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... rocks , has made us more or less acquainted with a depth of about 25 miles . Small as this portion is , when compared with the immense volume enclosed by it , it presents to our view a vast variety of substances , each of which has a ...
... rocks , has made us more or less acquainted with a depth of about 25 miles . Small as this portion is , when compared with the immense volume enclosed by it , it presents to our view a vast variety of substances , each of which has a ...
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... rock - salt . 3. Saline Ores , 3 families - sparry iron ores , copper salts , lead salts . 4. Oxidised Stones , 5 families- iron ores , tin - stone , manganese ores , red copper ores , white antimony ores . 5. Native Metals , forming ...
... rock - salt . 3. Saline Ores , 3 families - sparry iron ores , copper salts , lead salts . 4. Oxidised Stones , 5 families- iron ores , tin - stone , manganese ores , red copper ores , white antimony ores . 5. Native Metals , forming ...
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... Rock - crystal , calc - spar , beryl , corundum , graphite , and many other minerals , assume forms belonging to this system . 4. The Rhombic System , characterised by three axes , all unequal , but at right angles to each other : its ...
... Rock - crystal , calc - spar , beryl , corundum , graphite , and many other minerals , assume forms belonging to this system . 4. The Rhombic System , characterised by three axes , all unequal , but at right angles to each other : its ...
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... rocks . Thus , for instance , marble , consisting of nothing but grains of carbonate of lime , is a simple rock ; while granite , on the contrary , which is made up of small crystals of quartz , felspar , and mica , is a mixed rock ...
... rocks . Thus , for instance , marble , consisting of nothing but grains of carbonate of lime , is a simple rock ; while granite , on the contrary , which is made up of small crystals of quartz , felspar , and mica , is a mixed rock ...
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... rocks as basalt , greenstone , and porphyry ; at a depth of 36 miles the temperature would be 3272 ° , sufficient to melt iron ; and at a depth of 54 miles , a heat of 4892 ° would prevail - a temperature at which all known substances ...
... rocks as basalt , greenstone , and porphyry ; at a depth of 36 miles the temperature would be 3272 ° , sufficient to melt iron ; and at a depth of 54 miles , a heat of 4892 ° would prevail - a temperature at which all known substances ...
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Manual of modern geography, mathematical, physical, and political Alexander Mackay Vista completa - 1861 |
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