 | 1847 - 486 페이지
...matter annually brought down by the river 3,702,758,400 cubic feet, it must have taken 67,000 years for the formation of the whole ; and if the alluvial...above be 264 feet deep, or half that of the delta, it has required 33,500 more years for its accumulation, — even if its area be estimated as only equal... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1847 - 606 페이지
...matter annually brought down by the river 3,702,758,400 cubic feet, it must have taken 67,000 years for the formation of the •whole ; and if the alluvial...above be 264 feet deep, or half that of the delta, it has required 33,500 more years for its accumulation, even if its area be estimated as only equal to... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1847 - 866 페이지
...matter annually brought down by the river 3,702,758,400 cubic feet, it must have taken 67,000 years for the formation of the whole; and if the alluvial...plain above be 264 feet deep, or half that of the deltaf, it must have required 33,500 more years for its accumulation, even if its area be estimated... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1847 - 662 페이지
...matter annually brought down by the rife 3,702,758,400 cubic feet, it must have taken 67,000 years for the formation of the whole ; and if the alluvial...of the plain above be 264 feet deep, or half that rt the delta, it has required 33,500 more years for its accumulation, even if its area i* estimated... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1849 - 318 페이지
...matter annually brought down by the river 3,702,758,400 cubic feet, it must have taken 67,000 years for the formation of the whole ; and if the alluvial...to that of the delta, whereas it is in fact larger. From information since received, I think it not improbable that the quantity of water may have been... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1850 - 406 페이지
...matter annually brought down by the river 3,702,758,400 cubic feet, it must have taken 67,000 years for the formation of the whole ; and if the alluvial...estimated as only equal to that of the delta, whereas 't is in fact larger. From information since received, I think it not improbable that the quantity... | |
 | 1850 - 440 페이지
...matter annually brought down by the river 3,702,758,400 cubic feet, it must have taken 67,000 years for the formation of the whole ; and if the alluvial...half that of the delta, it must have required 33,500 years more for its accumulation, even if its area be estimated as only equal to that of the delta,... | |
 | 1851 - 612 페이지
...solid matter being about -:rirl,-,-,th part in volume of the water,) it must have taken 67,000 years for the formation of the whole, and if the alluvial matter of the plain above be 264 feet deep, (the Delta being 528 feet thick,) it must have required 33,500 more years for its accumulation, its'... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1854 - 870 페이지
...matter of the plain above be 264 feet deep, or half that of the deltn,f it must have required 88,500 more years for its accumulation, even if its area...to that of the delta, whereas it is in fact larger. If some deduction be made from the time here stated, in consequence of the effect of the drift-wood,... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1855 - 412 페이지
...matter annually brought down by the river 3,702,758,400 cubic feet, it must have taken 67,000 years for the formation of the whole ; and if the alluvial...estimated as only equal to that of the delta, whereas 't is in fact larger. From information since received, I think it not improbable that the quantity... | |
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The area of the delta being about 13,600 square statute miles, and the quantity of solid matter annually brought down by the river 3,702,758,400 cubic feet, it must have taken 67,000 years for the formation of the whole ; and if the alluvial matter of... 
