Chips and Chapters, a Book for Amateur and Young GeologistsW. Blackwood and sons, 1869 - 303 sider |
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Side 26
... occur , and how they can be most advantageously raised from the quarry , but the question of their durability , how they are affected by the weather , their absorption of moisture , the effect of exposure on their colour , hardness ...
... occur , and how they can be most advantageously raised from the quarry , but the question of their durability , how they are affected by the weather , their absorption of moisture , the effect of exposure on their colour , hardness ...
Side 36
... centuries have elapsed since the deer were mired in the morass . Did Roman remains occur in the peat - bed , as they sometimes do , we would then have an approximation to the date of the deer , as 36 CHIPS AND CHAPTERS .
... centuries have elapsed since the deer were mired in the morass . Did Roman remains occur in the peat - bed , as they sometimes do , we would then have an approximation to the date of the deer , as 36 CHIPS AND CHAPTERS .
Side 41
... occur in the superficial accumulations of France and Belgium , and re- mains of mammoth and tichorrhine rhinoceros in those of France and Britain . The presence of the reindeer and musk - ox bespeaks an arctic climate ; and that of the ...
... occur in the superficial accumulations of France and Belgium , and re- mains of mammoth and tichorrhine rhinoceros in those of France and Britain . The presence of the reindeer and musk - ox bespeaks an arctic climate ; and that of the ...
Side 49
... occur , these are re- stricted to certain limits , so that in the main we have regu- larity and order , which may be relied on and determined . And in the same way with all the secondary phenomena of our planet , whether meteoric ...
... occur , these are re- stricted to certain limits , so that in the main we have regu- larity and order , which may be relied on and determined . And in the same way with all the secondary phenomena of our planet , whether meteoric ...
Side 51
... occurs in the solid crust ; and believing that like results are produced by simi- lar causes , he ascribes the basalts , greenstones , porphyries , tufas , their effects on the stratified rocks , the displacement of strata , and the ...
... occurs in the solid crust ; and believing that like results are produced by simi- lar causes , he ascribes the basalts , greenstones , porphyries , tufas , their effects on the stratified rocks , the displacement of strata , and the ...
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Side 135 - THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go.
Side 305 - Memoir of Sir William Hamilton, Bart., Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in the University of Edinburgh. By Professor VEITCH of the University of Glasgow. 8vo, with Portrait, 18s.