Chips and Chapters, a Book for Amateur and Young GeologistsW. Blackwood and sons, 1869 - 303 páginas |
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... FRACTURED BOULDERS , CONGLOMERATES AND BRECCIAS , 154 159 • MAPPING OF SUPERFICIAL ACCUMULATIONS ,. 167 • IN THE FIELD , SCOTTISH GEOLOGY - ITS PROOFS AND PROBLEMS , 174 185 THE NATURAL SCIENCES - THEIR PLACE IN EDUCATION , DURA.
... FRACTURED BOULDERS , CONGLOMERATES AND BRECCIAS , 154 159 • MAPPING OF SUPERFICIAL ACCUMULATIONS ,. 167 • IN THE FIELD , SCOTTISH GEOLOGY - ITS PROOFS AND PROBLEMS , 174 185 THE NATURAL SCIENCES - THEIR PLACE IN EDUCATION , DURA.
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... maps , and sections he can separate the younger from the older strata— can say whether they have been deposited in lakes , in seas , or in estuaries — can tell the nature of the plants and animals imbedded within them - can indicate the ...
... maps , and sections he can separate the younger from the older strata— can say whether they have been deposited in lakes , in seas , or in estuaries — can tell the nature of the plants and animals imbedded within them - can indicate the ...
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... maps , and the proper skill to interpret them , the civil engineer may often see his course in a general way ; but there is ever an amount of detail- quality of rock , dip , jointing , dykes , dislocations , and the like — which ordinary ...
... maps , and the proper skill to interpret them , the civil engineer may often see his course in a general way ; but there is ever an amount of detail- quality of rock , dip , jointing , dykes , dislocations , and the like — which ordinary ...
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... map of Europe is made more intelligible by marking the metamorphic strata of the Alps , for example , by the colour of the system to which they belong ; but it is more than questionable how far the geology of Scotland is explicated , or ...
... map of Europe is made more intelligible by marking the metamorphic strata of the Alps , for example , by the colour of the system to which they belong ; but it is more than questionable how far the geology of Scotland is explicated , or ...
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... maps and sections are more studied and better understood - so will mining adventures be conducted with greater certainty and safety . But it is not to the miner alone that the science is of practical importance . The engineer , in ...
... maps and sections are more studied and better understood - so will mining adventures be conducted with greater certainty and safety . But it is not to the miner alone that the science is of practical importance . The engineer , in ...
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