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The strata of the earth reveal its history with great fidelity for long periods previous to the present, but earlier than that the record becomes indistinct, and if we attempt to follow it back to the beginning, the indistinctness merges into extreme obscurity.
Rollin D. Salisbury
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Born:
August 17, 1858
Died:
August 15, 1922
(aged 63)
Bio:
Rollin Daniel Salisbury was an American geologist and educator.
Known for:
Physiography (1907)
The Elements of Geography (1912)
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