The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts, 13. köideA. and C. Black, 1861 |
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... common on the large scale in the well - known volcanic districts of the south of Europe - viz . , those of Naples , Sicily , or Ischia . But I have lately seen them referred to as occurring in connection with other volcanic phenomena in ...
... common on the large scale in the well - known volcanic districts of the south of Europe - viz . , those of Naples , Sicily , or Ischia . But I have lately seen them referred to as occurring in connection with other volcanic phenomena in ...
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... common on the Rhine , e.g. , at Hochsimmer , on the left bank , near the Laacher see , and in the Brohl valley ; and they are to be met with also in Mexico , Peru , and the Isle of France . is supposed that the materials composing some ...
... common on the Rhine , e.g. , at Hochsimmer , on the left bank , near the Laacher see , and in the Brohl valley ; and they are to be met with also in Mexico , Peru , and the Isle of France . is supposed that the materials composing some ...
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... common in our basalts . The rock is very black and very heavy ; it contains large quantities of a black glassy mine- ral , sometimes slightly porous or slaggy , resembling obsidian , having a conchoidal fracture , and which may be a ...
... common in our basalts . The rock is very black and very heavy ; it contains large quantities of a black glassy mine- ral , sometimes slightly porous or slaggy , resembling obsidian , having a conchoidal fracture , and which may be a ...
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... common in trappean rocks . The mineral basis more resembles tremolite or actinolite than pumice or asbestos ; the colour is green , and it appears made up of aggregated needle - formed myself , is as fine in texture as that of the ...
... common in trappean rocks . The mineral basis more resembles tremolite or actinolite than pumice or asbestos ; the colour is green , and it appears made up of aggregated needle - formed myself , is as fine in texture as that of the ...
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... common , especially in the vicinity of volcanic action , according to the testimony of Olafssen and other travellers , " The Laptelltur , " says the Edinburgh Cabinet Library volume on Iceland , p . 64 , " best known in the western ...
... common , especially in the vicinity of volcanic action , according to the testimony of Olafssen and other travellers , " The Laptelltur , " says the Edinburgh Cabinet Library volume on Iceland , p . 64 , " best known in the western ...
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