The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History, and the Fine Arts, Volumes 9-10Simpkin & Marshall, 1830 - Science |
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... existence of outliers of red sandstone lying but a little distance above the coal measures , and within the district where coal In the cutting of the new railway to Babbington Colliery the base of the formation is exposed , and contains ...
... existence of outliers of red sandstone lying but a little distance above the coal measures , and within the district where coal In the cutting of the new railway to Babbington Colliery the base of the formation is exposed , and contains ...
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... existence of a knob of mountain limestone , which peers above the new red sand- stone at Birchwood Park , about five miles S. of Ashbourne . This is a slight elevation , about 300 yards long and 150 broad , and consists of thick beds of ...
... existence of a knob of mountain limestone , which peers above the new red sand- stone at Birchwood Park , about five miles S. of Ashbourne . This is a slight elevation , about 300 yards long and 150 broad , and consists of thick beds of ...
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... existence of the mountain limestone at Birchwood Park makes it highly improbable that any coal is in the immediate neighbourhood , and almost certain that there is none between there and Ashbourne . If we trace the E. side of the ...
... existence of the mountain limestone at Birchwood Park makes it highly improbable that any coal is in the immediate neighbourhood , and almost certain that there is none between there and Ashbourne . If we trace the E. side of the ...
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... existence , the old gradually dying , the young coming into life , life frequently cut short by accident or violence , everything , in short , proceeding as we know the business of existence now to proceed in similar situations . How ...
... existence , the old gradually dying , the young coming into life , life frequently cut short by accident or violence , everything , in short , proceeding as we know the business of existence now to proceed in similar situations . How ...
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... existence . Still the deposition must have been slow , since the lamina of the shale are of paper thinness . After two or three hundred feet of shale had been deposited , the currents increased also in strength , and became capable of ...
... existence . Still the deposition must have been slow , since the lamina of the shale are of paper thinness . After two or three hundred feet of shale had been deposited , the currents increased also in strength , and became capable of ...
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