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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... sandstone . The limestone abounds with organic remains , as of shells , corals , and even fishes ; and is said to be referable to the various limestones extending from the lias , or even the magnesian limestone , to chalk inclu- sive ...
... sandstone . The limestone abounds with organic remains , as of shells , corals , and even fishes ; and is said to be referable to the various limestones extending from the lias , or even the magnesian limestone , to chalk inclu- sive ...
Pàgina 255
... sandstones of different kinds , red and black ; fine specimens of petrified wood were found , in which were observed , in the centre , sap - vessels , and knots filled with calcareous matter , the woody fibre charged with a siliceous ...
... sandstones of different kinds , red and black ; fine specimens of petrified wood were found , in which were observed , in the centre , sap - vessels , and knots filled with calcareous matter , the woody fibre charged with a siliceous ...
Pàgina 256
... sandstone hills , some of which were 600 feet high . On the 22d , they moved before daylight , passing some rough sand hills mixed with red sandstone , to the west , over a plain of fine gravel , and halted at the matten called El ...
... sandstone hills , some of which were 600 feet high . On the 22d , they moved before daylight , passing some rough sand hills mixed with red sandstone , to the west , over a plain of fine gravel , and halted at the matten called El ...
Pàgina 257
... sandstone . One day's journey was also through a tract partly plain , partly of sandstone hills , to a wadey named Izhya . Here the travellers had a gale of wind for three days ; their tents were nearly buried with sand , and were ...
... sandstone . One day's journey was also through a tract partly plain , partly of sandstone hills , to a wadey named Izhya . Here the travellers had a gale of wind for three days ; their tents were nearly buried with sand , and were ...
Pàgina 258
... sandstone , containing numerous nodules of The sandstone hills exhibit , on their summits , Near to forms resembling ruins of towns and castles . Bilma are several salt lakes that afford very pure and well- crystallized salt . * About a ...
... sandstone , containing numerous nodules of The sandstone hills exhibit , on their summits , Near to forms resembling ruins of towns and castles . Bilma are several salt lakes that afford very pure and well- crystallized salt . * About a ...
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