 | James Geikie - 1874 - 618 Seiten
...stones. They arc neither round and oval like the pebbles in river gravel or the shingle of the seashore, nor are they sharply angular like newly-fallen debris...angular in shape, but the sharp corners and edges have invariably been smoothed away. Some characteristic forms are shown in the accompanying illustrations... | |
 | 1874 - 800 Seiten
...They are neither round nor oval like the pebbles in river-gravel, or the shingle of the sea-shore; nor are they sharply angular like newly-fallen debris at the base of a cliff; but seem to be like the latter in general shape with the sharp corners and edges smoothed away. They... | |
 | 1874 - 810 Seiten
...They are neither round nor oval like the pebbles in river-gravel, or the shingle of the sea-shore ; nor are they sharply angular like newly-fallen debris at the base of a clitf; but seem to be like the latter in general shape with the sharp corners and edges smoothed away.... | |
 | JAMES GEIKIE - 1877 - 602 Seiten
...stones. They are neither round and oval like the pebbles in river gravel or the shingle of the seashore, nor are they sharply angular like newly-fallen debris at the base of a cliff, although the}?, more closely resemble the latter than the former. They are indeed angular in shape, but the... | |
 | Liverpool Geological Society - 1878 - 480 Seiten
...super-position which the experience of many geologists in this and other countries has now assigned to them; but we must not assume that this arrangement of super-position...away. Each is smoothed, polished, and covered with striae, or scratches, some of which are delicate as the lines traced by an etching-needle, others deep... | |
 | Ignatius Donnelly - 1883 - 482 Seiten
...They are neither round and oval, like the pebbles in river-gravel, or the shingle of the sea-shore, nor are they sharply angular like newly-fallen debris...angular in shape, but the sharp corners and edges have invariably been smoothed away. . . . Their shape, as will be seen, is by no means their most striking... | |
 | Ontario. Department of Mines, Ontario. Bureau of Mines - 1892 - 302 Seiten
...pebbles in river gravel or the shingle of the sea shore, nor are they sharply angular like newly fallen debris at the base of a cliff, although they more...than the former. They are indeed angular in shape, bub the sharp corners and edges have invariably been smoothed away. Bach is smoothed, polished and... | |
 | Ontario. Legislative Assembly - 1892 - 552 Seiten
...pebbles in rivnr gravel or the shingle of the sea shore, nor are they sharply angular like newly fallen debris at the base of a cliff, although they more...resemble the latter than the former. They are indeed angulai in shape, but the sharp corners and edges have invariably been smoothed away. Each is smoothed,... | |
 | James Geikie - 1894 - 944 Seiten
...pebbles in river-gravel or the shingle of the sea-shore, nor are they sharply angular like newly fallen debris at the base of a cliff, although they more...angular in shape, but the sharp corners and edges have almost invariably been smoothed away. Some characteristic forms are shown in the accompanying illustrations... | |
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Stones and boulders alike are scattered higgledy-piggledy, pell-mell, through the clay, so as to give to the whole deposit a highly confused and tumultuous appearance. There is something very peculiar about the shape of the stones. They are neither round... 