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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... Rodez , Aubin and De- cazeville , Autun , Blanzy and Creuzot , and Brassac , besides many others . Although widely separated , there can be little doubt that these really belong to one group , deposited under circumstances not very ...
... Rodez , Aubin and De- cazeville , Autun , Blanzy and Creuzot , and Brassac , besides many others . Although widely separated , there can be little doubt that these really belong to one group , deposited under circumstances not very ...
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... Rodez . At this point several pits have been sunk and mines opened . The Rodez basin ( somewhat improperly so - called ) consists of a series of beds of coal dipping heavily to the north , reposing on the schists and gneiss or granite ...
... Rodez . At this point several pits have been sunk and mines opened . The Rodez basin ( somewhat improperly so - called ) consists of a series of beds of coal dipping heavily to the north , reposing on the schists and gneiss or granite ...
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... Rodez to Laissac , but the coal reappears near Severac , a distance of about fifteen miles from Rodez , and is supposed to be continuous throughout . I saw no distinct proof of this , although it is by no means un- likely , and indeed ...
... Rodez to Laissac , but the coal reappears near Severac , a distance of about fifteen miles from Rodez , and is supposed to be continuous throughout . I saw no distinct proof of this , although it is by no means un- likely , and indeed ...
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... Rodez coal is unfavourable , as it has a stony , dirty appearance and bad colour ; but on further exami- nation and actual trial , it proves to be much better than could be supposed . It burns freely with a moderately long flame and ...
... Rodez coal is unfavourable , as it has a stony , dirty appearance and bad colour ; but on further exami- nation and actual trial , it proves to be much better than could be supposed . It burns freely with a moderately long flame and ...
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... Rodez coal has hitherto been for local purposes , such as lime - burning , and for domestic use in the neighbourhood , and the average annual supply from the Bennac mine , the only one at present in work , is about 4500 tons . The ...
... Rodez coal has hitherto been for local purposes , such as lime - burning , and for domestic use in the neighbourhood , and the average annual supply from the Bennac mine , the only one at present in work , is about 4500 tons . The ...
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