Scenery, Science and Art: Being Extracts from the Note-book of a Geologist and Mining EngineerJ. Van Voorst, 1854 - 323 páginas |
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... pened that accidental delays in travelling have enabled him to write down his impressions at once , and at some length ; while not unfrequently points of the greatest iv interest have been very slightly touched upon , simply.
... pened that accidental delays in travelling have enabled him to write down his impressions at once , and at some length ; while not unfrequently points of the greatest iv interest have been very slightly touched upon , simply.
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... once recognises as connected with fossils , the remains of the inhabitants of the ocean , when these hard rocks were mere soft plastic mud , itself derived for the most part from animal structures . The ground between the Loire and the ...
... once recognises as connected with fossils , the remains of the inhabitants of the ocean , when these hard rocks were mere soft plastic mud , itself derived for the most part from animal structures . The ground between the Loire and the ...
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... once been of some importance in the district . Between Le Minier and the pretty and flourishing town of Milhau , on the right bank of the Tarn , are numerous lodes , some of unmistakeable value and immediately available , others ...
... once been of some importance in the district . Between Le Minier and the pretty and flourishing town of Milhau , on the right bank of the Tarn , are numerous lodes , some of unmistakeable value and immediately available , others ...
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... once discovered , and was found to be of large size , in excellent condition and full of ore . The direction of the lode is north and south , and it underlies a little to the west . At the section of the same lode laid open on the hill ...
... once discovered , and was found to be of large size , in excellent condition and full of ore . The direction of the lode is north and south , and it underlies a little to the west . At the section of the same lode laid open on the hill ...
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... once belonged to the inhabitants of Southern Europe , but which has now changed into a tame and debasing superstition , in- volving a total want even of the power of union , and the most degrading subjection to tyranny . The Roman ...
... once belonged to the inhabitants of Southern Europe , but which has now changed into a tame and debasing superstition , in- volving a total want even of the power of union , and the most degrading subjection to tyranny . The Roman ...
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Scenery, Science and Art: Being Extracts from the Note-book of a Geologist ... David Thomas Ansted Visualização integral - 1854 |
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Página 292 - The ore in both cases is an auriferous pyrites, occurring in a whitish or white schist. The vein is worked at a depth of 90 feet or thereabouts, but has been proved to 160, and remains uniform. It yields about 6 dwts.