 | Henry Alleyne Nicholson - 1872 - 636 Seiten
...also been traced from Egypt, where it was largely quarried of old for the building of the Pyramids, into Asia Minor, and across Persia, by Bagdad, to the mouths of the Indus. It occurs not only in Cutch, but in the mountain-ranges which separate Scinde from Persia, and which form the passes leading... | |
 | Henry Alleyne Nicholson - 1872 - 652 Seiten
...also been traced from Egypt, where it was largely quarried of old for the building of the Pyramids, into Asia Minor, and across Persia, by Bagdad, to the mouths of the Indus. It occurs not only in Cutch, but in the mountain-ranges which separate Scinde from Persia, and which form the passes leading... | |
 | Louis Guillaume Figuier - 1872 - 560 Seiten
...often attains a thickness of many thousand feet, and extends from the Alps to the Carpathians, and is in full force in the north of Africa, as, for example, in Algeria and Morocco. It has been traced from Egypt, where it was largely quarried of old for the building of the Pyramids, into... | |
 | Edward Hull - 1872 - 376 Seiten
...and thus become ' marbles.' Africa and Asia Minor. The great formation of Nummulite limestone occurs in full force in the north of Africa, as for example in Algeria and Morocco. It has been traced from Egypt, where it was largely quarried of old for the building of some of the pyramids,... | |
 | Edward Hull - 1872 - 376 Seiten
...and thus become ' marbles.' Africa and Asia Minor. The great formation of Nummulite limestone occurs in full force in the north of Africa, as for example in Algeria and Morocco. It has been traced from Egypt, where it was largely quarried of old for the building of some of the pyramids,... | |
 | David Page - 1873 - 260 Seiten
...Carpathians, and in full force in the north of Africa—as, for 1, 2. Numraulitea ; 3, Section of do. example, in Algeria and Morocco. It has also been...to the mouths of the Indus. It occurs not only in Cutch, but in the mountain-ranges which separate Scinde from Cabul; and it has been followed eastward... | |
 | Henry Woodward - 1874 - 646 Seiten
...above the «ea. It occurs also in the Pyrenees, and extends from the Alps to the Carpathians, and is in full force in the North of Africa, as, for example, in Algeria and Morocco. In Egypt, the quarries in this rock near Cairo furnished the Pharoahs with building-stone for the Pyramids.... | |
 | David Page - 1876 - 546 Seiten
...Alps to the Apennines. It is found in the Carpathians, and in full force in the north of Africa—as, for example, in Algeria and Morocco. It has also been...to the mouths of the Indus. It occurs not only in Cutch, but in the mountain-ranges which separate Scinde from Cabul; and it has been followed eastward... | |
 | Geologists' Association - 1876 - 614 Seiten
...above the sea. It occurs also in the Pyrenees, and extends from the Alps to the Carpathians, and is in full force in the North of Africa, as, for example, in Algeria and Morocco. In Egypt, the quarries in this rock near Cairo furnished the Pharaohs with building-stone for the Pyramids.*... | |
 | Henry Alleyne Nicholson - 1877 - 448 Seiten
...has been traced from Egypt, where it was largely quarried of old for the building of the Pyramids, into Asia Minor, and across Persia by Bagdad to the mouths of the Indus. It has been observed not only in Cutch, but in the mountain-ranges which separate Scinde from Persia,... | |
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It is found in the Carpathians, and in full force in the north of Africa, as, for example, in Algeria and Morocco. It has also been traced from Egypt into Asia Minor, and across Persia by Bagdad to the mouths of the Indus. It occurs not only in 
