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The Nature of the Earth's Interior *

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IN a previous discourse on volcanoes,† I directed attention to the phenomena of volcanic action, specially considered in relation to the part which such igneous or internal forces have played in determining the grand features of the external configuration of the sphere upon which we live.

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FORBES, D. The Nature of the Earth's Interior * . Nature 3, 296–299 (1871). https://doi.org/10.1038/003296a0

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