Philp's Washington Described: A Complete View of the American Capital, and the District of Columbia, with Many Notices, Historical, Topographical, and Scientific, of the Seat of GovernmentWilliam D'Arcy Haley S. Low, 1861 - Počet stran: 239 |
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... matter , a considerable part of which is drift . The drift in some places consists of sandstone , limestone , jasper rock , quartz in boulders , pebbles , gravel , sand , clay , and loam . The mixture of loam and clay often abounds in a ...
... matter , a considerable part of which is drift . The drift in some places consists of sandstone , limestone , jasper rock , quartz in boulders , pebbles , gravel , sand , clay , and loam . The mixture of loam and clay often abounds in a ...
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... matter , around which the sulphate of alumina or of iron had originally formed , on the carbonaceous matter . Subsequently the sulphur of the compound has been re- moved , and left the iron predominating in the state of iron - sand ...
... matter , around which the sulphate of alumina or of iron had originally formed , on the carbonaceous matter . Subsequently the sulphur of the compound has been re- moved , and left the iron predominating in the state of iron - sand ...
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... matters charged with iron ; then , perhaps , some of these deposits repeated , and finally covered with ten or fifteen feet of drift . In all cases , the drift is on the top , and is very irregular in its character , generally ...
... matters charged with iron ; then , perhaps , some of these deposits repeated , and finally covered with ten or fifteen feet of drift . In all cases , the drift is on the top , and is very irregular in its character , generally ...
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... matter , and shade of color , the Seneca sand- stone , of which the Smithsonian building is constructed . These resemblances , although sufficient to indicate proba- bility of source , are not sufficient to identify it . The mineral ...
... matter , and shade of color , the Seneca sand- stone , of which the Smithsonian building is constructed . These resemblances , although sufficient to indicate proba- bility of source , are not sufficient to identify it . The mineral ...
Strana 35
... matters . The lower beds are deeply stained with iron , and show in places thick beds of a ferruginous conglomerate . The flora of this District may be regarded as an inter . mingling of northern and southern forms , and exhibits but ...
... matters . The lower beds are deeply stained with iron , and show in places thick beds of a ferruginous conglomerate . The flora of this District may be regarded as an inter . mingling of northern and southern forms , and exhibits but ...
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