I have seen in my travels, amongst the thousands of boulders which are strewed over the great valley of the Missouri and Mississippi, from the Yellow Stone almost to the Gulf of Mexico, raises in my mind an unanswerable question, as regards the location... Elementary Geology - Página 134por Edward Hitchcock - 1841 - 346 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| George Catlin - 1841 - 504 páginas
...character from all other specimens which I have seen in my travels, amongst the thousands of boulders which are strewed over the great valley of the Missouri...from the Yellow Stone almost to the Gulf of Mexico, raises in my mind an unanswerable question, as regards the location of their native bed, and the means... | |
| Edward Hitchcock - 1842 - 366 páginas
...Ohio and Michigan. Similar evidence of a soxitheasterly drift exists in Virginia. Prof. W. Rogers'f Report on the Geological Reconnaissance of the State...15 to 25 feet in diameter, which he supposes must have been drifted several hundred miles from the north. an* informed by the gentleman engaged in the... | |
| George Catlin - 1845 - 492 páginas
...character from all other specimens which I have seen in my travels, amongst the thousands of boulders which are strewed over the great valley of the Missouri...from the Yellow Stone almost to the Gulf of Mexico, raises in my mind an unanswerable question, as regards the location of their native bed, and the means... | |
| George Catlin - 1850 - 508 páginas
...character from all other specimens which I have seen in my travels, amongst the thousands of boulders which are strewed over the great valley of the Missouri...from the Yellow Stone almost to the Gulf of Mexico, raises in my mind an unanswerable question, as regards the location of their native bed, and the means... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1852 - 306 páginas
...also said to be scattered over the great valley of the Missouri and Mississippi, from the Yellowstone almost to the Gulf of Mexico, which have been drifted thither from the northwest." At the Ked Pipestone quarry there are five granite bowlders from fifteen to twenty-five feet in diameter,... | |
| Edward Hitchcock - 1855 - 434 páginas
...According to Mr. Catlin, (American Jour, of Science, vol. 38, p. 143,) vast quantities of boulders of primary rocks "are strewed over the great valley...miles west of Lake Superior, he describes five granite boulders, from 15 to 25 feet in diameter, which he supposes must have been drifted several hundred... | |
| Edward Hitchcock - 1856 - 450 páginas
...According to Mr. Catlin, (American Jour, of Science, vol. 38, p. 1 43,) vast quantities of boulders of primary rocks " are strewed over the great valley...miles west of Lake Superior, he describes five granite boulders, from 15 to 25 feet in diameter, which he supposes must have been drifted several hundred... | |
| George Catlin - 1857 - 452 páginas
...character from all other specimens which I have seen in my travels, amongst the thousands of boulders which are strewed over the great valley of the Missouri...from the Yellow Stone almost to the Gulf of Mexico, raises in my mind an unanswerable question, as regards the location of their native bed, and the means... | |
| Alfred Wilks Drayson - 1873 - 410 páginas
...significantly called 'lost rock,' which may be traced to the north side of the lakes in Upper Canada. The great valley of the Missouri and Mississippi, from the Yellow Stone river almost to the Gulf of Mexico, is represented by Mr. Catlin as covered with vast quantities of... | |
| Alfred Wilks Drayson - 1873 - 342 páginas
...significantly called 'lost rock,' which may be traced to the north side of the lakes in Upper Canada. The great valley of the Missouri and Mississippi, from the Yellow Stone river almost to the Gulf of Mexico, is represented by Mr. Catlin as covered with vast quantities of... | |
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