Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: With Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy and ZoologyJ. & J. Harper, 1846 - 359 pàgines |
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Pàgina 247
... gneiss , mica - slate , and clay - slate . Copper and lead mines , said to occur in the primitive parts of the range , were worked by the ancients in Morocco and Algiers , but are at present neglected ; and the same is also the case ...
... gneiss , mica - slate , and clay - slate . Copper and lead mines , said to occur in the primitive parts of the range , were worked by the ancients in Morocco and Algiers , but are at present neglected ; and the same is also the case ...
Pàgina 267
... gneiss , and quartz , and that the gold is collected from the alluvial sands and clays formed from these rocks . Nothing particular is known of the rocks or soils of the Slave Coast . Our young friend and pupil , Thomas Park , son of ...
... gneiss , and quartz , and that the gold is collected from the alluvial sands and clays formed from these rocks . Nothing particular is known of the rocks or soils of the Slave Coast . Our young friend and pupil , Thomas Park , son of ...
Pàgina 268
... gneiss , mica - slate , clay - slate , and primitive limestone or marble . The kingdom of Angola contains salt pits , from which are extracted large slabs of solid rock - salt . According to Battel , beds of rock - salt , three feet ...
... gneiss , mica - slate , clay - slate , and primitive limestone or marble . The kingdom of Angola contains salt pits , from which are extracted large slabs of solid rock - salt . According to Battel , beds of rock - salt , three feet ...
Pàgina 274
... gneiss , clay - slate , greywacke , quartz rock , sandstone , and augite- greenstone , or dolerite . Of these the most abundant are granite and sandstone ; the next in frequency are clay - slate and greywacke ; and the least frequent ...
... gneiss , clay - slate , greywacke , quartz rock , sandstone , and augite- greenstone , or dolerite . Of these the most abundant are granite and sandstone ; the next in frequency are clay - slate and greywacke ; and the least frequent ...
Pàgina 276
... gneiss , composed of gray felspar and quartz , with much dark - brown mica in small scales . It much resembles the gneiss interposed between granite and clay - slate in the transition mountains in the south of Scot- land ; as at Criffel ...
... gneiss , composed of gray felspar and quartz , with much dark - brown mica in small scales . It much resembles the gneiss interposed between granite and clay - slate in the transition mountains in the south of Scot- land ; as at Criffel ...
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Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1830 |
Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1836 |
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