 | William Maclure - Geology - 1817 - 236 pages
...flat horizontal beds, alternating with other earths in some places, in others in kidneyF form masses, from the size of an egg to that of a man's head; in form, resembling much the flint found frequently in chalk formations. So great an extent of alluvial,... | |
 | William Maclure - Geology - 1817 - 142 pages
...flat horizontal beds, alternating with other earths in some places, in others in kidneyF form masses, from the size of an egg to that of a man's head; in form, resembling much the flint found frequently in chalk formations. So great an extent of alluvial,... | |
 | Charles Darwin, George Brettingham Sowerby - Beagle Expedition - 1846 - 342 pages
...very remarkable, from abounding with, so as sometimes to be almost composed of, irregular concretions, from the size of an egg to that of a man's head, of very hard, compact, heavy gypsum, in the form of anhydrite. This gypsum contains some foreign particles... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Readers - 1849 - 456 pages
...varies from a bluish to a pure white colour, and contains layers of Flint. Flint occurs in nodules from the size of an egg to that of a man's head ; these are broken up for gun-flints, or ground down for the manufacture of china, and other purposes.... | |
 | Thomas Smibert - 1861 - 160 pages
...varies from a bluish to a pure white colour, and contains layers of Flint. Flint occurs in nodules from the size of an egg to that of a man's head: these are ground down for the manufacture of china and other purposes. 72. Although rocks are deposited... | |
 | Edwin Lankester - Animal fibers - 1862 - 398 pages
...Mediterranean Sea. Here it is found growing to the rocks or stones at the bottom of the sea in masses, from the size of an egg to that of a man's head. The sponge is either obtained by dredging or diving, more commonly the latter. The inhabitants of the... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - Geology - 1863 - 836 pages
...hundreds of feet thick, and generally stratified ; part of it is pebbly, with the rounded stones sometimes from the size of an egg to that of a man's head, but none of thcin are scratched or polished. It covers the plains about Lake Geneva and the lowlands... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - Geology - 1863 - 830 pages
...hundreds of feet thick, and generally stratified; part of it is pebbly, with the rounded stones sometimes from the size of an egg to that of a man's head, but none of them are scratched or polished. It covers the plains about Lake Geneva and the lowlands... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - 1863 - 838 pages
...is hundreds of Ihick, and generally stratified; part of it is pebbly, with the rounded stonea times from the size of an egg to that of a man's head, but none of them Tatcbed or polished. It covers the plains about Lake Geneva and the Inn of Switzerland,... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - Geology - 1863 - 818 pages
...hundreds of feet thick, and generally stratified ; part of it is pebbly, with the rounded stones sometimes from the size of an egg to that of a man's head, but none of them are scratched or polished. It covers the plains about Lake Geneva and the lowlands... | |
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from the size of an egg to that of a man's head, 
