On the cause, date, and duration of the last glacial epoch of geology, and the probable antiquity of man. With an investigation of a new movement of the earth |
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On the Cause, Date, and Duration of the Last Glacial Epoch of Geology, and ... Alfred Wilks Drayson Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2015 |
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