problems presented in the course of the study of the older rocks are extremely difficult, it is clearly proved that want of knowledge, want... | |
 | Geological Survey (U.S.) - 1909 - 1014 sider
...review of the literature of the pre-Potsdam rocks, conclude that it is impossible for any unprejudiced worker in this department of science to peruse with...some of the problems presented in the course of the study of the older rocks are extremely difficult, it is clearly proved that want of knowledge, want... | |
 | George Perkins Merrill - 1924 - 878 sider
...in which, with characteristic vigor and terseness, he expressed the opinion that the "chances of our having at some future time a clear understanding of...North America would be decidedly improved if all that had been written about it was struck out of existence." As to how we were to arrive at our present... | |
 | George Perkins Merrill - 1924 - 886 sider
...in which, with characteristic vigor and terseness, he expressed the opinion that the "chances of our having at some future time a clear understanding of...North America would be decidedly improved if all that had been written about it was struck out of existence." As to how we were to arrive at our present... | |
 | Geological Society of America - 1890 - 654 sider
...to them. We believe that we are justified in going still farther and saying that our chances of our having at some future time a clear understanding of...North America would be decidedly improved if all that has been written aboutit were at once struck out of existence." * We may do our predecessors the simple... | |
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