 Without considering the crystalline flakes along the planes of cleavage, which prove that crystalline action has modified the whole mass, we may affirm that no retreat of parts, no contraction of dimensions, in passing to a solid state, can explain phenomena...  Madras Journal of Literature and Science - 273 페이지1839전체보기 - 도서 정보
 | 1839 - 618 페이지
...explain such phenomena as these. Tlicy appear to me only resolvable on ike supposition that crystaltine or polar forces, acted on the whole mass simultaneously, in given directions, and with adequate power. It is not. however, necessary to suppose that these effects were produced in a short... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1835 - 482 페이지
...modified the whole mass, we may affirm that no retreat of parts, no contraction in dimensions in passing to a solid state, can explain such phenomena as these....mass simultaneously, in given directions, and with adequate power. " There is at first sight a difficulty in comprehending the vastness of those forces,... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1836 - 396 페이지
...mass, we may affirm that no retreat of parts, no contraction in dimensions in passing to a solid slate can explain such phenomena as these. They appear to...mass simultaneously in given directions, and with adequate power." li COAL. There is no subject, within the range of geology, of more importance than... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1837 - 396 페이지
...we may affirm, that no retreat of parts, no contraction in dimensions, in passing to a solid slate, can explain such phenomena as these. They appear to...forces, acted on the whole mass simultaneously, in giving directions, and with adequate power." COAL. There is no subject, within the range of geology,... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1841 - 398 페이지
...we may affirm, that no retreat of parts, no contraction in dimensions, in passing to a solid slate, can explain such phenomena as these. They appear to...forces, acted on the whole mass simultaneously, in giving directions, and with adequate power." COAL. There is no subject, within the range of geology,... | |
 | 1842 - 446 페이지
...supposition of Professor Sedgwick, who has minutely described and considered this geological puzzle, that " crystalline or polar forces acted on the whole...mass simultaneously in given directions, and with adequate power,''* can hardly be considered as a solution of the difficulty, until it is shewn that... | |
 | 1842 - 446 페이지
...supposition of Professor Sedgwick, who has minutely described and considered this geological puzzle, that " crystalline or polar forces acted on the whole...mass simultaneously in given directions, and with adequate power,''* can hardly be considered as a solution of the difficulty, until it is shewn that... | |
 | James David Forbes - 1843 - 480 페이지
...supposition of Professor Sedgwick, who has minutely described and considered this geological puzzle, that " crystalline or polar forces acted on the whole mass simultaneously in giving directions, and with adequate power,"* can hardly be considered as a solution of the difficulty,... | |
 | 1845 - 678 페이지
...modified the whole mass, we may affirm that no retreat of parts, no contraction in dimensions, in passing to a solid state, can explain such phenomena as these....crystalline or polar forces acted on the whole mass in given directions and with adequate power." In the Geological Report of Cornwall and Devon, Sir II.... | |
 | 1845 - 532 페이지
...to a point only a few degrees west of magnetic north. " They appear to me (says Professor Sedgwick) only resolvable on the supposition that crystalline...mass simultaneously in given directions, and with adequate power" (199). And a similar section is given of highly contorted slate rocks, with the same... | |
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