The American Journal of Science and ArtsS. Converse, 1859 |
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... direction and sometimes forming a sort of breccia , with branches and strings of datholite . It is usually massive , translucent , highly vitreous in lustre , and of a light * Pogg . Ann . , civ , 332 . Erdmann and Marchand's Journal ...
... direction and sometimes forming a sort of breccia , with branches and strings of datholite . It is usually massive , translucent , highly vitreous in lustre , and of a light * Pogg . Ann . , civ , 332 . Erdmann and Marchand's Journal ...
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... direction of the lines of bedding of the trap , but these are thin and of limited extent . Many of the trap amygdules are filled with a mineral resembling chlorophæite and others with saponite . Most of the substances thus occurring are ...
... direction of the lines of bedding of the trap , but these are thin and of limited extent . Many of the trap amygdules are filled with a mineral resembling chlorophæite and others with saponite . Most of the substances thus occurring are ...
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... direction , all thin layers of bark_superposed without any woody or carbonized matter between . It is nothing but the surface of an old coal - swamp , formed like the peat bogs described above . The peat which it covered has formed the ...
... direction , all thin layers of bark_superposed without any woody or carbonized matter between . It is nothing but the surface of an old coal - swamp , formed like the peat bogs described above . The peat which it covered has formed the ...
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... must necessarily abut against the walls of the basin , when they are found in their horizontal position . In other words , by the outward direction of the wall of a basin 28 L. Lesquereux on the Coal Formations of North America .
... must necessarily abut against the walls of the basin , when they are found in their horizontal position . In other words , by the outward direction of the wall of a basin 28 L. Lesquereux on the Coal Formations of North America .
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by the outward direction of the wall of a basin an upper bed ought to be extended somewhat beyond the lower and cover ... direction parallel to the others . 5. The upheaval of the Alleghany mountains and the undu- lating movement caused ...
by the outward direction of the wall of a basin an upper bed ought to be extended somewhat beyond the lower and cover ... direction parallel to the others . 5. The upheaval of the Alleghany mountains and the undu- lating movement caused ...
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