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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... picturesque . Just as we reached the bridge which here spans the river with three small arches , the steam - boat , which daily travels between this place and Nantes during most part of the year , was not only starting but had actually ...
... picturesque . Just as we reached the bridge which here spans the river with three small arches , the steam - boat , which daily travels between this place and Nantes during most part of the year , was not only starting but had actually ...
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... picturesque objects , consisting of rocks , trees , houses , châteaux , little chapels , round towers , and ruined sheds , that can be imagined . The river here winds a good deal , and the character of the scenery is in all respects ...
... picturesque objects , consisting of rocks , trees , houses , châteaux , little chapels , round towers , and ruined sheds , that can be imagined . The river here winds a good deal , and the character of the scenery is in all respects ...
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... is a noble and beautiful sheet of water , rich in all that can please the eye and gratify the taste of the traveller who has a love of the picturesque . 10 CHAPTER THE SECOND . THE MINERAL BASINS AND LIMESTONE VALLEY OF THE ERDRE . 9.
... is a noble and beautiful sheet of water , rich in all that can please the eye and gratify the taste of the traveller who has a love of the picturesque . 10 CHAPTER THE SECOND . THE MINERAL BASINS AND LIMESTONE VALLEY OF THE ERDRE . 9.
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... picturesque . Blocks of a remarkably hard compact con- glomerate are picked up in the bed of the little stream , and similar blocks have been formerly employed in grinding and pounding the ore . Veins of jaspery quartz are seen in situ ...
... picturesque . Blocks of a remarkably hard compact con- glomerate are picked up in the bed of the little stream , and similar blocks have been formerly employed in grinding and pounding the ore . Veins of jaspery quartz are seen in situ ...
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... picturesque character . It possesses a special fauna and flora , being the largest continuous tract of nearly pure calcareous rock at a very high level to be found in this part of Europe ; and it is in some respects more like the high ...
... picturesque character . It possesses a special fauna and flora , being the largest continuous tract of nearly pure calcareous rock at a very high level to be found in this part of Europe ; and it is in some respects more like the high ...
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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.