The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Latest Edition. A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideDay Otis Kellogg, Thomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith Werner, 1902 |
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... lava have flowed over the plateau above the sea of Galilee . In this district the highest hills are only about 1800 feet above the sea . The ridge of Nazareth rises north of the great plain of Esdraelon , and north of this again is the ...
... lava have flowed over the plateau above the sea of Galilee . In this district the highest hills are only about 1800 feet above the sea . The ridge of Nazareth rises north of the great plain of Esdraelon , and north of this again is the ...
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... lava , or of other manifestations of volcanic activity , may raise the subterranean temperature much above its normal condition ; and this augmentation may not disappear for many thousand years after the volcanic activity has wholly ...
... lava , or of other manifestations of volcanic activity , may raise the subterranean temperature much above its normal condition ; and this augmentation may not disappear for many thousand years after the volcanic activity has wholly ...
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... lava are from time to time erupted . Abundant as are the active volcanic vents , they form but a small proportion of the whole which have been in operation since early geological time . It has been inferred therefore that these numerous ...
... lava are from time to time erupted . Abundant as are the active volcanic vents , they form but a small proportion of the whole which have been in operation since early geological time . It has been inferred therefore that these numerous ...
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... lava , and ( b ) may be seen in the numerous kinds of ornamental marble . Schistose series , including all the crystalline schists and most of the so - called metamorphic rocks . II . Fragmental or Clastic Rocks , including ( a ) Gravel ...
... lava , and ( b ) may be seen in the numerous kinds of ornamental marble . Schistose series , including all the crystalline schists and most of the so - called metamorphic rocks . II . Fragmental or Clastic Rocks , including ( a ) Gravel ...
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... lava and basalt , where the proportion of silica is only about 50 per cent . In the vast majority of igneous rocks the chief silicate is a felspar , -the number of rocks where the felspar is repre- sented by another silicate ( as ...
... lava and basalt , where the proportion of silica is only about 50 per cent . In the vast majority of igneous rocks the chief silicate is a felspar , -the number of rocks where the felspar is repre- sented by another silicate ( as ...
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