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... rocks around it . " I have often observed the same phenomenon , but , until re- cently , not carefully enough to warrant any attempt at explana- tion , though always convinced that it was not due to any invisible vibratory motion of the ...
... rocks around it . " I have often observed the same phenomenon , but , until re- cently , not carefully enough to warrant any attempt at explana- tion , though always convinced that it was not due to any invisible vibratory motion of the ...
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... obtained are some fragments of rock , + Messrs . Birkbeck and Co. , Craven Bank , Settle , have kindly consented to receive subscriptions , consisting of Hornblende with interspersed crystals of quartz , found Nov. 6 , 1873 ] 15 NATURE.
... obtained are some fragments of rock , + Messrs . Birkbeck and Co. , Craven Bank , Settle , have kindly consented to receive subscriptions , consisting of Hornblende with interspersed crystals of quartz , found Nov. 6 , 1873 ] 15 NATURE.
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... rocks which compose them ; and these rocks were referred to the " primary " group . It was not until the discovery of fossils in a limestone which occurs at Wrea in Peebles- shire , in their higher portion , by Sir James Hall , that the ...
... rocks which compose them ; and these rocks were referred to the " primary " group . It was not until the discovery of fossils in a limestone which occurs at Wrea in Peebles- shire , in their higher portion , by Sir James Hall , that the ...
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... rocks have a prevailing reddish or brownish hue , especially on weathered surfaces . " As seen in Dumfriesshire and Roxburghshire these low rocks have the same aspect and nature . They have afforded , both in Wigtonshire and ...
... rocks have a prevailing reddish or brownish hue , especially on weathered surfaces . " As seen in Dumfriesshire and Roxburghshire these low rocks have the same aspect and nature . They have afforded , both in Wigtonshire and ...
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... rock pebbles , Lydian stone , and jasper characterise this group . The conglomerate , being locally known as " Haggis Rock , " has furnished the name to the series , which is about 1,800 feet thick . The Haggis group in Dumfriesshire is ...
... rock pebbles , Lydian stone , and jasper characterise this group . The conglomerate , being locally known as " Haggis Rock , " has furnished the name to the series , which is about 1,800 feet thick . The Haggis group in Dumfriesshire is ...
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