Practical Geology and Mineralogy: With Instructions for the Qualitative Analysis of MineralsLea and Blanchard, 1842 - 527 Seiten |
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abundant acid afford ammonites animals appears argillaceous augite basalt beds blowpipe bones calcareous Cambrian carbonate of lime carboniferous limestone chalk coal field coast colour composed conglomerates consists containing coral crag cretaceous crystalline crystals deposits detritus diluvial district earth elevation England eocene epoch eruption estuary Europe existing extending extinct feet felspar fishes formation fossiliferous fossils fragments freshwater genera geologists geology gneiss granite gravel greensand greenstone heat hills hornblende hyæna igneous rocks inhabited iron islands Isle land lava London clay lower lustre Lyell magnesian mammalia marine shells marls masses metallic mica miles mineral character miocene molluscs nearly northern occur ocean old red sandstone oolitic organic remains oxide Paris basin pliocene poikilitic portion produced quartz rivers sand schist sediment shale siliceous Silurian slate sometimes species specific gravity strata stratified rocks surface tertiary strata thickness tion upper veins volcanic Wales wealden
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Seite 39 - they shall perish, but Thou shall endure; yea, all of them shall wax old as doth a garment, and as a vesture shall Thou change them, and they shall be
Seite 158 - GEOLOGY has been defined to be, in its most extended sense, the ancient natural history of the earth, and of the changes which have taken place in the organic and inorganic kingdoms of nature. It teaches us the materials of which the earth, to a certain depth, is composed, and the order in which they are arranged. We obtain this
Seite 64 - It has been justly argued against the attempt to identify these two great historical and natural phenomena, that, as the rise of the waters of the Mosaic deluge is represented to have been gradual, and of short duration, they would have produced comparatively little change on the surface of the country overflowed. The
Seite 17 - of our national literature. Its contributions not only to every department of science, but every department of history, are immense ; and there is not an intelligent man in the community—no matter what may be his taste or his occupation, but will find something here to enlighten, to gratify, and to profit him."—Albany Religious Spectator.